Commander Sir Edward Nicholl (17 June 1862 – 30 March 1939) was a British officer of the

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who subsequently became a Conservative

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(MP). Nicholl was born at Ada Terrace, Pool, Cornwall . When he was 'no more than three years of age' the family moved to

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. He left school at 12 and went to work as an Assistant Timekeeper at the Carn Brea Railway Works. 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. In 1889 was granted a Commission in the

. He was

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in 1916 for war services. He was elected at the 1918 general election as MP for Penryn and Falmouth but did not seek re-election in 1922 general election. He was a patron of the Cornwall County wrestling Association for many years.''Cornish wrestling'', Cornish Guardian, 15 April 1927, p2. In the King's Birthday Honours 1928, he was made a

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, for "political and public services".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholl, Edward 1862 births 1939 deaths UK MPs 1918–1922 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Penryn and Falmouth Politicians from Cornwall Knights Bachelor Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Royal Navy officers of World War I Royal Naval Reserve personnel

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