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.
NICHOLSON, ---; b.; in school list 1741.
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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.
NICHOLS, JAMES PETER, son of James Nichols, London; b. 6 Apr 1846; adm. Oct 1857; QS 1861; rowed v. Eton 28 Jul 1864; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1865 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 22 Jun 1865, matr. Mich. 1865; rowed v. Oxford 1868; BA 1869; adm. solicitor; d. unm. 17 Jan 1927.
Nichols, Frank Howard, only son of Francis Edmund William Nichols, of Finchley, by Mary Sophia, daughter of Samuel Wright, of Camden Town; b. Nov. 14, 1884; adm. from the Mercers' School as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with junior Samwaies exhibition and a Triplett gratuity) July 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; 1st class Classical Tripos, pt. i, 1905; 1st class History, pt. ii, 1906; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1910; a clerk in the Secretary's Office, G.P.O., 1907, a principal clerk 1920; m. Sept. 5, 1922, Mabel Gertrude, only daughter of Alfred Smart, of Brentwood, Essex; d. Nov. 15, 1961.