Otho Nicholson

Otho William Nicholson (30 November 1891 – 29 June 1978) was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1924 to 1932.

Born in Marylebone, London, Nicholson was first elected to Parliament in a by-election on 19 March 1924 in the London constituency of Westminster Abbey, where the previous MP John Nicholson had died the month before. In the by-election he beat Winston Churchill, who stood for under the "Constitutionalist" banner, by only 43 votes. Nicholson held the seat in the next three general elections. He took the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 4 July 1932, a way of resigning from the Commons. A by-election to replace him was held on 12 July 1932.

On 2 March 1948, Nicholson was on a Sabena Airlines DC3 airplane when it crashed on landing at London Heathrow Airport. He was one of three out of 21 people on board to survive.^[1] Nicholson died in 1978 in Ringwood, Hampshire, aged 86.

References

Specific

1. ^ "Sabena Air Crash Disaster". thisislongford.com. 2007. http://www.thisislongford.com/heathrow.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-20. 

General

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)

External links

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

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Nicholson	Member of Parliament for Westminster Abbey 1924 – 1932	Succeeded by Sidney Herbert

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Name	Nicholson, Otho
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Date of birth	30 November 1891
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Date of death	29 June 1978
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