There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Nicholson, all in the

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. The Nicholson Baronetcy, of Luddenham in New South Wales, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 April 1859 for Charles Nicholson, the first Speaker of the

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. His eldest son, the second Baronet, became a well-known ecclesiastical architect. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1986.

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and Sir Sydney Nicholson, younger sons of the first Baronet, also gained distinction. The Nicholson Baronetcy, of

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in the Royal Borough of Kensington, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 February 1912 for

Charles Norris Nicholson Sir Charles Norris Nicholson, 1st Baronet (30 July 1857 – 29 November 1918) was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Doncaster from 1906 to 1918. Background He was born in 1857 a son of William Norris Nicholson and Emily Daniel, daughter of J ...

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for

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between 1906 and 1918. His grandson, the second Baronet, was Chairman of the Ocean Steamship Company and of

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and also served as Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight from 1980 to 1986. The title is now held by the latter's son, the third Baronet, who succeeded in 1993. The Nicholson Baronetcy, of Winterbourne in the Royal County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 March 1958 for the Conservative politician

Godfrey Nicholson Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet (9 December 1901 – 14 July 1991) was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP). Early life and education A member of the family which founded London-based gin distillers J&W Nicholson & Co, Ni ...

. He had four daughters but no sons and the baronetcy consequently became extinct on his death in 1991. His third daughter is the

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Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Emma Harriet Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (born 16 October 1941) is a British politician, who has been a life peer since 1997. She was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon in 1987, befor ...

Nicholson baronets, of Luddenham (1859)

* Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet (1808–1903) * Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, 2nd Baronet (1867–1949) * Sir John Charles Nicholson, 3rd Baronet (1904–1986)

Nicholson baronets, of Harrington Gardens, Kensington (1912)

* Sir Charles Norris Nicholson, 1st Baronet (1857–1918) MP for Doncaster 1906–1918 *

Sir John Norris Nicholson, 2nd Baronet Sir John Norris Nicholson, 2nd Baronet, KBE, CIE, MA, JP (19 February 1911 – 30 August 1993) was Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight from 1980 to 1985.‘NICHOLSON, Sir John (Norris)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub ...

(1911–1993) Lord Lieutenant Isle of Wight 1980–85. *

Sir Charles Christian Nicholson, 3rd Baronet Sir Charles Christian Nicholson, 3rd Baronet (born 15 December 1941) is a British baronet. The elder son of Sir John Norris Nicholson, 2nd Baronet, and Vittoria Vivien née Trewhella, he has two sisters and one brother, James Nicholson (born 1947 ...

(born 1941) The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother James Richard Lothian Nicholson (born 1947). The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Edward Nicholson (born 1983).

Nicholson baronets, of Winterbourne (1958)

Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet (9 December 1901 – 14 July 1991) was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP). Early life and education A member of the family which founded London-based gin distillers J&W Nicholson & Co, Ni ...

(1901–1991)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholson Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom