Nicolson Calvert (15 May 1764 – 13 April 1841) was an English Whig politician.

Life

The son of Felix Calvert, a brewer from

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and Hunsdon, he was educated at

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and at

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. In 1789 he married Frances Pery, daughter and co-heir of the 1st Viscount Pery, a powerful politician from

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in Ireland. They had six sons and two daughters. Their son, Felix (d. 1862), fought at the

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while their second daughter Isabella (1793–1862) married Sir James Stronge, Bt. They lived at Hunsdon House in Hertfordshire, which he inherited from his uncle (also named Nicolson Calvert). His granddaughter Flora Louisa Calvert married Lt Col. Alfred Tippinge, and his great granddaughter Helena was the wife of Arthur Irwin Dasent.

Career

He was a

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(MP) for the borough of Hertford from 1802 to 1826, and for the county of Hertfordshire from 1826 to 1834. He commanded the

Eastern Battalion, Hertfordshire Local Militia The Hertfordshire Militia was an auxiliary military force in Hertfordshire in South East England. From their formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 and their service in the English Civil War, the Militia of Hertfordshire served during time ...

, when it was raised at Hertford in 1808.Maj J.H. Busby, 'Local Military Forces in Hertfordshire 1793–1814', ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'', Vol 31, No 125 (Spring 1953), pp. 15–24.
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1764 births 1841 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Hertfordshire Militia officers Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Hertfordshire UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 {{England-UK-MP-stub