NICHOLAS, Edward (1662-1726), of Donhead Lodge, Gillingham, Dorset and West Horsley, Surr.

Family and Education

b. 24 Feb. 1662, 1st s. of Sir John Nicholas† of West Horsley, clerk of PC, by Lady Penelope, da. of Spencer Compton†, 2nd Earl of Northampton; bro. of William Nicholas*. educ. New Coll. Oxf. matric. 1679; travelled abroad 1682; Padua Univ. 1685; DCL Oxf. 1702. m. Rachel (d. 1741), da. of Thomas Wyndham*, sis. and coh. of Hopton Wyndham*, s.p. suc. fa. 1705. Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 41; Hoare, Wilts. Alderbury, 96; Boyer, Anne Annals, i. 77.

Offices Held

Treasurer to Queen Mary 1693–1702; paymaster of Queen Anne’s pensions and bounties 1702–7, 1713–14; treasurer to Prince George of Denmark 1702–7; jt. commr. privy seal 1711–13. Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 168, 1033; xvii. 133–4, 406; xxi. 250; xxv. 600; Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1731–5, p. 283; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iii. 84; vi. 165; Cobbett, Parlty. Hist., vi. 584; London Gazette, 22–25 June 1702; Post Boy, 18–20 Dec. 1711; 15–18 Aug. 1713.

Freeman, Winchester, 1713–d. Hants RO, Winchester corp. recs. viii. f. 122.

Parlimentarian

NICHOLAS, Edward II (1662-1726), of Donhead Lodge, Gillingham, Dorset. and West Horsley, Surr.

Main residences: Donhead Lodge, Gillingham, Dorset; West Horsley, Surr.

Author

P.W.

H.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

NICHOLAS, Edward (1662-1726)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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