Robert Nicholas (22 April 1758 – 27 December 1826) was an English politician.

Life and career

Robert Nicholas was born on 22 April 1758. He was the member of

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for

Cricklade Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. History Cricklade ...

in Wiltshire from 4 April 1785 to March 1790.NICHOLAS, Robert (1758-1826), of Ashton Keynes, Wilts.
''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 7 October 2018. He was

Commissioner of Excise HM Customs and Excise (properly known as Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at the time of its dissolution) was a department of the British Government formed in 1909 by the merger of HM Customs and HM Excise; its primary responsibility was the ...

from 1790 to 1822 and chairman of the Board of Excise from 1802 to 1822. He died on 27 December 1826, aged 68.

Personal life

He married firstly Charlotte Frankland, daughter of Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet, by whom he had issue 5 sons and 6 daughters. His daughter Harriet Nicholas married another MP. His son

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was an officer in the Royal Engineers.

References

Members of Parliament for Cricklade 1758 births 1826 deaths Commissioners of Excise English barristers {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub