Nicholas Damant (c. 1531–1616) was a magistrate and statesman in the Habsburg Netherlands. He was born in Brussels around 1531, the son of Pierre Damant, a councillor and courtier to Charles V. His brother, Pieter Damant, became bishop of GhentNicholas graduated Licentiate of Laws and practised as a lawyer before being appointed to the Council of Brabant by the Duke of Alva on 7 May 1568. In 1578 he was among those who fled Brussels when it fell to the Dutch Revolt, and in 1584 he was among those whose moveable goods were seized and sold at public auction by the new regime. In 1582 he became councillor and master of requests of the Brussels Privy Council, then sitting in Tournai. On 7 April 1585 he was appointed to the Council of Flanders, over protests that as a native of the Duchy of Bra