Sir George Nicholls

(1781-1865)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Nicholls, George, Sir, 1781-1865 NRA: Nicholls, Sir George (1781-1865) Knight Poor Law Reformer DNB: Nicholls, Sir George (1781–1865), poor-law reformer and administrator LBT ID: GeNicho1855 VIAF ID: 34814964 LOC ID: n50003807	B/BAP: 1781-12-31 DIED: 1865-03-24
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Educated at the Helstone grammar school, he was a seaman, an overseer of the poor in Nottinghamshire, a Birmingham banker, and a Poor Law commissioner (1834).
REFERENCES TO Sir George Nicholls: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XI Found 3: ¶ 18 ¶ 19 ¶ 20