Gerald Nicolls
The Ven Gerald Edward Nicolls (1862 – 28 February, 1937) was Archdeacon of Lahore[1] from 1909 to 1912.[2]
He was born in Allahabad into a military family and [3] educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1885;[4] and priest in 1886.[5] The following year he married Eleanor, 2nd daughter of Colonel J. B. Hardy, RA:[6]they had four sons and one daughter. He served the Diocese of Lahore[7] at Peshawar, Karachi and Shimla before his time as Archdeacon. Afterwards he was Vicar of Skirbeck from 1912 to 1915,[8] Winterbourne Down from 1915 to 1923; Bedminster from 1923 to 1927; and Bishopsworth from 1927 until his death on 28 February 1937.[9]
Notes
- ^ thePeerage.com
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p946: Oxford, OUP, 1929
- ^ He was the 4th son of Lieutenant-General J. E. T. Nicolls, RE > ‘NICOLLS, Ven. Gerald Edward’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 April 2014
- ^ ‘ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS’ Liverpool Mercury, Thursday, October 1, 1885; Issue 11771
- ^ Multiple News Items Nottinghamshire Guardian, Friday, June 25, 1886; pg. 3; Issue 2144
- ^ ‘Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries’ The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, August 06, 1887; pg. [1]; Issue 35922
- ^ National Archives
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Aug 27, 1912; pg. 7; Issue 39988
- ^ Deaths The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 02, 1937; pg. 1; Issue 47622
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