Nicolson Calvert (1764–1841)

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Nicholson Calvert (1764-1841)

Nicolson Calvert (15 May 1764 – 13 April 1841)[1] was an English Whig politician.

Life

The son of Felix Calvert, a brewer from Southwark and Hunsdon, he was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2] In 1789 he married Frances Pery, daughter and co-heir of the 1st Viscount Pery, a powerful politician from Limerick in Ireland.[2] They had six sons and two daughters. Their son, Felix (d. 1862), fought at the Battle of Waterloo[3] while their second daughter Isabella (1793–1862) married Sir James Stronge, Bt.[4] They lived at Hunsdon House in Hertfordshire, which he inherited from his uncle (also named Nicolson Calvert).[5] His granddaughter Flora Louisa Calvert married Lt Col. Alfred Tippinge,[6] and his great granddaughter Helena was the wife of Arthur Irwin Dasent.[7]

Career

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Hertford from 1802 to 1826, and for the county of Hertfordshire from 1826 to 1834.[2] He commanded the Eastern Battalion, Hertfordshire Local Militia, when it was raised at Hertford in 1808.[8]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
  2. ^ a b c Fisher, David R. (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "CALVERT, Nicolson (1764-1841), of Hunsdon House, nr. Ware and Furneux Pelham, nr. Bishop's Stortford, Herts". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ^ *Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 146.
  4. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Isabella Calvert". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  5. ^ Neale, John Preston; Moule, Thomas (1822). Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Vol. 1. Sherwood, Jones and Company. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Recently proved wills". Hampshire Independent. British Newspaper Archive. 14 January 1899. p. 4 col.8. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 13th edition, ed. A. Winton Thorpe, 1921, p. 525
  8. ^ Maj J.H. Busby, 'Local Military Forces in Hertfordshire 1793–1814', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol 31, No 125 (Spring 1953), pp. 15–24.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hertford
1802–1826
With: Edward Spencer Cowper 1802–17
Viscount Cranborne 1817–23
Thomas Byron from 1823 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire
1826–1835
With: Sir John Sebright, Bt to 1835
Viscount Grimston from 1832 		Succeeded by


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