William Newzam Nicholson (1816 – 17 May 1899) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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from 1880 to 1885. Nicholson was the son of Benjamin Nicholson of

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and his wife Frances Newzam, daughter of John Newzam of Newark. He was educated at the

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at Newark and founded a business in agricultural engineering. In 1851 he was mayor of Newark. He was J.P. for Newark and became chairman of the school board in 1871.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
/ref> At the 1880 general election Nicholson was elected as a

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(MP) for

. He held the seat until the 1885 general election, when the two-seat

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of Newark was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act. The town was then represented as part of a single-seat county division of Nottinghamshire, but Nicholson did not stand in the election. Nicholson died at the age of 82. Nicholson married firstly Maria Alice Betts of Newark in 1842, and secondly Annie Prior, daughter of Joseph Prior of Woodstock in 1866. Their son

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was an artist and the father of

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and

Nancy Nicholson Annie "Nancy" Mary Pryde Nicholson (1899–1977) was an English painter and fabric designer. Early life Born Annie Mary Pryde Nicholson, she was the only daughter of the artists Sir William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde. She had three brothers, ar ...

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* 1816 births 1899 deaths UK MPs 1880–1885 Mayors of places in Nottinghamshire Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Magnus Church of England School People from Newark-on-Trent {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub