Edward Nicholl

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).

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

References
  1. "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)
  2. Wignall, Trevor C (1921). The Life of Commander Sir Edward Nicholl. Mills & Boon.
  3. "No. 29671". The London Gazette. 18 July 1916. p. 7093.
  4. 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.
  5. Cornish wrestling, Cornish Guardian, 15 April 1927, p2.
  6. "No. 33390". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1928. p. 3854.
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