Martineau’s Biographical sketches_, _4 ed._ (1876) 122–30; _The
Eton portrait gallery_ (1876) 412–17; _Men of the time, British
statesmen_ (1854) 240–50; _G.M. xvii_ 783–86 (1864); _I.L.N.
viii_ 129 (1846) _portrait_; _The British cabinet in 1853_,
240–50; _Reynolds’s Miscellany xxvii_ 308 (1862) _portrait_.
NEWCASTLE, HENRY PELHAM ALEXANDER PELHAM-CLINTON, 6 Duke of.
_b._ 25 Jany. 1834; styled lord Clinton 1834–51, and earl of
Lincoln 1851–64; ed. at Eton; matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 20 Oct.
1852; M.P. Newark 1857–9; succeeded 18 Oct. 1864; kept race
horses from 1856, but was always unfortunate; grand master of
the freemasons of Nottingham; bankrupt 11 Feb. 1870, bankruptcy
annulled 31 Jany. 1871. _d._ 10 Park place, St. James’s, London
22 Feb. 1879. _Baily’s mag. xii_ 1–3 (1867) _portrait_; _I.L.N.
xxx_ 385, 386 (1857) _portrait_.
NEWCOMB, GEORGE. _b._ Chelmsford 1835; member of Smith’s
circus at Chelmsford about 1852; engaged as bottom densman at
Wombwell’s No. 2 menagerie at Ramsgate; became a lion tamer;
had his left eye torn out by a leopard; had an encounter at
Swindon with five African lions 1874, when he received 9 wounds
on the right arm and other injuries, 3 of the lions died in the
struggle. _d._ about 4 Jany. 1890.
NEWCOMBE, JOHN REILLY. _b._ Bath 20 March 1803; bought the
lease of the Swansea theatre; manager with Paul John Bedford
of theatre royal, Bath 12 April to 22 May 1841; lessee and
manager of theatre royal, Plymouth 16 April 1845 to death;
lessee and manager of Devonport theatre to 1874, also of
Barnstaple theatre; engaged Taglioni, the dancer, at salary of
£100 a night 1845, Macready played at Plymouth in Sept. 1849,
at a nightly salary of 50 guineas, to nearly empty houses,
on account of the cholera epidemic; lost £10,000 during his
first ten years 1845–55; the theatre partly burnt 1853; spent
£3,000 renovating the theatre, which was opened 19 Aug. 1861;
the house was damaged by fire 5 Jany. 1863, but re-opened 12
Jany.; it was burnt down 13 June 1878, when he lost £4,000, the
theatre was rebuilt by the town council and re-opened 24 Dec.
1878; presented with £700 and a silver salver by 237 friends
at duke of Cornwall hotel, Plymouth 6 Nov. 1878; was a good
low comedian, his three best parts were the Widow Twankey, Bob
Handy, and Jeremy Diddler; nearly always played in his Christmas
pantomime; was the oldest lessee and manager in England, and had
the last stock company in the provinces; hunted for 60 years
down to a few months before his death; judge at Plymouth race
meetings for some years; rode in several races. _d._ 4 Crescent
place, Plymouth 18 July 1887. _bur._ Plymouth cemetery 21 July.
_Era 23 July 1887 p._ 13; _Western Morning News 19 July 1887 p._
5, _22 July p._ 5.
NOTE.--He is drawn by Mortimer Collins in his novel Two plunges for
a pearl, 3 vols. 1872, under name of Oldgo. His elder son Albert
Newcombe, who was his treasurer and acting manager many years, _d._ 28
Jany. 1881, aged 48, and his younger son Arthur Newcombe _d._ 15 Aug.
1883, aged 34.
NEWCOME, EDWARD CLOUGH (son of rev. William Newcome). Educ.
Eton 1823 etc.; capt. East Norfolk artillery militia; J.P. for
Norfolk; a lover of hawking; an ornithologist. _d._ Feltwell
hall, near Brandon 22 Oct. 1871.
NEWCOME, RICHARD. _b._ 1779; ed. at Queen’s coll. Camb., B.A.
1800, M.A. 1804; R. of Llanrydd, Denbighshire, and warden of
Ruthin, Denbighshire 1804–51; R. of Llanfwrog, Denbighshire
1804–51; canon of Bangor 15 June 1821 to 1834; R. of Clocaenog,
Denbighshire 20 Dec. 1829 to 1834; archdeacon of Merioneth 4
June 1834 to death; R. of Llanrhaiadr-in-Kimmerch, Denbighshire
1851 to death. _d._ Llanrhaiadr vicarage 7 Aug. 1857.
NEWCOMEN, ARTHUR HENRY TURNER (son of Arthur Newcomen, 1 lieut.
royal horse artillery, _d._ 1848). _b._ Kirkleatham hall,
near Redcar 1844; master of a pack of harriers at the age of
thirteen; master of the Cleveland hounds 1875 to death; a
breeder of horses, and owner of race horses; the chief promoter
of the Redcar race course and grand stand; a good shot, a
fisherman, and a cricketer. _d._ 6 April 1884. _Baily’s Mag.
xxvii_ 311 (1875) _portrait_.
NEWDEGATE, CHARLES NEWDIGATE (only son of Charles Newdigate
Newdegate of Harefield place, Middlesex, _d._ 1833). _b._ 14
July 1816; ed. at Eton 1829–34, and at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A.
1849, M.A. 1859, D.C.L. 1863; M.P. for North Warwickshire 11
March 1843–85; a great opponent of the church of Rome; P.C. 6
Feb. 1886; presented by his Warwickshire constituents with an
illuminated address and £547, 1886; published between 1849 and
1852 many letters on The balance of trade, ascertained from the
market value of all articles imported; author of A collection of
the customs’ tariffs of all nations 1855; Speech on the state
of Ireland and the proposals for the establishment of a Roman
catholic university 1868. _d._ Arbury hall, Warwickshire 9 April