Charles Edward Nicholson

Charles Edward Nicholson VD (1854 – 24 September 1931) was an Australian politician. He was born in West Maitland to grazier William Nicholson and Mary Ann Ryan. He was a solicitor's clerk before joining the Newcastle post office in 1876, soon rising to assistant postmaster and then postmaster in 1880. From 1882 he was crown lands agent at Coonabarabran; he resigned in 1888 to return to Maitland to farm. He served in the Boer War as a and was mentioned in despatches three times. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1911 as the Liberal member for Maitland. During World War I he served with the Hunter River Lancers and the Australian Light Horse as a major and then on Sea Transport staff from 1916 to 1917 as a lieutenant colonel. He was defeated in 1920, and after a

Charles Edward Nicholson

Charles Edward Nicholson VD (1854 – 24 September 1931) was an Australian politician. He was born in West Maitland to grazier William Nicholson and Mary Ann Ryan. He was a solicitor's clerk before joining the Newcastle post office in 1876, soon rising to assistant postmaster and then postmaster in 1880. From 1882 he was crown lands agent at Coonabarabran; he resigned in 1888 to return to Maitland to farm. He served in the Boer War as a and was mentioned in despatches three times. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1911 as the Liberal member for Maitland. During World War I he served with the Hunter River Lancers and the Australian Light Horse as a major and then on Sea Transport staff from 1916 to 1917 as a lieutenant colonel. He was defeated in 1920, and after a