The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [786]
Nisbet, Sir John, Lord Dirleton (i 609?-87), Lord Advocate: 634
Noble, Revd Mark (1754–1827), biographer and antiquary; author of Memoirs of the Protectorate-House of Cromwell (1784), a judgemental and subjective work that has not been of lasting significance; rector of Barming, Kent (1786); fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1781): 892 n. a
Nollekens, Joseph (1737–1823), RA, sculptor: 642 n. a, iooon. c
Nollekens, Mrs Mary (whom J.B. mistakenly called Jane) (nee Welch) (d. 1817), wife of the above: 640, 642 n. a
Norris, Mr (fl. 1737), a London stay-maker: 61
Norris, Revd John (1657–1711): 976 n. a
North, Dudley, see Long, Dudley
North, Frederick Lord (1732–92), 2nd Earl of Guilford; prime minister (1769–82); MP for Banbury (1754–90); lord of the Treasury (1759–65); joint Paymaster-General (1766-7); Privy Councillor (1766); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1767); knight of the Garter (1772); close personal friendship with George III; ultimately ‘the minister who lost America’; formed a coalition with Fox (1783); kept in opposition for last years by Pitt the younger; coped more than adequately with problems in Ireland, India and Canada: 332, 338, 440, 598, 643
Northington, Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of (1747–86), politician; teller of the Exchequer (1763); knight of the Thistle (1773); fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1777); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1783-4); Privy Councillor (1783); unsuccessful tenure in Ireland: 874, 887 n. b
Northumberland, Elizabeth, Duchess of (1716–76), courtier and diarist; patron of leading cabinet-makers, painters and craftsmen; J.B. one of her Friday night gathering guests; lady of the bedchamber to Queen Charlotte (until 1770); kept a lively diary, 1752–76, published in parts; later correspondent of J.B.; her contribution to Poetical Amusements deplored by S.J.: 443, 670 n. a
Northumberland, Hugh Smithson, 1st Duke of (c. 1715–86), politician; lord of the bedchamber (1760); lord chamberlain to Queen Charlotte (1762); Privy Councillor (1762); Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex (1762); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1763-5); Master of the Horse (1778–80): 295, 329, 670
Norton, Sir Fletcher (1716–89), ist Baron Grantley; Speaker of the House of Commons (1770); MP for Guildford (1768–82); Solicitor-General, knighted and created DCL of Oxford University (1762); Attorney General (1763-5); Chief Justice in Eyre South of the Trent, sworn of the Privy Council (1769); awarded the freedom of the City of London (1777); created Baron Grantley (1782); reputation for being coarse, tactless and ill-tempered: 307
Norwich, bishop of, see Horne, Dr George
Nourse, John (d. 1780), London bookseller: 526 n. a
Nowell, Dr Thomas (1730–1801), Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist; public orator for Oxford University (1760–76); principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford (1764); regius professor of modern history at Oxford (1771); controversial preaching to Commons on 30 January 1772; J.B. and S.J. dined with him in 1784; no edited sermons or writings compiled posthumously: 927
Nugent, Dr Christopher (d. 1775), physician; father-in-law of Burke; one of the original nine members of the Literary Club; was to be professor of physic in the imaginary college of St Andrews; licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (1765); author of An Essay on the Hydrophobia (1753); close friend of S.J.: 251, 269, 387
O’CONNOR, OR O’CONOR, CHARLES (1710–91), IRISH ANTIQUARY: 173, 580 AND N. B
OFFLEY (OR OFFELY), LAWRENCE (1719–49): 57
OGDEN, DR SAMUEL (1716–78), CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGYMAN; MASTER OF THE HEATH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HALIFAX (1744–53); VICAR OF THE ROUND CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, CAMBRIDGE (1753); VICAR OF DAMERHAM, WILTS. (1754–66); WOOD-WARDIAN PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AT CAMBRIDGE (1764); SERMONS GREATLY ADMIRED BY J.B. AND RECOMMENDED TO S.J., WHO LARGELY CONCURRED: 658, 831 N. A
OGIER DE GOMBAULD, JEAN, SEE GOMBAULD, JEAN OGIER DE
OGILBY, JOHN (1600–76), AUTHOR AND PRINTER: 36
OGILVIE, DR JOHN (1733–1813), PRESBYTERIAN DIVINE AND AUTHOR: 223, 224 ANDN. A, 225
OGLETHORPE, GENERAL