NICHOLL
,
JOHN
(
1797
-
1853
),
the only son of
Sir
John
Nicholl
(q.v.)
, was b. on
21 Aug. 1797
. He was educated at
Westminster
and obtained a
studentship
at
Christ Church
,
Oxford
, in
1816
. He took a first class in Classics and (like his father) proceeded to the
D.C.L.
degree in
1825
, and was elected an
Advocate
of
Doctors’ Commons
in
1826
. He was also
called to the Bar
from
Lincoln's Inn
in
1824
. He was elected member of the first
Reform Parliament
, for
Cardiff
, in
Dec. 1832
, and retained the seat until
1852
when he was defeated. He held several offices. He was
lord of the Treasury
for a few months in
1835
,
Master of the Faculties
and
vicar-general
of the province of
Canterbury
from
Aug. 1838 to 1841
, became
Judge Advocate-General
in
Sept. 1841
, when he was sworn of the
Privy Council
, an
Ecclesiastical Commissioner
, and a member of the
Board of Trade
in
Jan. 1846
. Locally, he was a
deputy-lieutenant
and
chairman
of the
Glamorgan quarter sessions
. On
14 Dec. 1841
he m.
Jane Harriet
, second daughter of
Thomas Mansel
Talbot
of
Margam
(see the article
Mansel
family
). He had seven children, and was succeeded in the estate by his eldest son,
John Cole
Nicholl
. He d. in
Rome
on
27 Jan. 1853
. The
Merthyr Mawr estate
is still in the possession of a direct descendant.
Bibliography:
-
W. R. Williams
,
;
-
G. T. Clark
,
;
-
information from
Mr. R. I. Nicholl
.
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