Edward Nicholl

Who was Edward Nicholl?

Commander Sir Edward Nicholl, KBE, RNR, MP was a British officer of the Royal Naval Reserve who subsequently became a Conservative Member of Parliament.

Nicholl was born at Pool, Cornwall and in 1889 was granted a Commission in the Royal Naval Reserve. He was knighted in 1916 for war services.

He was elected at the 1918 general election as MP for Penryn and Falmouth but did not seek re-election in 1922 general election.

In the King's birthday honours 1928, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for "political and public services".