Family and Education
b. 16 Mar. 1759, 2nd s. of John Nicholl (d. 1773) of Llanmaes, Glam. and Elizabeth née Havard. educ. Cowbridge sch. 1766; Bristol 1773; St. John’s, Oxf. 1775, BCL 1780, DCL 1785; L. Inn 1775. m. 8 Sept. 1787, Judy, da. of Peter Birt of Wenvoe Castle, Glam., 1s. surv. 3 da. (1 d.v.p.). Kntd. 31 Oct. 1798; suc. Edward Powell to Tondu, Glam. 1771. d. 26 Aug. 1838.
Offices Held
Adv. doctors’ commons Nov. 1785; king’s adv. Oct. 1798 – Jan. 1809; dean of ct. of arches and PCC judge 1809 – 34; PC 6 Feb. 1809; admiralty ct. judge 1833 – d., holding his other offices in commendam; vicar-gen. to abp. of Canterbury 1834 – d.
Lt.-col. commdt. St. Giles and St. George’s, Bloomsbury vol. inf. 1803.
Main residences: Merthyr Mawr, Glam.; 26 Bruton Street, Mdx.
Notes
Draws on Nicholl’s papers among the privately held Merthyr Mawr mss, seen with the owner’s consent at Glam. RO. Nicholl’s diaries for 1816-28 and 1830-38 [F/2/1-21] are fullest for 1824-6. For his legal career see Sir W. Holdsworth, Hist. English Law, xiii. 691-6 and B. Hutton, ‘Sir John Nicholl’, Legal Wales: its past and its future ed. T.G. Watkin, 89-100.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
NICHOLL, Sir John (1759-1838)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion