Charles Gounter Nicoll

Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll, born as Charles Gounter in 1703/4, died 24 November 1733, was appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath.

His last will and testament of 13 April 1731 names his mother as Judith Gounter, his sister Katharine as married to Sir Henry Maynard, nephew William Maynard, his Aunt Nicoll, and his Uncle William Wither and Wither's wife.[1]

Nicoll had two daughters: Elizabeth, and Frances Catherine (who married William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth), by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William Blunden.[2] William Blunden had been the son of Alice Blunden (the alleged victim of a notorious premature burial).

Nicoll changed his name by a 1726 Act of Parliament, adopting the surname of Nicoll, according to the deed of settlement of William Nicoll.[3]

On 29 January 1729 Nicoll became MP for Peterborough in a by-election. He held the office until his death four years later (when the seat was contested again by a by-election).

Nicoll is buried in St Peter's Church in Racton.

References

  1. ↑ Last Will and Testament of the Honourable Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll, accessed December 2017 (via ancestry.com, a paid subscription site).
  2. ↑ Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll's tombstone
  3. ↑ Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1726 (13 Geo. 1). c. 5


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