About Charles Hope Nicolson
Lived 1829 – 1898 (aged 68–69). Charles Hope Nicolson was a police officer.
Life He was born in Scotland, and joined the Victorian police as a cadet officer in 1852 with several others who afterwards attained high rank in the force. Amongst them were the chief commissioner, Chomley, J. Lyddiard, Sadleir, Reginald Greene, Winch, William Templeton, Leopold Kabat, and others.
Legacy In the 1923 silent film When the Kellys Were Out, Nicholson was played by Dunstan Webb.
In the 1951 film, The Glenrowan Affair, he was played by Charles Tasman. The film incorrectly depicts Nicholson as being the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police at the time of the Kelly Outbreak. In reality, the position was held by Frederick Standish.
In the 1970 film Ned Kelly, he was played by Ken Goodlet .
In the 1980 miniseries The Last Outlaw, he was played by John Stone.
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Who was Charles Hope Nicolson?
Scottish settler, lawman & police magistrate (1829-1898)
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Charles Hope Nicolson was born in 1829.
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Charles Hope Nicolson died in 1898.
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Charles Hope Nicolson was a police officer.
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