John Ashburner Nix (1 July 1866 – 9 May 1927) was an English businessman, estate owner,

Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The party sits on the Cent ...

politician and barrister who served as

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in 1911. He was the son of John Hennings Nix, one of the partners in the London bank Fuller, Banbury, Nix & Co, and Sarah Ashburner, a wealthy heiress born in

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(now Kolkata), India whose father George Ashburner (1810–1869), originally from

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(now Mumbai), had made a fortune as a merchant in India and at the end of his life bought Tilgate House, a 2,185-acre estate in

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, Sussex. Tilgate House was inherited by Sarah Nix, an only child, and following her death the estate was owned by John Ashburner Nix from 1904 until his death in 1927; the estate was then inherited by his brother

Charles Nix Charles George Ashburner Nix (25 August 1873 – 3 March 1956) was a British sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal. Nix was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge. In the 1908 ...

. He served as a second lieutenant in the

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before studying law. He was a director of the mining company San Antonio de Esimilacho of Peru. He stood as a conservative candidate for Ashburton in the

1895 United Kingdom general election The 1895 United Kingdom general election was held from 13 July to 7 August 1895. The result was a Conservative parliamentary majority of 153. William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone had retired as prime minister the previous year, and Queen ...

, but lost to incumbent Charles Seale-Hayne.''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette'', Thursday 29 August 1895, p. 1

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