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Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet (9 December 1901 – 14 July 1991)[1] was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP).
A member of the family which founded London-based gin distillers J&W Nicholson &Co, Nicholson was a younger son of Richard Francis Harrison and a grandson of politician, William Nicholson. He was educated at Winchester College and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1925.
In1931, he contested and won Morpeth and held the seat until 1935. Two years later, he contested and won Farnhamina by-election and on the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he served with The Royal Fusiliers until 1942. He was subsequently a captain in the Home Guard and as MP criticized that an issue of pikes to the Home Guard made during a shortage of rifles "if not meant as a joke, was an insult".[2][3]
On 20 March 1958, Nicholson was made a baronet[4] and retired from politics in 1966. On 30 June 1936, he had married Lady Katharine Lindsay (a younger daughter of the 27th Earl of Crawford) and they had four daughters:
Sir Godfrey was a favourite at the London Gliding Club where they appreciated his passing of favourable laws regarding gliding.
As Nicholson had no sons from his marriage, his title became extinct upon his death in 1991.
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Morpeth 1931–1935 |
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Farnham 1937–1966 |
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New creation | Baronet (of Winterbourne) 1958–1991 |
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