The Nicolls Baronetcy, of Hardwick in the County of Northampton, was a title in the

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. It was created on 28 July 1641 for Francis Nicolls, previously

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for

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and

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. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1717. Sir Augustine Nicolls, a Judge of the

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, was the uncle of the first Baronet.

Nicolls baronets, of Hardwick (1641)

(sometimes spelt Nichols) *

Sir Francis Nicolls, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Nicolls, 1st Baronet (sometimes spelt Nichols) (1586 – 4 March 1642) was an English Member of Parliament. He was also the first of the Nicolls baronets. He was born the eldest son of Francis Nichols of Hardwick, Northamptonshire a ...

(–1642) *Sir Edward Nicolls, 2nd Baronet ( 1619 – 1682) *Sir Edward Nicolls, 3rd Baronet (died 1717)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolls Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England