Nicolson Calvert (1764–1841)

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

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 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]

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]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hertford
18021826
With: Edward Spencer Cowper 1802–17
Viscount Cranborne 1817–23
Thomas Byron from 1823
Succeeded by
Thomas Byron
Thomas Slingsby Duncombe
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire
18261835
With: Sir John Sebright, Bt to 1835
Viscount Grimston from 1832
Succeeded by
Viscount Grimston
Rowland Alston
Abel Smith


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  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
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