Английская Википедия:Edward Nicholl
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Commander Sir Edward Nicholl Шаблон:Postnominals (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).
Biography
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
- T. C. Wignall; The life of Commander Sir Edward Nicholl; Mills & Boon Ltd.; London, 1921
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External links
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- ↑ Cornish wrestling, Cornish Guardian, 15 April 1927, p2.
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