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Admitted 13 January, 1657-8.

Eldest son of Sir Paul Neile of Bourtill, Yorkshire. He was born 7 Dec. 1637, at Bishopthorpe, the palace of his grandfather, the Archbishop of York. He matriculated at Oxford in 1655, where he developed a genius for mathematics. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663, to which he communicated his Theory of Motion on 29 April, 1669. His early death, 24 Aug. 1670, cut short a promising career.

Admitted 16 June, 1673.

Second son of William Nelson of Chaddleworth, Berks. He was called to the Bar 9 May, 1684, and obtained a great reputation at the Chancery Bar. He was elected a Bencher of the Inn in 1700. He was a voluminous writer of law books; but his works, though learned, have the character of inaccuracy. The best known of them are his Abridgment of the Common Law (1725—6) and The Rights of the Clergy in England (1709). He also produced Reports of Chancery Cases, 1625—1693 (1694), and edited a large number of other treatises.

NEVE. See LE NEVE.

Admitted 25 February, 1698-9.

Son and heir of Richard Neville of Billingbear, Berkshire. He was born in London 23 Sept. 1681. He was elected for Abingdon in 1705, for Wallingford in 1708, and for Berwick-on-Tweed in 1715. During his parliamentary career he was an active supporter of the Walpole Party, and signalized himself by his defence of the Government in the South Sea complications. He died 24 April, 1723.

Admitted 14 October, 1782.

Second son of Thomas Newenham of Coolmore, co. Cork, and nephew of Sir Edward Newenham, the well-known Irish politician. He was the author of many works intended to bring home to Englishmen a better knowledge of the true state of Ireland, amongst which were A Statistical and Historical Inquiry into the Population of Ireland (1805); A View of the Natural, Political, and Commercial Circumstances of Ireland (1809); and, being unable to attend before a Parliamentary Committee on the state of Ireland in 1825, he stated in writing A Series of Suggestions and Observations on the subject, afterwards printed. He died at Cheltenham 30 Oct. 1831.