Sir Richard Everard Nichols (26 April 1938 – 13 March 2016) was an English solicitor and the 670th

Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional pow ...

. Nichols was born in

Watford Watford () is a town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal en ...

, Hertfordshire, the son of Guy Everard Nichols and Patricia Mary Hurst. His father, clerk of the

Salters' Company The Worshipful Company of Salters is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, 9th in order of precedence. The Company originated as the Guild of Corpus Christi, which was granted a Royal Charter of incorporation in 1394. Further Char ...

, died when he was 7 years old. With the assistance of the Salters' Company Richard was educated at

Christ's Hospital School Christ's Hospital is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 11–18) with a royal charter located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex. The school was founded in 1552 and received its first royal charter in 1553 ...

Horsham Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby ...

, Sussex. He served in the Royal Engineers, 1956–58. He joined a Watford-based firm of solicitors, becoming a senior partner in 1976. He joined the Salters' Company and became Master of the company for 1988–99. Encouraged by the Company he became a Common Councilman on the City of London council in 1983 and an Alderman in 1984. He was elected

Sheriff of London Two sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City livery companies. Today's sheriffs have only nominal duties, but the historical officeholders had important judicial responsibilities. They have attended the ju ...

for 1994–95 and

for 1997–98. He was knighted on 4 November 1998. He served as Chancellor of the

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from 2002 to 2010. He married Shelagh Loveband and had two sons and a daughter. Around 1990 he jointly with others bought a 300-acre (120 Ha) farm in

Kings Langley Kings Langley is a village, former manor and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, north-west of Westminster in the historic centre of London and to the south of the Chiltern Hills. It now forms part of the London commuter belt. The village ...

, Hertfordshire on which the family lived.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nichols, Richard 1938 births 2016 deaths People from Watford People educated at Christ's Hospital British solicitors Sheriffs of the City of London 20th-century lord mayors of London 20th-century English politicians Knights Bachelor Chancellors of Ulster University