Commander Sir Edward Nicholl KBE JP DL (17 June 1862 – 30 March 1939)[1] was a British officer of the Royal Naval Reserve who subsequently became a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
Edward Nicholl | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Penryn and Falmouth | |
| In office 1918-1922 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1862 Pool, Cornwall, England |
| Died | 30 March 1939 (aged 76) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Military career | |
| Service/ | Royal Naval Reserve |
| Rank | Commander |
Biography edit
Nicholl was born at Ada Terrace, Pool, Cornwall .[2] When he was 'no more than three years of age' the family moved to Redruth.[2] He left school at 12 and went to work as an Assistant Timekeeper at the Carn Brea Railway Works.[2] Two years later he started an Engineering Apprenticeship with the Great Western Railway at Carn Brea. He left home at 18 to continue the apprenticeship in Swindon.[2]
In 1889 was granted a Commission in the Royal Naval Reserve.[2] He was knighted in 1916 for war services.[3]
He was elected at the 1918 general election as MP for Penryn and Falmouth but did not seek re-election in 1922 general election.[4]
He was a patron of the Cornwall County wrestling Association for many years.[5]
In the King's Birthday Honours 1928, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for "political and public services".[6]
Further reading edit
- T. C. Wignall; The life of Commander Sir Edward Nicholl; Mills & Boon Ltd.; London, 1921
References edit
- ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "P", part 1". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d e Wignall, Trevor C (1921). The Life of Commander Sir Edward Nicholl. Mills & Boon.
- ^ "No. 29671". The London Gazette. 18 July 1916. p. 7093.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 313. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ Cornish wrestling, Cornish Guardian, 15 April 1927, p2.
- ^ "No. 33390". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1928. p. 3854.