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 played in the Harrow cricket Eleven in 1832–3 : called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1841 : to India, 1842 : Sheriff of Madras, 1843–5 : Clerk of the Crown, 1845–62 : Government Pleader : Advocate-General, 1863–71 : Member of the Legislative Council, Madras : Fellow and Law Lecturer of the Madras University : was an ardent advocate and supporter of native interests and education : Patron of Pachaiyappa's school at Madras : appointed, in 1873, the first lecturer on Law to Indian students at the Temple, London : died July 13, 1883 : wrote on The Law of Evidence, etc., 1858 : and chiefly on legal subjects : also The Rebellion in India : how to prevent another 1857; Topics for Indian Statesmen, 1858 : Nemesis, a Poem, and other books of verse.

NORTON, SIR JOHN DAVID (1787–1843)

Entered Royal Artillery, but changed to the law : became Private Secretary to Sir Edward Sugden (Lord St. Leonards, Lord Chancellor) : Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, Madras, 1841 : knighted, 1842 : died, 1843, on a sea voyage to Malacca : his monument in the Cathedral, Madras : father of John Bruce Norton (q.v.).

NOTT, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1845)

Maj-General : son of Charles Nott : born Jan. 20, 1782 : educated at Neath and Cowbridge : in 1800 joined the Bengal European regt. at Berhampur : served in Sumatra : commanded the 2oth N.I. at Barrackpur, 1825 : Colonel, 1829 : in 1838, Brig-General of the Brigade in the first Division of the Army of the Indus : commanded the Division to Quetta : in command at Kandahar, 1839 : defeated the Ghilzais : caused the enemy to evacuate Kelat : in military and political command in Lower Afghanistan and Sind in Jan. 1842 : repulsed all attacks on Kandahar : after Macnaghten's death, declined to retire to India without express orders : in July, 1842, ordered to with- draw ifova. Afghanistan, but allowed choice of route : sent General England back to Quetta, and himself marched via Ghazni towards Kabul : successful engagements on Aug. 30 at Karabagh, near Ghazni, and en route to Kabul, which he reached Sep. 17, 1842, meeting Pollock there : returned to India via Jalalabad : appointed Resident at Lucknow with the King of Oudh : made G.C.B., 1843 : to England in 1844 : died Jan 1, 1845 : his statue erected at Carmarthen.

NUGENT, SIR GEORGE, BARONET (1757–1849)

Field Marshal : born June 10, 1757 : son of Lt-General Honble. E. C. Nugent : educated at Charterhouse and R.M.A., Woolwich : entered the Army, 1773 : served in several Royal regiments during the American war : in the campaign in Flanders, 1793 : Adjt-General in Ireland, 1798–1801 : raised a corps of 600 in Buckinghamshire : M.P. for Buckingham, 1790–1800 and 1819–32, and for Aylesbury, 1806–7: Maj-General, 1796 : Lieutenant-Governor and C. in C, Jamaica, 1801–6: Baronet, 1806: C. in C in India, 1811–3 : General, 1813 : G.C.B., 1815 : D.C.L. : Colonel of the 6th regt. : Field Marshal, 1846 : died March 10, 1849.

NUGENT, JOHN ( ? –1900)

I.C.S. : educated at the Royal Institute School, Liverpool, and Trinity College, Dublin : entered the Bombay Civil Service, 1864 : Secretary to the Bombay Government : Additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council : Member of Council, Bombay, 1896 : died of cholera, Aug. 5, 1900.

NUNCOMAR RAI, MAHARAJA ( ? –1776)

(Also spelt Nanda Kumar) : born early in the 18th century in the Murshidabad district : early appointed A min or revenue collector of Parganas Hijli and Moisadal : accompanied Clive to Patna as Vakil : and, in 1756, was Governor of Hughli : attended Mir Jafar in the war against Mir Kasim : made, about 1764, Maharaja by the Emperor Shah Alam : appointed by the E. I. Co. to be Collector of Burdwan, Nadia and Hughli, in place of W.Hastings : in 1765 was Naib Subah of Bengal, deposed, and Muhammad Reza Khan appointed : in 1772, when Warren Hastings became Governor-General, Nuncomar made complaints against the Revenue Administration of Muhammad Reza Khan, Naib Subah, and helped Warren Hastings in prosecuting Reza Khan, who was then deposed : obtained the appointment of