British politician
Nicholson
William Graham Nicholson , PC , JP (11 March 1862 – 29 July 1942)[ 1] was a British Liberal Unionist and later Conservative Party politician.
Nicholson was born into a famous family of distillers, the son of William Nicholson and brother of John Sanctuary Nicholson , a notable military figure in Imperial Africa.[ 2] He grew up in Basing Park at Froxfield , which later became his seat.[ 3] He was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge .[ 4] Nicholson served as Director-General on Mobilisation in the Second Anglo-Boer War from 30 June 1901 and was promoted an Honorary Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment . In 1890 he married Alice Margaret Beach, daughter of William Wither Bramston Beach MP.[ 5]
After the death of the Conservative MP William Wickham , he was elected at a by-election in June 1897 as the Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Petersfield in Hampshire,[ 6] a seat which had previously been held by his father. Nicholson sat as a Conservative after the Liberal Unionists and Conservatives merged in 1912, and held the seat until his retirement at the 1935 general election .[ 7] He resided under a lease for some time at Bentworth Hall , although Basing Park was his main residence.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1925. He was an alderman of Hampshire County Council , a Justice of the Peace , and a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire .[ 11]
In his spare time he was a keen horticulturalist.[ 12]
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^ "Nicholson, William Graham (NCL881WG)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^ "The Second Anglo-Boer War Military Intelligence" (PDF) . The Victorian military Society. Retrieved 19 February 2012 .
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 292. ISBN 0-900178-27-2 .
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 367. ISBN 0-900178-06-X .
^ Cook, Chris; Ramsden, John (1997). By-elections in British politics . Psychology Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-85728-535-2 .
^ Eggar, J. Alfred (1989). Remembrances of life and customs in Gilbert White's, Cobbett's & Charles Kingsley's country . Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. p. 188.
^ Griffith, Edward C. (1947). The Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway, 1901-1936 . Langham. p. 4.
^ Hesilridge, Arthur G. M. (1922). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1922 . London: Dean & Son. p. 120.
^ Gardeners' chronicle, horticultural trade journal . Haymarket Publishing. 1932. p. 16.