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 NICHOLSON] PEERS, BARONETS, BISHOPS, PRIVY COUNSELLORS 4 16 NICOLSON, 11th Bt. (Scot.). Great. 16 Jan. 1637: G.C.B. (civ.) 1907: G.C.M.G. 1906; G.O.V.O. 1905: K.C.B. 1901: K.C.I.E. 1888; K.C.V.O. 1903; C.M.G. 1886: P.C. 1905.— Rt. Hon. Sib Arthtjb Nicolson, s. of lOth Bt. B. 19 Sept. 1849 ; m. 20 April, 1882, Mary Cath- erine, dau. of Archibald Rowan Hamilton, of Killyleagh Castle, co. Down ; svic. his father 1899 ; ent. Foreign Office 1870 ; assist, priv. sec. to Earl Granville 1872-4 ; 3rd sec. diplomatic service 1874; 2nd sec. 1876; sec. of Legation 1885; has been successively sui^erintendent of student interpreters in Turkej^, charge d'affaires at Athens, sec. of Legation at Teheran, acting charge d'affaires in Persia, Consnl-Gen. for Hungary at Buda- Pesth, sec. of embassy at Constantinople 1892-4 ; diplomatic agent and consul-gen. at Sofia 1894- 5 ; minister at Tangier 1895-1904 ; ambassador at Madrid 1905 ; ambassador at St. Peters- burg 1905-10 : permanent Under-Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs since 1910 ; British repre- sentative at International Conference at Alge- ciras ; has Grand Cross of Charles III of Spain (1905); Order of St. Alex. Nevsky (1908). Resi- dence — 53, Cadogan Gardens, S.W. Clubs — Travellers' ; Athenseum. Issue — 1. Fkedekick Arohib.ld Nicolson, b. 9 Jan. 1883 ; lieut. loth Hussars ; A.D.C. to Viceroy of India. Club — Cavalry. 2. Lieut. Erskine Arthur Nicolson, R.N., b. 26 March, 1884 ; officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy. 3. Harold George jSTicolson, b. 21 Nov. 1886 ; 3rd Sec. Dipl. Scrv. ; m. 1 Oct. 1913, Hon. Victoria Mary Sackville-Wcst, o. c. of 3rd Baron Sackille. Issue — s. b. 3 Aug. 1914. 1. Clementina Gwendolen Catharine. Ami. Siu Frederick William Erskine Nicolson, lOTH Bt.. E.N., C.B., b. 22 April, 1815 ; m. 1st. 26 May, 1847, Mary Clementina Marian (d. 17 July, 1851), dau. of James Loch, of Drylaw ; m. 2nd, 1855, Augusta Sarah (d. 19 April, 1861), o. dau. of Robert Cullington, of Old Lakenham ; m. 3rd, 16 Aug. 1867, Anne (d. 8 Jan. 1896), o. c. of R. Crosse, and d. 29 Dec. 1899. Issue living by 1st m. — s 1. Sir Arthur Nicolson, pros. Bt. 1. Clementina Ann Eleanor, m. 26 Nov. 1885, Herr Ministerial Kat Wilhelm Bccmelmans, of Strassbourg. Issue by 2nd m. — • 2. Frances. 3. Amy. NICOLSON, 9th Bt. of that Ilk and Lass- wade (Scot.). Creat. 27 July, 1629. — Sib Abthur Thomas Bennett Robert Nicolson, s. of 8th Bt. B. at Morphett Vale, Adelaide, S. Aus.. Nov. 1842; m. 14 July, 1881, Annie, dau. of late John Rutherford, of Edinburgh, and formerly of Illillawa, Australia ; sue. his father 1879 ; ed. at Melboiu-ne Coll. ; J. P., and Commr. of Supply for Shetland ; J. P., Victoria ; D.L., Orkney and Shetland. Residences — Brough Lodge, Fetlar ; Grimista, Shetland. Issue — 1. Arthur John Frederick William Nicolson, b. at Melbourne, 8 June, 1882 ; is an advocate (M.A., LL.B.). 2. Harold Stanley Nicolson, b. 22 Oct. 1883. 3. Lionel Rutherford Nicolson, b. 29 Sept. 1887- W.S. 1914. 4. Eardley Willoughby Nicolson, b. 22 May, 1896. 1. Annie Vera Violet. Capt. Sir Arthur Bolt Nicolson, 8th Bt., 4th Regt., b. 6 March, 1811 ; m. 1829, Margaret (d. 1869), dau. of Rev. George Bissctt, of Udney, Aberdeen, and d. 14 July, 1879. Issue — 1. Sir Arthur T. B. R. Nicolson, pres. Bt. 1. Mary Isabella. 2. Anna Jane Oceana. 3. Katherine McArthur. NIDDRY, Baron. See Linlithgow, Maeq. of. NIEDPATH, Baron. See Wemyss, Earl of. NIGHTINGALE, 14th Bt. (Eng.). Creat. 1 Sept. 1628. — Sir Edwabd IVIanners Night- ingale, s. of Edward Henry Nightingale. B. 30 Dec. 1888; sue. his grandfather 1911. Is descended from William Nightingale, of Burnt- wood, Essex, who died temp. Edwd. IV. After the death of 5th Bt. in 1722, the baronetcy remained dormant for upwards of 70 years, until claimed by and confirmed to the present Bt.'s great-great-grandfather. Residence — Lt.-Col. Sir Henry Dickonson Nightingale, 13th Bt., b. 15 Nov. 1830 ; served in 21st Fus., 80th Foot, 45th Foot, Roy. Marines, and Army Pay Dept., and la Burma 1852 ; m. 12 Feb. 1856, Mary Anne (Residence — Haven, St. Margaret's-at-Cllffe), dau. of Capt. Thomas Sparke, R.N., and d. 17 July, 1911. Issue— 1. The late Edward Henry Nightingale, b. 17 June, 1856 ; ed. at Camb., M.A. ; Barr.-at-law ; m. 9 July, 1887, Lilv Maitland, dau. of Capt. Charles Daniel Addi- son, late 39th Regt., and d. 26 Jan. 1895. Issue — Sir Edward Manners Nightingale, pres. Bt. 2. The late Valentine Charles Nightingale, b. 3 Fob. 1859 ; m. 16 May, 1894, Alice Mary (Residence— 29, Iverna Court, W.), dau. of Rev. Henry Eastfleld Baylv, and widow of Edgar Vaux-Huggett, and d. 11 May," 1914. 3. Harry Ethelston Nightingale, Heir Pres., b. 15 March, 1860 ; m. 17 May, 1881, Coralie Louise Pauline, dau. of Louis Charles d'Harcourt Mary, of Moncontour, C6tes-du-Nord, France. Residence — 213, Cromwell Road, S.W. Club— Junior Carlton. Issue — Naomi Caralie, m. 6 June, 1914, Griffith, s. of Sir G. Boynton, Bt. 1. Emily Frances Mary, m. 1 Jan. 1886, Mansfeldt Henry Mills, and has issue. 2. Violet Harriet, m. 24 Nov. 1894, Lt.-Col. Charles- Herbert Clay, 8th Gurkhas, and has issue. NITH, Vise. See Beuccleuch, Duke of. NIVISON, 1st Bt. Creat. 21 July, 1914.— Sib Robert Nivison, s. of John Nivisoii, of Sanrjuhar, Dumfriesshire, and Janet, dau. of James Hair, of Sanquhar. B. at Sanquhar 3 July, 1849; ed. privately ; senior partner in R. Nivison & Co., stockbrokers; J.P., Middlesex, 1901; m. 11 May, 1877, Jane, dau. of John Wightman, of Sanquhar. Residence — Branch Hill Lodge,. Hampstead, N.W. Clubs — Carlton ; Constitu- tional ; Bath. Issue — 1. John Nivison, b. 14 March, 1878. Residence — Branch Hill Lodge, N.W. 2. Alexander Crighton Nivison, b. 21 June, 1883. 3. Robert Butler Nivison, b. 7 June, 1895. 1. Helen Ingram Wightman, m. 3 July, 1909, Rev. Roderick Macleod. Residence — Glenatfaric, Redington Road, Hampstead, N.W. 2. Jessie Hair, m. 8 Feb. 1908, Alfred Norman Rickett. Residence — Little Gillions, Croxley Green, Herts. 3. .liee Jane. 4. Florence. 5. Mabel Gertrude. NIXON, 2nd Bt. (U.K.). Creat. 14 July, 1906 f — Capt. Sir Christopher William Nixon, s. of 1st Bt. B. 19 Nov. 1877 ; ed. at Univ. CoU. Dublin, and Dublin LTniv. ; Capt. and brigade- maj. since 1914; R.H.A. ; Barr.-at-law, 1899. Heir, none. Residences — 2, Merrion Square,. Dublin ; Roebuck Grove, Milltown, co. Dublin. Sir Christopher Nixon, 1st. Bt., b. 29 June, 1849 ; m. 6 Nov. 1871, Mary Agnes, dau. of Dominick Edward Blake, of Galway ; M.D., F.R.C.PJ., ; pres. Roy. Coll. of Physicians, and d. 19 July, 1914. 1. Sir Christopher William Nixon, pres. Bt. 1. Mary Christina, m. 17 Aug. 1912, Maj. William Jack Preston, 97th Deccan Inf. 2. Josephine Francesca. 3. Catharina Elizabe'h. NOBLE, 1st Bt. (U.K.). Creat. 25 July, 1902: K.C.B. (civ.). 1893; C.B. 1881. — SiK Andrew Noble, of Ardmore and Ardardan Noble, CO. Dumbarton, s. of George Noble, R.N., by G. Moore, dau. of B. A. Donald, of Otterburn, Virginia, U.S.A. B. at Greenock, 13 Sept. 1831 ; m. 15 Nov. 1854, Margery Durham, dau. of A. Campbell, of Quebec ; ed. at R.M.A., Woolwich ; entered R.A. 1849, capt. 1855; sec. R.A. Insti- tution 1857 ; sec. of the committee on Rifled Cannon 1858, and of the committee on| Armour