Nicol, Hamish, brother of John Erskine Nicol (q.v.); b. Sept. 8, 1878; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (A); left April 1895; Westminster Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1904; F.R.C.S. (Edin.) 1916; practises in London; served in Great War I; Capt. R.A.M.C. in Salonika and Egypt as a surgical specialist; invalided 1917; m. Oct. 1907 Olivia Florence, youngest daughter of Foster Mortimore, of Westminster; d.

Nicholson, Richard Groves, brother of Bruce Holland Nicholson (qv); b. 15 Aug. 1914; adm. May 1928 (G); left July 1932; RASC 1939-45; a company accountant; m. 10 June 1939 Diana Mary, d. of James Anderson Housden of Surbiton, Surrey; d. 25 Oct. 1986.

Nicholson, Peter Anthony, son of Reginald Nicholson OBE MP, manager The Times, of Nettlebed, Oxon., and Natalie, d. of Frederick Stark Pearson MD, of New York; b. 5 Feb. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (B); left July 1939; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. 1941; RAFVR 1943-5 (Flt Lieut.), despatches Jan. 1946; sales rep. of textile firm; m. 7 June 1947 Geraldine Betty, d. of Harold Cain of Shamley Green, Surrey.

NICHOLSON, JOHN PAYLER, son of John Nicholson, London, packer, and Catharine, dau. of Daniel Chardavoyne, Sudbury, Middlesex; b. 16 Apr 1759; adm. 26 Jul 1774; KS 1775; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1778, matr. 17 Jun 1778, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1778 – void by marriage 7 Nov 1788; BA 1782; MA 1786; ordained deacon (Oxford) 6 May 1782, priest (Norwich) 25 Jul 1783; Warburton Lecturer 1786; Head Master, Colfe’s GS, Lewisham, Kent 1 May 1793-4; Master of the Free School at St. Albans, Herts., 1796-1803; Rector of St. Albans, Herts., from 1796; m. 28 Oct 1788 Hannah, dau. of Joseph Boone, Aldgate, London; d. 9 May 1817.

NICHOLSON, HENRY DONALDSON, son of Rev. Henry Joseph Boone Nicholson DD, Rector of St. Albans, Herts., and Mary, youngest dau. of James Donaldson, Bloomsbury Square, London; grandson of John Payler Nicholson (qv); b. 26 Feb 1830; adm. 26 Jan 1842 (G); QS 1844; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1848, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1848; BA 1852; MA 1853; ordained deacon 1853, priest 1854 (both Rochester); Curate, St. Alban’s, Herts., 1853-62, Barking, Essex 1862-5; Rector of Trinity Church, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA 1867-8; Perpetual Curate of St. Paul’s, Edinburgh 1872-81; author, The Organ, its Mechanism, Stops, &., explained, 1864; m. 1st, 10 Apr 1857 Elizabeth Hannah Nicholson, dau. of Capt. Roger Sawry Tinklar, Royal Marines; m. 2nd, 3 Jun 1867 Annie Maria Louisa, dau. of Edmund John McMahon, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Deputy Commissary-Gen., War Department; m. 3rd, 27 Oct 1880 Laura Ann, dau. of George Beauchant, St. Gerrans, Cornwall; d. 1 Nov 1917.

Nicholson, Bruce Holland, son of Thomas Reginald Nicholson, bank manager, of Hampstead, and Jessie Winifred, d. of Richard Groves Holland, master cutler, of Sheffield; b. 13July 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (G); left Dec. 1928; a Midland Bank employee; RNVR in WW2 (Pavmaster Lieut.); m. Apr. 1937 Doris Mary, d. of Harry Stephen Collyer of Ripley, Surrey; d. Jan. 2001.

NICHOLS, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Nichols, Rector of Stockport, Cheshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Egerton, Shawe, Lancs.; bapt. 3 Mar 1694/5; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1710; QS 1711; buried Stockport, Cheshire 3 Feb 1714/5.

Nichols, Wallace Bertram, son of Harry Bertram Nichols, C.E., of Streatham Hill, b. March 2, 1888; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (G); left Dec. 1906; author of Prometheus in Piccadilly; The Saga of Judas; The Secret Son and other works in both verse and prose; m. 1928, Renée, daughter of Charles Deschamps; d. 1967.

NICHOLS, RICHARD, brother of Francis Nichols (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1635; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 6 Dec 1639, aged 16, Westminster Student (still 1642); DCL 28 Sep 1663; commanded troop of horse in Royalist army during Civil War; attached to household of Duke of York, and served with him under Marshal Turenne; Groom of Bedchamber to Duke of York after the Restoration; commanded military expedition which took New Amsterdam (now New York, USA) from Dutch 27 Aug 1664 and acted as its first British governor, 1664-7; served as volunteer in Dutch war 1672; killed at battle of Solebay 28 May 1672, and buried Ampthill, Beds. DNB (s. v. Nicholls, Richard).

Nichols, Kenneth John Heastey, son of Sidney Kenneth Nichols MC, solicitor, of Epsom, Surrey, and Dorothy Jennie Heastey, d. of Martin Richardson MD; b. 8 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left July 1940; 2nd Lieut. KRRC Sept. 1942, transf. Parachute Regt. May 1943 (Capt. ), wounded; adm. solicitor July 1949; partner, Speechly Mumford & Soames 1949-69; Council Law Soc. 1958-69; Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate 1972-92; m. 1st, 8 Oct. 1946 Audrey Heather, d. of A. R. Jebson; 2nd, 1966 Pamela Marjorie Long, Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, d. of John Holywell Long, of Buxton, Derbs; d. 24 Jan. 1996.