About Nicolson Calvert
Lived 1725 – 1793 (aged 67–68). Nicolson Calvert was a politician.
Nicolson Calvert (c. 1724 – 4 May 1793) was an English politician.
He was the oldest surviving son of Felix Calvert of Furneaux Pelham in Hertfordshire. His mother Christian was the daughter of Josiah Nicolson, a brewer from Clapham. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He owned Hunsdon House in Hertfordshire, which he inherited from his grandfather Felix Calvert.
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Tewkesbury from 1754 to 1774.
He married Rebecca, the daughter of the Rev. John Goodwin, rector of Clapham, Surrey, but had no children. They lived at Hunsdon House, which his widow rebuilt after his death.
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Who was Nicolson Calvert?
English politician; (1720s-1793)
When was Nicolson Calvert born?
Nicolson Calvert was born in 1725.
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Nicolson Calvert died on 4 May 1793.
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Nicolson Calvert was a politician.
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