John Nicholls (MP)

John Nicholls (c.1745–1832)[1][2] was an English lawyer and politician.

Nuchollas was the son of Frank Nicholls, who was a physician to King George II. His mother Elizabeth was a daughter of the physician Richard Mead.[3]

He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and at Lincolns Inn, where he was called to the bar in 1767.[3]

He married a granddaughter of Edmund Gibson, the Bishop of London from 1723 to 1748.[3]

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bletchingley from 1783 to 1787,[1] and for Tregony from 1796 to 1802.[2]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
  3. Cannon, J. A. (1964). L. Namier; J. Brooke (eds.). "NICHOLLS, John (?1745-1832), of Goring, Oxon. and Ockley, Surr". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754–1790. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir Robert Clayton, Bt
John Kenrick
Member of Parliament for Bletchingley
1783–1787
With: John Kenrick
Succeeded by
Sir Robert Clayton, Bt
John Kenrick
Preceded by
Matthew Montagu
Hon. Robert Stewart
Member of Parliament for Tregony
17961800
With: Sir Lionel Copley, Bt
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Tregony
18011802
With: Sir Lionel Copley, Bt
Succeeded by
Charles Cockerell
Marquess of Blandford


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