Patteson Nickalls (stockbroker)

Sir Patteson Nickalls (c 1836 - 1910) was a London stockbroker and Liberal politician and was president of the Polo and Riding Pony Society.

Biography

Nickalls was born in Chicago around 1836 as a British subject, the son of Patteson Nickalls (1798–1869) and Arabella née Chalk (1799–1893) and brother of Tom Nickalls. He became a stockbroker in London.[1] At the 1885 UK general election he stood unsuccessfully for parliament as a Liberal at Sevenoaks.[2] He was knighted at Osborne House on 11 August 1893.[3] At the 1900 UK general election he stood unsuccessfully for parliament as a Liberal at Dartford.[4] In 1901 he addressed a pro-Boer meeting at Maidstone which was broken up by his opponents, and which caused unpopularity for Nickalls at the Stock Exchange.[5]

Nickalls married Florence Womersley (1847–1896) in London in 1867.[6] They had four daughters - Ethel Patteson Nickalls (1867–1948); Winifred Nickalls, who married Major-General Charles Budworth (1869−1921); Hylda Patteson Nickalls (1871–1947); Lilian Patteson Nickalls (1873–1950), who married Capt William Rundall Ponsonby (1876–1919), and later Major Arthur Trevor-Boothe (1869–1946); and Sybil Patteson Nickalls (1874–1938) who married Hon Henry Gilbert Lakin (1875–1964); and three sons - Patteson Womersley Nickalls, Cecil Patteson Nickalls and Morres Nickalls. The sons were all leading polo players who were educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford and played polo for Oxford University.[7]

Nickalls lived at Chislehurst and died in 1910 at the age of 73.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1881 British Census RG11 0857/105 p22
  2. ↑ Debrett's illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
  3. ↑ Knights of England
  4. ↑ Debrett's illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
  5. ↑ "Pro-Boer meeting broken up". New York Times. November 21, 1901. Retrieved 2011-03-31. Sir Patteson Nickalls Unable to Continue Speech at Maidstone
  6. 1 2 Office for Population and Censuses BMD Indices
  7. ↑ Horace A. Laffaye (2009). The Evolution of Polo. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-3814-2.
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