Gerald Nicolls
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The Ven Gerald Edward Nicolls (1862 – 28 February 1937) was Archdeacon of Lahore from 1909 to 1912.[1]
He was born in Allahabad into a military family and [2] educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1885;[3] and priest in 1886.[4] The following year he married Eleanor, 2nd daughter of Colonel J. B. Hardy, RA:[5] they had four sons and one daughter. He served the Diocese of Lahore[6] at Peshawar, Karachi and Shimla before his time as Archdeacon. Afterwards he was Vicar of Skirbeck from 1912 to 1915,[7] Winterbourne Down from 1915 to 1923; Bedminster from 1923 to 1927; and Bishopsworth from 1927 until his death on 28 February 1937.[8]
