About Nicolson Calvert
Lived 1764 – 1841 (aged 76). Nicolson Calvert was a British politician.
Nicolson Calvert (15 May 1764 – 13 April 1841) was an English Whig politician.
Life The son of Felix Calvert, a brewer from Southwark and Hunsdon, he was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. In 1789 he married Frances Pery, daughter and co-heir of the 1st Viscount Pery, a powerful politician from Limerick in Ireland. while their second daughter Isabella (1793–1862) married Sir James Stronge, Bt. They lived at Hunsdon House in Hertfordshire, which he inherited from his uncle (also named Nicolson Calvert). His granddaughter Flora Louisa Calvert married Lt Col. Alfred Tippinge, and his great granddaughter Helena was the wife of Arthur Irwin Dasent.
Career He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Hertford from 1802 to 1826, and for the county of Hertfordshire from 1826 to 1834.
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Who was Nicolson Calvert?
British politician; (1764-1841)
When was Nicolson Calvert born?
Nicolson Calvert was born on 15 May 1764.
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Nicolson Calvert died on 13 April 1841.
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Nicolson Calvert was a politician.
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Nicolson Calvert was British.
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