Family and Education
b. ?1662, 1st s. of Sir John Nicholas, M.P., of West Horsley, clerk of the Privy Council, by Penelope, da. of Spencer Compton, M.P., 2nd Earl of Northampton. educ. New Coll. Oxf. 15 Jan. 1679, aged 16. m. Rachel, da. of Thomas Wyndham, M.P., of Witham Friary, Som., sis. and coh. of Hopton Wyndham, M.P., s.p. suc. fa. 1705.
Offices Held
Paymaster and receiver gen. to Queen Mary 1693 – 1702; paymaster of Queen Anne’s private pensions and bounties 1702 – 07, 1713 – 14; treasurer to Prince George of Denmark c. 1703 – 07; commr. of the privy seal 1711–13.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: West Horsley, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
NICHOLAS, Edward (?1662-1726)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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