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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.

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, 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, 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.

NICHOLS, FRANCIS, second surviving son of Francis Nichols, Ampthill, Beds., and Middle Temple, London, and Margaret, dau, . of Sir George Bruce, Carnock, Stirlingshire, and Abbots Langley, Herts.; bapt. Abbots Langley, Herts. 12 Sep 1620; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 6 Dec 1639, aged 17, Westminster Student (still 1642); served in Royalist army; living 1651; d. at Paris by 1660.

Nicholas, Tressilian Bryan, son of Tressilian Charles Nicholas OBE MC, Fellow and Bursar of Trinity, Cambridge, and Emily Lothian, d. of John Buchanan of Wishaw, Lanarkshire; b. 19 May 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G), KS Sept. 1935; left July 1940; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1940 (open schol.), BA 1943, MA 1946; Roy. Signals 1941-6 (Lieut.); BEA 1947, traffic officer Rome 1949-54, station superintendent Pans and dep. man. France 1959-63, representative Poland 1963-9, Bulgaria and Romania 1972-5, retd 1976; m. 18 June 1949 Marie Antoinette Lorna, d. of William Percy Young of Beckenham, Kent; d. 25 July 2008

NICHOLAS, THOMAS, son of William Nicholas, Middlesex; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1629; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 224).

NICHOLAS, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1635, adm. pens. 14 May 1635, scholar 1636; BA 1638/9; MA 1642; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1640 – expulsion by Earl of Manchester 1644.