Edward Nicholl
Edward Nicholl | |
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Member of Parliament for Penryn and Falmouth | |
In office 1918-1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pool, Cornwall, England | 17 June 1862
Died | 30 March 1939 | (aged 76)
Political party | Conservative |
Military career | |
Service/ | Royal Naval Reserve |
Rank | Commander |
Commander Sir Edward Nicholl Member of Parliament (MP).
Biography
Nicholl was born at Ada Terrace,
Carn Brea Railway Works.[2] Two years later he started an Engineering Apprenticeship with the Great Western Railway at Carn Brea. He left home at 18 to continue the apprenticeship in Swindon.[2]
In 1889 was granted a Commission in the
knighted in 1916 for war services.[3]
He was elected at the 1918 general election as MP for Penryn and Falmouth but did not seek re-election in 1922 general election.[4]
He was a patron of the Cornwall County wrestling Association for many years.[5]
In the King's Birthday Honours 1928, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for "political and public services".[6]
Further reading
- T. C. Wignall; The life of Commander Sir Edward Nicholl; Mills & Boon Ltd.; London, 1921
References
- ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "P", part 1". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d e Wignall, Trevor C (1921). The Life of Commander Sir Edward Nicholl. Mills & Boon.
- ^ "No. 29671". The London Gazette. 18 July 1916. p. 7093.
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ Cornish wrestling, Cornish Guardian, 15 April 1927, p2.
- ^ "No. 33390". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1928. p. 3854.