NIXON, Samuel. b. 1803; began exhibiting sculpture at the R.A. 1826; employed on portrait and sepulchral sculpture for a few years from 1831; did the sculptural decorations for the Goldsmith’s hall in Foster lane, Cheapside, London; executed a statue of John Carpenter for the city of London school, and one of sir John Crosby for Crosby hall, Bishopsgate street; his chief work was the statue of Wm. IV at the end of King William st. set up Dec. 1844; exhibited 12 works at R.A., 2 at B.I., and 2 at Suffolk st. 1826–46. d. 1 Manley place, Kennington Common, London 2 Aug. 1854.
NIXON, Thomas. b. Nottingham 4 June 1815; lace maker; his first cricket match at Lord’s was Fast bowlers v. Slow bowlers 18 July 1842; a slow round-armed bowler having a twist; a bowler at Lord’s 1851–7; proprietor of Old white house inn, cricket ground and racquet court, Oxford 1856–60; introduced cork pads 1841, open pads and cane handled bats 1853; invented the balista 1862; formed a cricket ground at Chelford, Cheshire 1861, where he worked to his death. d. Chelford 20 July 1877. Lillywhite’s Cricket scores iii 103 (1863).
NOAD, Henry Minchin (son of Humphrey Noad). b. Shawford, near Frome, Somerset 22 June 1815; educ. Frome gr. sch.; lectured on chemistry and electricity at Bath and Bristol 1836; studied chemistry under A. W. Hofmann in the royal college of chemistry, London 1845; professor of chemistry at St. George’s hospital 1847 to death; Ph. Doc. Giessen about 1849; consulting chemist to the Ebbw Vale iron co., the Cwn Celyn, and Blaina and other iron works in South Wales; instructor in chemistry at the Panopticon in Leicester sq. London 1854; F.R.S. 5 June 1856; author of A course of eight lectures on electricity, galvanism, magnetism, and electro-magnetism 1839, 3 ed. 1849; A manual of electricity, 2 vols. 1857; The improved induction coil 1861, 3 ed, 1868; The students text-book of electricity 1867, new ed. 1879. d. at residence of his son Henry Carden Noad, surgeon, High st. Lower Norwood, Surrey 23 July 1877. Engineer 3 Aug. 1877 pp. 70, 76–7.
NOAKE, John (son of Thomas Noake). b. Sherborne, Dorset 29 Nov. 1816; engaged on Berrow’s Worcester Journal at Worcester 1838, then on the Worcestershire Chronicle; sub-editor of the Worcester Herald to about 1874; sheriff of Worcester 1878, alderman and mayor 1879; magistrate 1882; one of hon. secretaries of Worcester Diocesan architectural and archæological society many years, presented with a testimonial on his retirement July 1892; author of The rambler in Worcestershire, notes on churches and congregations 1851–4, 2 vols.; Worcester in olden times 1849; Notes and queries for Worcestershire 1856; Worcester sects, a history of its Roman catholics and dissenters 1861; The monastery and cathedral of Worcester 1866; Noake’s guide to Worcestershire 1868; Worcestershire relics 1877; Worcestershire nuggets, by an Old Digger 1889. d. 2 St. Mary’s terrace, London road, Worcester 12 Sept. 1894. bur. Astwood road cemet. 15 Sept. Berrow’s Worcester Journal 15 Sept. 1894.
NOAKES, William. Landlord of the new Opera hotel, 27 Bow st. Covent Garden, London 1852–73, celebrated for its suppers after the theatres, this hotel was formerly known as the Garrick’s Head, the last night of its being open was 8 Nov. 1873; Noakes greatly resembled Edward Wright the comedian of the Adelphi theatre. E. L. Blanchard’s Life ii 433 (1891).
NOBBS, George Hunn (son of a marquess by the dau. of an Irish baronet). b. 16 Oct. 1799; served in royal navy Nov. 1811 to 1816; served on board an 18-gun ship belonging to the patriots in South America 1816, captured by the Spaniards and imprisoned at Callao 1817; made a lieutenant in Chilian navy 1820 for helping to cut out Spanish frigate Esmeralda at Callao 5 Nov. 1820; settled on Pitcairn Island 5 Nov. 1828, succeeded John Adams as pastor and teacher of the islanders 29 March 1829; ordained priest by bishop of London and appointed a missionary of the Society for the propagation of the gospel Oct. and Nov, 1852; relanded on Pitcairn Island 14 May 1853; the islanders under Nobbs removed to Norfolk Island 8 June 1856, where they were given a model constitution by sir W. T. Denison, governor-general of the Australian colonies. d. The Chaplaincy, Norfolk Island 5 Nov. 1884. A sermon in St. Mary’s chapel, Park st. Grosvenor square on 12 Dec. 1852 by G. H. Nobbs, with notices of Mr. Nobbs and his flock (1852) portrait; Lady Belcher’s Mutineers of the Bounty (1870) 186 et seq. portrait.
NOBLE, James (2 son of Isaac Noble, who served in the British army against the Americans, killed 1778). b. 1774; entered navy 1787; lieut. of the Agamemnon under Nelson 9 March 1796, badly wounded at Loano 25 April 1796; Nelson’s flag-lieutenant on board the Captain at battle of St. Vincent, during the battle he boarded the San Nicolas for which he was made commander 27 Feb. 1797; commanded the sea fencibles on the coast of Sussex March 1798 to 29 April 1802; captain 29 April 1802; retired R.A. 10 Jany. 1837, moved to the active list 17 Aug. 1840, V.A. 9 Nov. 1846. d. London 24 Oct. 1851. Autobiography of James Noble, privately printed about 1830.
NOBLE, John. b. Boston, Lincs. 2 May 1827; supported the Anti-Corn law league 17 years; came to London 1859 and entered for the bar; a founder of the Alliance national land and building society; founded with Washington Wilks, and others the London political union for the advocacy of manhood suffrage 1860; financial and parliamentary agent with C. F. Macdonald 1864, they promoted street railways in London, Liverpool, and Dublin, the firm being J. Noble and Co. 1865; a founder of the Financial reform union 1868; parliamentary secretary to A. Brogden, M.P. for Wednesbury 1870; secretary of the County council union 1889; lecturer to the Financial reform association 1862–5; delivered lectures on political and social subjects; author of Arbitration and a congress of nations as a substitute for war in the settlement of international disputes 1862; Fiscal legislation 1842–65, 1867; Free trade, reciprocity, and the revivers 1869; Our imports and exports 1870. d. London 17 Jany. 1892. bur. Highgate 21 Jany. John Noble’s Facts for politicians (1892), memoir pp. iii–viii portrait.
NOBLE, Joseph William (eld. son of John Noble, V. of Frisby-on-the-Wreake, Leics. d. 1840). b. Frisby-on-the-Wreake, 1799; L.S.A. 1819; M.R.C.S. 1820; M.B. Cambridge 1831; physician to Leicester general infirmary to 1856; mayor of Leicester 1858; M.P. Leicester 2 May 1859 to death. d. Malaga, Spain 6 Jany. 1861.
NOBLE, Matthew. b. Hackness, Yorkshire 1818; pupil in London of John Francis, the sculptor; exhibited 100 works, chiefly busts, at the R.A. 1845–76; executed a relievo in bronze The bridge of sighs, and another of The dream of Eugene Aram for the monument over Thomas Hood’s grave 1854; executed the Wellington monument at Manchester 1856, and a marble statue of the Prince consort nine feet high, forming part of the Albert memorial in Albert sq. Manchester 1866; executed the statues of sir John Franklin in Waterloo place 1866, sir James Outram on the Victoria embankment, London, unveiled 17 Aug. 1871, of the Queen at St. Thomas’s hospital, and of the earl of Derby in Parliament sq. 1874. d. 43 Abingdon villas, Kensington 23 June 1876. bur. Brompton cemet. his widow Frances Mary Noble granted civil list pension of £150, 10 March 1877. W. Smith’s Old Yorkshire ii 82–3 (1890) portrait; I.L.N. lxix 37, 38, 178, (1876) portrait; Graphic xiv 12 (1876) portrait.