Otho Nicholson | |
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Member of Parliament for Westminster Abbey | |
In office 19 March 1924 – 12 July 1932 | |
Preceded by | John Nicholson |
Succeeded by | Sir Sidney Herbert |
Personal details | |
Born | Otho William Nicholson 30 November 1891 Marylebone, London, England |
Died | 29 June 1978 Ringwood, England | (aged 86)
Political party | Conservative |
Education | Harrow School |
Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
Otho William Nicholson (30 November 1891 – 29 June 1978) was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Westminster Abbey from 1924 to 1932.
Born in Marylebone, London, Nicholson entered local politics in London: he represented Finsbury on the London County Council from 1922 to 1925 and was a member of the Finsbury Borough Council, where he served as mayor in 1923–24. [1]
Nicholson was first elected to Parliament in a by-election on 19 March 1924 in the London constituency of Westminster Abbey, where the previous MP John Nicholson had died the month before. In the by-election he beat Winston Churchill, who stood for under the " Constitutionalist" banner, by only 43 votes. Nicholson held the seat in the next three general elections. He took the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 4 July 1932, a way of resigning from the Commons. A by-election to replace him was held on 12 July 1932.
On 2 March 1948, Nicholson was on a Sabena Airlines DC3 airplane when it crashed on landing at London Heathrow Airport. He was one of two out of 21 people on board to survive. [2] Nicholson died in 1978 in Ringwood, Hampshire, aged 86.[ citation needed]
Otho Nicholson | |
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Member of Parliament for Westminster Abbey | |
In office 19 March 1924 – 12 July 1932 | |
Preceded by | John Nicholson |
Succeeded by | Sir Sidney Herbert |
Personal details | |
Born | Otho William Nicholson 30 November 1891 Marylebone, London, England |
Died | 29 June 1978 Ringwood, England | (aged 86)
Political party | Conservative |
Education | Harrow School |
Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
Otho William Nicholson (30 November 1891 – 29 June 1978) was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Westminster Abbey from 1924 to 1932.
Born in Marylebone, London, Nicholson entered local politics in London: he represented Finsbury on the London County Council from 1922 to 1925 and was a member of the Finsbury Borough Council, where he served as mayor in 1923–24. [1]
Nicholson was first elected to Parliament in a by-election on 19 March 1924 in the London constituency of Westminster Abbey, where the previous MP John Nicholson had died the month before. In the by-election he beat Winston Churchill, who stood for under the " Constitutionalist" banner, by only 43 votes. Nicholson held the seat in the next three general elections. He took the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 4 July 1932, a way of resigning from the Commons. A by-election to replace him was held on 12 July 1932.
On 2 March 1948, Nicholson was on a Sabena Airlines DC3 airplane when it crashed on landing at London Heathrow Airport. He was one of two out of 21 people on board to survive. [2] Nicholson died in 1978 in Ringwood, Hampshire, aged 86.[ citation needed]