Sir John Nicholson, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Norris Nicholson, 2nd Baronet, KBE, CIE, MA, JP (19 February 1911– 30 August 1993) was Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight from 1980 to 1985.[1]
He was the only child of Captain George Crosfield Norris Nicholson, RFC, and Evelyn Izme née Murray, the daughter of Montolieu Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank. He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1938 he married Vittoria Vivien née Trewhella: they had two sons and two daughters. During World War II he served with the Cheshire Regiment. From 1942 to 1946 he was seconded to the Ministry of War Transport.
Notes
- ↑ ‘NICHOLSON, Sir John (Norris)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 30 Aug 2016
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet, of Harrington Gardens, Kensington |
Baronet Harrington Gardens, Kensington 1918–1993 |
Succeeded by Charles Christian Nicholson, 3rd Baronet |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma |
Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight 1980–1985 |
Succeeded by David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone |
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