William Brinsley Nicholson MBE JP (26 August 1877 – 25 November 1957) was a New Zealand clerk, local politician, builder, journalist and editor. He was born in Opotiki, New Zealand, on 26 August 1877. He was elected to the Petone Borough Council aged 23.[1] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours for long services in local government and education.[2]
References edit
- ^ Fill, Barbara. "William Brinsley Nicholson". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ "No. 38494". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1948. p. 34.
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