Reginald Nicholson (15 July 1869 – 27 April 1946) was an English

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politician. He was elected at the 1918 general election as a

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Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in the

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. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the

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from 1919 to 1920, but was defeated at the 1922 general election by the Labour Party candidate

Wilfred Paling Wilfred Paling (7 April 1883 – 17 April 1971) was a British Labour Party politician. He was born at Marehay, near Ripley, Derbyshire, one of eight children of a coalminer. Paling left Ripley Elementary School at the age of 13, and entere ...

, and did not stand again. Nicholson was the son of the William Norris Nicholson and his wife Emily (née Daniel). He was educated at

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, and later became Traffic Manager of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway. He was Manager of ''

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'' newspaper from 1911 to 1915. On 15 February 1915, he married Natalie Stark Pearson (1889–1956), daughter of

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. They had two sons, David Benevenuto Nicholson (1916–1937) and Peter Anthony Nicholson (1923–2001).

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* 1869 births 1946 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 People educated at Charterhouse School The Times people National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub