About Charles Nix
Lived 1873 – 1956 (aged 82). Charles Nix was a British sport shooter.
Charles George Ashburner Nix OBE (25 August 1873 – 3 March 1956) was a British sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal.
Nix was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge.
A member of the Nix family, he was the son of John Hennings Nix, one of the partners in the London private bank Fuller, Banbury, Nix & Co, and Sarah Ashburner, an Indian-born wealthy heiress from Calcutta (now Kolkata). He inherited the family estate Tilgate House in Crawley from his older brother John Ashburner Nix in 1927, but sold the estate in 1939 as the family lived primarily in London. He was the great-grandfather of Alexander Nix.
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Who was Charles Nix?
sport shooter (1873–1956)
When was Charles Nix born?
Charles Nix was born on 25 August 1873 in Crawley.
When did Charles Nix die?
Charles Nix died on 8 May 1956 in Crawley.
What was Charles Nix's occupation?
Charles Nix was a sport shooter.
What nationality was Charles Nix?
Charles Nix was British.
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