Nicholson Coat of Arms & Family Crest - Symbols, Bearers, History

Nicholson Family Crest or Coat of Arms (Nicolson) - Nicholson Family History & Surname
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1) The Nicolson Baronetcy, of that Ilk and of Lasswade, in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1629 for Sir John Nicolson (d. 1651), son of John Nicholson (1578-1604), grandson of James , 1st of Lasswade and Lochend
2) The Nicolson Baronetcy, of Glenbervie, in the County of Kincardine, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1700 for Sir Thomas Nicolson (c. 1664-1728) of Kemnay, co. Aberdeen, son of Sir George Nicolson of Cluny, afterwards of Kemnay (1637-1711), judge and Senator of the College of Justice, grandson of Thomas Nicolsone of Pitmedden and Cluny, a merchant
3) Sir Thomas Nicolson (d. 1646) was created a Baronet, of Carnock in the County of Stirling, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1636, Scottish lawyer, landowner, postmaster, and commissioner for Stirlingshire, son of John Nicolson of Lasswade (d. 1605), grandson of James Nicolson (d. 1589) of Lasswade and Lochend, great-grandson of David Nicolson (d. c. 1543). He was succeeded by his first son Thomas, 2nd baronet, and had a second son, Sir John Nicolson of Tillicoultry (1629-1683)
4) Cockburnspath co. Berwickshire, The Nicolson Baronetcy, of Cockburnspath, in Berwickshire, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 17 December 1625 for Sir James Nicolson (c. 1590-1656), son of Thomas Nicolson of Cockburnsparth, Commissary of Abderdeen, grandson of John Nicolson, 1st of Lasswade, Commissary of Edinburgh, and great-grandson of James Nicolson (d. 1580) - had brother Sir Thomas Nicolson (d. 1656), later of Cockburnspath, Lord Advocate
5) confirmed to Harvey Nicholson Esq. (d. 1865) of Roe Park, co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, son of John Nicholson, Mayor and Alderman of Derry
6) Lieutenant General Robert Nicholson (1745-1821), British military officer who briefly commanded forces in Bombay, India in 1800, in the service of the British East India Company, son of Alexander Nicholson and Mary Murray
Nicholson of Ufford, Bury, co. Suffolk
7) Alexander Nicholson Esq. of East Court, Charlton-Kings, and of Ufford, co. Suffolk, born McInnes, formerly a captain in the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, by royal sign manual in 1821, assumed the arms and surname of Nicholson out of respect to the memory of his late maternal uncle, General Robert Nicholson
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9) Sir Humphrey Nicholson, merchant, of Mile End Green, co. Middlesex, knighted 1680, son of Francis Nicholson, and grandson of Gilbert Nicolson of Bare (d. 1605)
Robert Nicholson of St. Mary Abchurch, a merchant?
John Hampden Nicholson of Balrath Burry (1871-1935), High Sheriff of co. Meath, Ireland, son of Christopher Armytage Nicholson (1825-1887), grandson of John Armytage Nicholson (1798-1872),
10) Dublin, Ireland
11) granted in 1588 to Robert Nicholson of London - also arms borne by Benjamin Nicholson of Bromley, co. Surrey
12) granted in 1535 to William Nicholson of Lincolnshire
13) George Nicholson of Twickenham, co. Middlesex
14) Lieutenant General Francis Nicholson, granted 1693, British general and colonial official who served as Governor of South Carolina, Governor of Nova Scotia, Governor of Virginia, Governor of Maryland, and Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia
15) James Custis, Rector of Saul, co. Down, whose wife Elizabeth was sister and heir of James Nicholson Esq. of Iceford, co. Sligo, Ireland on his assuming, by royal license, in 1861, the surname and arms of Nicholson
16) Lancashire, Cumberland, London - granted in 1596 to Thomas Nicholson, Examiner of the Chancery, son of William Nicholson of Lancaster, grandson of Nicholas Nicholson of Cumberland - confirmed to his son Otes Nicholson of London, also an Examiner in the Court of the Chancery
also by Francis Nicholson of Chapell, co. Essex
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18) Thelwall Hall, co. Cheshire - William Nicholson (1816-1888) Warrrington solicitor and James Nicholson (1818-1889) Warrington solicitor, sons of Captain Peter Nicholson (1779-1779),
19) Waverley Abbey, co. Surrey - George Thomas Nicholson, a graduate of Trinity College, and barrister, son of Samuel Nicolson (1738-1827), a London wholesale haberdasher and founding partner of the Glasgow Bank in 1809, grandson of George
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22) The Nicholson Baronetcy, of Luddenham in New South Wales, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1859 for
Sir Charles Nicholson (1808-1903)
23) granted to William Nicholson (1699-1740) of Ballow, co. Down, Northern Ireland, son of William Nicolson
24) William Nicolson (fl. 1527) in the Park of Yester, Scotland
25) Nicholson of Seal, Sevenoaks, co. Kent, granted (tricked?) between 1536-1584 - likely the ancestors of George Nicholson (fl. 1636) of Seal, co. Kent

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Thank you. Nicholson is my family name. My grandmother always told us we were related to the Nicolson's or MacNeacals of Skye but I have no idea. Great video.