Nicholas Kendall

Coat of Arms of the Kendall family of Pelyn in Cornwall.

Nicholas Kendall (22 December 1800 – 8 June 1878)^[1] was born at St Mabyn, Cornwall. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1847 and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).^[2] In 1858 he was chairman of the River Thames Select Committee during The Great Stink ^[3]

His family was Cornish, being the Kendalls of Pelyn, Lanlivery, near Lostwithiel.

He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1847. In the same year he suppressed a riot at St Austell, on the 11th of June. He was returned to parliament for East Cornwall, in conjunction with Thomas Agar-Robartes, in 1852, which position he retained without intermission until 1868. Mr Kendall was one of the county magistrates and also a deputy-lieutenant, and deputy warden of the Stannaries. For some time he was captain of the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia.^[4]

References

1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons6.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-29. 
2. ^ "Hansard 1803-2005". http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-nicholas-kendall. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
3. ^ Water supply and river studies‎ by London City Council - 1905
4. ^ Extract from pages 21 to 32 of Volume III, Part No. 31 of "A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall" (known as “Lake’s Parochial History of Cornwall”) compiled by Joseph Polsue

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Pole-Carew Thomas Agar-Robartes	Member of Parliament for East Cornwall 1852 – 1868 With: Thomas Agar-Robartes	Succeeded by Sir John Salusbury-Trelawny, Bt Edward Brydges Willyams

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Name	Kendall, Nicholas
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Date of birth	22 December 1800
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Date of death	8 June 1878
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