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, 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.
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, 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.
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.
NICOLL, JOHN, only son of John Nicoll (KS 1700, qv); bapt. Westminster Abbey 21 Sep 1727; in school list 1735; KS 1741; Capt. of the School 1745; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1746, matr. 6 Jun 1746, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1746 – void 29 Mar 1756 (expiry year of grace as R. Meon Stoke from 4 Apr 1755); BA 1750; MA 1753; ordained; Rector of Meon Stoke with Soberton, Hampshire, from 27 Mar 1755; Prebendary of Salisbury from 17 Mar 1758; d. 12 Jul 1759.
NICOLLS, ROBERT; b.; KS 1639.
NIXON, JOHN, brother of George Nixon (qv); b. 25 Jun 1777; adm.; KS 1793; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1796, adm. pens. 25 May 1796, scholar 29 Apr 1797; Cornet, 20th Light Dragoons 14 Feb 1800; Lieut., 14 Feb 1802; 12th Dragoons, 15 Jun 1802; half-pay, 14th Light Dragoons 21 Dec 1802; 2nd Dragoons 11 May 1805 [check : wrong Regt. ?]; Capt., 5th Garrison bn., 28 Nov 1806; 6th Foot, 16 Apr 1807; 17th Foot, 30 Jan 1812; Brevet Maj., 12 Aug 1819; retd. 7 Nov 1822; served in Peninsular War; m. 1815 Eliza Mary Anne, dau. of Capt. --- Emerson; d. at St. Thomé, Madras 1 May 1831.
NIXON, JOSEPH, brother of George Nixon (qv); b. 30 Aug 1785; adm. 14 Jun 1797; KS 1800; Cadet, EICS Madras 1800; Lieut., 24th Native Infantry 10 Jul 1801; Adjutant, 1 Jan 1807; Capt., 1st Native Infantry 20 Nov 1813; Maj., 5 Feb 1822; Lieut. -Col., 13 Jan 1825; Persian Interpreter and Deputy Judge Advocate, Madras; m. 21 Aug 1822 Jane Annette, dau. of Edward Campbell; d. on his passage from Rangoon 10 Apr 1826.
NIXON, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS 1665; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1669, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1669, scholar 1670; BA 1672/3; MA 1676; DD 1690; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674 – c. 1689; ordained deacon 24 Dec 1676, priest 22 Dec 1678 (both London); Rector of Pitsford, Northants 10 Jul 1688-90; Prebendary of Canterbury from 4 Nov 1689; Rector of St. Michael’s, Queenhithe, London, from 3 Jun 1691; lic. to m. 1st, 17 Jun 1690 Susanna Aucher; m. 2nd, Dorothy ---; buried 16 Nov 1712.