Date of Birth: 23/11/1808
Place of Birth: Cockermouth, Cumberland, England
Date of Death: 08/11/1903
Place of Death: England
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the Executive Council |
30 Jan 1856 |
03 Mar 1856 |
1 month 3 days |
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| Speaker of the Legislative Council |
14 Oct 1851 |
29 Feb 1856 |
4 years 4 months 16 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
01 Sep 1851 |
29 Feb 1856 |
4 years 6 months |
An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the County of Argyle |
| Speaker of the Legislative Council |
15 May 1849 |
30 Jun 1851 |
2 years 1 month 16 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
01 Jul 1848 |
30 Jun 1851 |
3 years |
An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the County of Argyle |
| Speaker of the Legislative Council |
20 May 1846 |
20 Jun 1848 |
2 years 1 month 1 day |
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| Chairman of Committees |
02 Aug 1844 |
19 May 1846 |
1 year 9 months 18 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
01 Jun 1843 |
20 Jun 1848 |
5 years 20 days |
An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the District of Port Phillip |
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Medical practitioner (physician); landowner; businessman; scholar and connoisseur. After private education by tutors, he went to the University of Edinburgh to study medecine, graduating in 1833.
Honours Received
Knighted 1852; created a baronet 1859.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Appointed Member of the Legislative Council of Queensland 1859 - 1862; President of the Legislative Council of Queensland 1859 - 1862.
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Charles Nicholson, merchant and agent to Lord Egremont, and his wife Barbara Ascough. His parents died while he was a child and he was brought up by a maiden aunt in Yorkshire.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2. The Nicholson Papers are in the
Sydney University Archives.
