Patteson Nickalls (stockbroker)

Sir Patteson Nickalls JP (10 December 1836[1] – 4 October 1910) was a British stockbroker and Liberal politician and was president of the Polo and Riding Pony Society.

Biography

Nickalls was born in Chicago in 1836 as a British subject, the son of Patteson Nickalls (1798–1869) and Arabella Chalk (1799–1893). He was the younger brother of Tom Nickalls. He became a stockbroker in London.[2] At the 1885 general election he stood unsuccessfully for parliament as a Liberal at Sevenoaks.[3] He was knighted at Osborne House on 11 August 1893.[4] At the 1900 general election he stood unsuccessfully for parliament as a Liberal at Dartford.[5] 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.[6]

Nickalls lived at Chislehurst and died in 1910 at the age of 73.[7]

Family

Nickalls married Florence Womersley (1847–1896) in London in 1867.[7] They had five daughters and three sons:

  • 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 in 1902 Captain William Randal Ponsonby (1876–1919), and later Major Arthur Trevor-Boothe (1869–1946)
  • Sybil Patteson Nickalls (1874–1938), who married Hon Henry Gilbert Lakin (1875–1964)
  • Major Patteson Womersley Nickalls (1877–1946)
  • Colonel Cecil Patteson Nickalls (1877–1925)
  • 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.[8]

References
  1. Who was who. St. Martin's Press. 1966. p. 526. Retrieved 19 April 2019. NICKALLS, Sir Patteson; Kt., cr. 1893; J.P.; member of Stock Exchange; b. 10 Dec. 1836
  2. 1881 British Census RG11 0857/105 p22
  3. Debrett's illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
  4. Knights of England
  5. Debrett's illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
  6. "Pro-Boer meeting broken up" (PDF). The New York Times. November 21, 1901. Retrieved 2011-03-31. Sir Patteson Nickalls Unable to Continue Speech at Maidstone
  7. Office for Population and Censuses BMD Indices
  8. Horace A. Laffaye (2009). The Evolution of Polo. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-3814-3.
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