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  19 Sept. 1892; Co-operative News, especially the notices of Neale by Holyoake, Hughes, and others in the numbers for 24 Sept., 1 and 8 Oct. 1892; Agricultural Economist, October 1892; obituary notice by J. M. Ludlow (Economic Journal, December 1892, pp. 752–4); Hughes's Neale as a Christian Socialist (Economic Review, January 1893 pp. 38–94, April 1893 pp. 174, 189).]  NEALE, ERSKINE (1804–1883), divine and author, born on 12 March 1804, was son of Dr. Adam Neale [q. v.], and brother of William Johnson Neale [q. v.] He was educated at Westminster School 1815–16, and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1828, and M.A. 1832. On 24 June 1828 he became lecturer of St. Hilda's Church, Jarrow, in the county of Durham, was appointed vicar of Adlingfleet, Yorkshire, on 19 Oct. 1835, rector of Kirton, Suffolk, in 1844, and vicar of Exning with Lanwade, Suffolk, in 1854. He possessed a very curious collection of autographs, including a number of letters written by the Duke of Kent referring to his public life, and elucidating the mutiny at Gibraltar. His knowledge of handwriting led to his being subpœnaed on the part of the crown at the trial of Ryves v. the Attorney-General in June 1866, when it was sought without success to establish the claim of Mrs. Serres, the mother of Mrs. Ryves, to be the Princess Olive of Cumberland. He died at Exning vicarage on 23 Nov. 1883, after an incumbency of twenty-nine years.

In his day Neale was a well-known author, possessing a ready and graphic pen and considerable stores of information. His chief work, 1. ‘The Closing Scene, or Christianity and Infidelity contrasted in the Last Hours of Remarkable Persons’ (1st ser., 1848; 2nd ser., 1849), ran to several editions, and was reprinted in America; but it is not a work of authority. He was also author of: 2. ‘The Living and the Dead,’ 1827; 2nd ser., 1829. 3. ‘Reason for Supporting the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,’ 1830. 4. ‘Sermons on the Dangers and Duties of a Christian,’ 1830. 5. ‘Whychotte of St. John's, or the Court, the Camp, the Quarter-Deck, and the Cloister,’ 1833, 2 vols. 6. ‘The Life-Book of a Labourer: Essays,’ 1839; 2nd edit., 1850. 7. ‘The Bishop's Daughter,’ 1842; 2nd edit., 1853. 8. ‘Self-Sacrifice, or the Chancellor's Chaplain,’ 1844; 2nd edit., 1858. 9. ‘Experiences of a Gaol Chaplain,’ 1847, 3 vols.; three editions: a fictitious work. 10. ‘The Track of the Murderer marked out by an Invisible Hand: Reflections suggested by the Case of the Mannings,’ 1849. 11. ‘Scenes where the Tempter has triumphed,’ 1849. 12. ‘The Life of Edward, Duke of Kent,’ 1850; 2nd edit., 1850. 13. ‘The Earthly Resting Place of the Just,’ 1851. 14. ‘The Riches that bring no Sorrow,’ 1852. 15. ‘The Summer and Winter of the Soul,’ 1852. 16. ‘Risen from the Ranks, or Conduct versus Caste,’ 1853. 17. ‘My Comrade and my Colours, or Men who know not when they are beaten,’ 1854. 18. ‘The Old Minor Canon, or a Life of Struggle and a Life of Song,’ 1854; 2nd edit., 1858. 19. ‘Sunsets and Sunshine, or Varied Aspects of Life,’ including notices of Lola Montes, Neild, Hone, and Cobbett, 1862.

[Notes and Queries, 1885, 6th ser. xii. 465, 1886, 7th ser. i. 31, 115, 156; Men of the Time, 1872, p. 716.]  NEALE, HARRY BURRARD (1765–1840), admiral, born on 16 Sept. 1765, was the eldest son of Lieutenant-colonel William Burrard (1712–1780), governor of Yarmouth Castle in the Isle of Wight, whose elder brother, Harry Burrard (d. 1791), was created a baronet in 1769. He was first-cousin of General Sir Harry Burrard [q. v.] He entered the navy in 1778 on board the Roebuck with Sir Andrew Snape Hamond [q. v.], and in her was present at the reduction of Charlestown in April 1780. He was afterwards in the Chatham, with Captain Douglas, Hamond's nephew, and took part in the capture of the French frigate, Magicienne, off Boston, 2 Sept. 1781. In 1783 he returned to England, acting lieutenant of the Perseverance. He was afterwards with Sir John Hamilton in the Hector, and in 1785 was in the Europe in the West Indies, and was officially thanked for his conduct in saving five men from a wreck during a hurricane. On 29 Sept. 1787 he was promoted to be lieutenant of the Expedition. In 1790 he was in the Southampton with Keats, and afterwards in the Victory, Lord Hood's flagship. On 3 Nov. 1790 he was promoted to be commander of the Orestes, employed in the preventive service.

On the death of his uncle, Sir Harry Burrard, on 12 April 1791, he succeeded to the baronetcy, and on 1 Feb. 1793 he was advanced to post rank. He was then appointed to the Aimable frigate, in which he accompanied Lord Hood to the Mediterranean, where he was actively employed both in attendance on the fleet and in charge of convoys for the Levant. He returned to England towards the end of 1794, and by royal license, dated 8 April 1795, assumed the name and arms of Neale, on his marriage (15 April) with Grace Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Robert Neale of Shaw House, Wiltshire. He was shortly afterwards appointed to the command of the San Fiorenzo of 42 guns, stationed