NICOLL, JOHN, son of Rev. John Nicoll, Preston Capes, Northants, schoolmaster, and Mary, eldest dau. of Richard Butler, Preston Capes; b. 6 Nov 1683; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1704 – void 1722 (expiry year of grace as R. Hannington from 1721), Tutor 1713; BA 1708; MA 15 Mar 1710/1; DD 1733; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1711; succeded George Tollet (qv) as Under Master 1714, but patent not sealed until 20 Mar 1714/5; Head Master, Westminster School May 1733 (patent sealed 5 Feb 1733/4) – res Feb 1753; Rector of Hannington, Hampshire 1721-8; Rector of Meon Stoke with Soberton, Hampshire 31 Aug 1728 – Mar 1755; Prebendary of Westminster from 6 Oct 1740; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 30 Dec 1751; Proctor in Convocation, for Chapter of Westminster Abbey (Chamberlayne 1748); Busby Trustee 24 Feb 1729/30; m. 2 Jan 1723/4 Alice, widow of John Lewis, London, and mother of William Lewis (adm. 1722, qv); d. 19 Sep 1765. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Nicol, Silvanus James Westell, son of Silvanus Westell Nicol and Agnes Mary, d. of James Westell; b. 20 Oct. 1920; adm. May 1934 (A); left July 1940; PO (A & SD) RAF Oct. 1944, FO (WS) June 1945; recalled to active list July 1945; FO Nov. 1947, Flt Lieut. May 1956; Staff Officer Air Ministry 1956; m. 8 Apr. 1947 Elizabeth, d. of W. Trice of Tunstall, Staffs; d. Dec. 1998.
Nicol, John Erskine, son of John Watson Nicol, of Kensington, artist, by Charlotte Ellen, daughter of Charles West Cope, R.A., of Maidenhead, Berks; b. June 28, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (H); left April 1894; an artist, studied under his father and afterwards in the R.A. schools; went to Egypt in 1903; d. at Cairo July 17, 1904.
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.
NICOL, GEORGE, son of Thomas Nicoll and Ann Mills; b. 30 May 1803; adm. 25 May 1818; recorded as a school teacher living in Old Swan Lane, St Martin Orgar, London in the 1841 and 1851 censuses.
NICOL, ---; b.; at school 1796 (“senior”).
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; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jan 1740/1; left 1742.