Researching Nicholas Kendall
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The name Nicholas means "Victory of the People" and is of Greek origin.
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Nicholas Kendall (Conservative politician)
Nicholas Kendall (22 December 1800 – 8 June 1878) was born in St Mabyn, Cornwall.Kendall was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1847 and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). In 1858 he was chairman of the River Thames Select Committee during The Great Stink
The son of a vicar, Nicholas Kendall was a member of a Cornish landowning family. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1847. In the same year he suppressed a riot at St Austell, on 11 June. He was returned to parliament for East Cornwall, in conjunction with Thomas Agar-Robartes, in 1852, which position he retained without intermission until 1868. Mr Kendall was one of the county magistrates and also a deputy-lieutenant, and deputy warden of the Stannaries. For some time he was captain of the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia.
Source: Nicholas Kendall (Conservative politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaNicholas Kendall (Royalist)
Nicholas Kendall (c. 1577–1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625 and 1640. He was killed in action fighting on the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
Kendall was the son of Walter Kendall of Pelyn, Cornwall. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in October 1594 aged 17. He became recorder of Lostwithiel.
In 1625, Kendall was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel in a double return. He was elected again as MP for Lostwithiel in April 1640 for the Short Parliament. Kendall became a colonel in the King's army. He led a troop of Royalist soldiers into Bodmin, where they routed the Parliamentarian troopers who were raiding the town. He was killed at the siege of Bristol in 1643. He was buried in Lanlivery Church.
Kendall married by Emlyn Treffrey, daughter of Thomas Treffrey of Lostwithiel. Their son Walter was also MP for Lostwithiel.
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