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Reginald Nicholson

Reginald Nicholson

British politician

For the United States Navy admiral, see Reginald F. Nicholson.

Reginald Nicholson (15 July 1869 – 27 April 1946)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician.

Reginald Nicholson

He was elected at the 1918 general election as a Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1919 to 1920,[3] but was defeated at the 1922 general election by the Labour Party candidate Wilfred Paling, and did not stand again.[2]

Nicholson was the son of the William Norris Nicholson and his wife Emily (née Daniel). He was educated at Charterhouse, and later became Traffic Manager of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway. He was Manager of The Times newspaper from 1911 to 1915.[3] On 15 February 1915, he married Natalie Stark Pearson (1889–1956), daughter of Frederick Stark Pearson. They had two sons, David Benevenuto Nicholson (1916–1937) and Peter Anthony Nicholson (1923–2001).[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with D, part 2". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. [2]
    Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 513. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  3. [3]
    "Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1922". London: Dean & son. 1867. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Person Page".
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