Reginald Nicholson

Reginald Nicholson (15 July 1869 – 27 April 1946)^[1] was an English Liberal Party politician.

He was elected at the 1918 general election as a Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[2] He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1919 to 1920,^[3] but was defeated at the 1922 general election by the Labour Party candidate Wilfred Paling, and did not stand again.^[2]

Nicholson was the son of the William Norris Nicholson and his wife Emily. He was educated at Charterhouse, and later became Traffic Manager of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway. He was Manager of The Times newspaper from 1911-15.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with D, part 2". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons2.htm. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 513. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1922". London: Dean & son. http://www.archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1922londuoft#page/120/mode/2up. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Reginald Nicholson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Charles Nicholson, Bt	Member of Parliament for Doncaster 1918–1922	Succeeded by Wilfred Paling

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Name	Nicholson, Reginald
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Date of birth	15 July 1869
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Date of death	27 April 1946
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