Paul Harris Nicolas

Paul Harris Nicolas
Paul Harris Nicolas
Birth name	Paul Harris Nicolas
Born	1 March 1790; St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, England
Died	1 May 1860 (aged 70); Notting Hill, London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Marines
Years of service	1805–1814
Rank	First lieutenant
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars Battle of Trafalgar; Battle of Basque Roads; ;
Awards	Naval General Service Medal
Other work	Historian, writer, artist

Paul Harris Nicolas (1 March 1790 – 1 May 1860) was a nineteenth-century British historian, an accomplished, if little known, water colourist, a Royal Marines officer, and a veteran of the Battle of Trafalgar.^[1] Nicolas was the author of the two volume Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces.^[2]

^ "Lt. Paul Harris Nicolas, R.M. (c.1790–1860)". Christie's. 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013. Additional explanatory note:unsourced biographical details confirmed by other sources cited below and presented in a commercial context on the occasion of an auction commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005 which included pencil and watercolour works by Paul Harris Nicolas.
^ Paul Harris, Nicolas (1845). Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces. London: Thomas & William Boone. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

[1] "Lt. Paul Harris Nicolas, R.M. (c.1790–1860)". Christie's. 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013. Additional explanatory note:unsourced biographical details confirmed by other sources cited below and presented in a commercial context on the occasion of an auction commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005 which included pencil and watercolour works by Paul Harris Nicolas.

[2] Paul Harris, Nicolas (1845). Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces. London: Thomas & William Boone. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

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