NICHOLSON— NIGHTINGALE. 461 as 3rd Baronet in 1854 ; b. 14 Nov. 1823; m. 28 Feb. 1867, Emma, dau. of Field E. D. Dudley, Esq. and has a son and 2 daus. (1) Eobert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston, b. 27 Oct. 1871. (2) Lily Lydston. (3) Mary Jane Coseus Lydston. Akms — Az. three demi-lions couped arg. crusilly sa. Crest — A lion rampant per chev. az. guttee de I'eau, and arg., guttle de sang. MOTTO — Ubi amor, ibi fides. Seats — Mamhead Park, Exeter, and Stokeley, Kingsbridge. TOWN House— 3, Buckingham Palace Gate, s.W. Hineafle. Sm ROBERT WILLIAM NEWMAN, of Stokeley and Mam- head, Devon (son of Thomas Newman and his wiie Sarah Page, great-grandson of Robert Newnnan, of Dartmouth, mer- chant, by his 1st wife, Joyce, dau. of J Lydstoue, of TownstaU, and descended from Richard, son of Thomas New- man, of Dartmouth, b. 1607), M.P. Exeter and Blechingley, Surrey, high sheriff Devon 1827, created a Baroxet 17 Mar. 1836 ; b. at Oporto 18 Aug. 1776 ; d. 24 Jan. 1848, having m. 21 Sept. 1813, Mary Jane, 3rd dau. of Richard Deune, Esq. of Winchelsea, Sussex ; she d. 28 July, 1834, having had 4 sons and 4 daus. (1) Sir Robert Lydston, 2nd Baronet, capt. grenadier guards ; b. 19 Feb. 1821 ; fell at Inkerman 5 Nov. 1854. (2) Sir Lydston, 3rd and present Baronet. (3) Thomas Holdsworth, b. 6 Feb. 1825 ; m. 21 April, 1864, Elizabeth Laura, eldest dau. of late Martin Tucker Smith, Esq. (B. Carrington). (4) Alured, b. 19 Feb. 1831. (5) Mary Anne, m. 21 Mar. 1844, to William Erving Smith Clark, Esq. and has 3 sons and a dau. /I/ Archibald Henry CLARK, b. 18 April, 1848 ; m. 14 Jan. 1873, Anna, only child of late Rear-Adm. John Shepperd and has a son and]|dau. Archibald Erving Newman CLARK, b. 8 Mar. 1875.- Margaret Constance. /2/ Edmund WilUam, 13th regt.; b. 29 April, 1850. /3/ Percy Hay, b. 25 Dec. 1851. /4/ Marion Charlotte. (6) Caroline, d. s. p. 27 Nov. 1866, having m. 16 April, 1861, as 2nd wife, to John, 1st Lord Churston, who d. 4 Sept. 1871. (7) Louisa, m. 25 Aug. 1874, to Sir Massey Lopes, Bart. (8) Harriet, m. 19 May, 1863, as 2nd wife, to Charles Langton- Massingberd, Esq. of Gunby Park, Lincolnsh. NICHOLSON, Sir Charles, chan- cellor of Sydney Uni- versity, N.s.w. 1854/60, M.D, Edinburgh 1833, hon. d.c.l. Oxon. ll.d. Camb. speaker of the le- gislative assemblyN.S.W. 1845/56, and also presi- dent, knighted by patent 1 Mar. 1852, created a Baeonet 8 April, 1859 (only son of Charles Ni- cholson, of London, and his wife Barbara, dau. of John Ascough, of Be- dale, Yorks.); b. 23 Nov. 1808; m. 8 Aug. 1865, Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Keightley, Esq. and has 3 sons, (1) Charlea Archibald, b. 27 April, 1867. (2) Archibald Keightley, b. 28 Mar. 1871. (3) Sydney Hugo, b. 9 Feb. 1875, Arms — Az. two bars nebuly arg. in chief a sun in splendour ppr. between two stars of eight points or. Crest — On a rock ppr. a lion's head az. charged with a star as in the arms. MOTTO — Vii-tus sola nobilitas. SEAT— The Grange, Totteridge, Herts. NICOLSON of that ilk, and also NiCOLSON of Tilli- coultry — see Addenda, " Chaos." NIGHTINGALE, Sir Henry DiCKONSON (1628, E.), major in the army, pay- master (55th) Inverness sub-district 1864, served in the Burmese war; s. his father as 9th Baro- net in 1876; b. 15 Nov. 1830; m. 14 Feb. 1856, Mary, dau. of Capt. Thomas Spark, r.n. and has 3 sons and 3 daus. (1) Edward Henry, scholar of St. John's Coll. Camb. and vrangler, 1879; b. 30 Nov. 1856. (2) Valentine Charles, b. 3 Feb. 1859. (3) Henry Ethelston, b. 16 Mar. 1860; m. 17 May, 1881, CoraUe Louise Pauline, younger dau. of Louis Charles d'Harcourt- Mary, docteur de droit, &c. late of Moncontour, Cotes du Nord, France. (4) Florence Mary, m. 30 June, 1879, to Lieut.-Col. Arthur Robert MacDonnell, R.E. (5) Emily Frances. (6) Violet Harriet. ARMS — Per pale erm. and gu. a rose coimterchanged. Crest — An ibex sejeant arg. tufted armed and maned or. Eineage. SIR THOMAS NIGHTINGALE, of Newport Pond, Essex (descended in the 4th generation from William Nightingale, of Bumtwood, Essex, 13 Edw. IV.), created a Baroxet 1 Sept. 1628; d. Jan. 1644, having m. 1st, Jlillicent, dau. of Sir Robert Clerk, Knt. of Goodcaster, Essex, baron of the exche- quer, and had 2 sons, [1] Robert, o. v. p. 30 April, 1636, having m. Theodosia, dau. of Sir Robert Chester, Knt. (she re-m. to Sir Francis Theobald, of Ipswich), and had 2 sons; his male line failed on the death of his grandson. Sir Robert, 5th Bart. 1722. [2] Thomas, of Duxford, Camb.; m. Jane, dau. of Thomas Ventris, and had a son, Thomas. SIR THOMAS m. 2ndly, Catherine, dau. of Sir Robert Chester, Knt. of Ockenhatch, Herts, (royal descent). His 3rd wife, Elizabeth, was buried at Newport, 25 Aug. 1686. By his 2nd vdte he had with other issue a son, [3] GeofErey, of Kneesworth, co. Camb.; d. 9 May, 1687, aged 64, having m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Sir WiUiam Luckyn, Knt. of Essex; she was bur. 25 Nov. 1664; he m. 2ndly, Dorothy, dau. of Sir Guilford Slingsby, Knt. comptroller of the navy (Bart.) By his 1st wife he had a son, Edward, of Kneesworth; bp. 27 Aug. 1658; d. 2 July, 1723, having m. Anne, dau. and eventual sole heir of Sir Arthur Slingsby Bart, of Canterbury, and had issue. He did not claim the Baronetcy on the death of the 5th Baro- net in 1722, and it remained dormant imtil (1797) claimed by his great-grandson, viz.: SIR EDWARD, 6th Baronet (son of Gamaliel Nightingale capt. R.N. descent recorded in the college of arms); b. at Gosport 14 Oct. 1760; d. 4 Dec. 1804, having m. his cousin Eleanor, dau. and heir of Robert Nightingale, of Kneesworth (and his wife Mary, dau. of Charles Ethelston, of LondonV she d. 20 Jan. 1825, having had 5 sons and 2 daus. ' [1] Sir Charles Ethelston, s. as 7th Baronet.
