There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Nicholson, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. See also Nicolson Baronets

Nicolson Baronets

There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Nicolson, all in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. two of the creations are extant as of 2008....

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The Nicholson Baronetcy, of Luddenham in New South Wales, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 April 1859 for Charles Nicholson

Charles Nicholson

Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet was a British-Australian politician, university founder, explorer, pastoralist, antiquarian and philanthropist...

, the first Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Council

New South Wales Legislative Council

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. His eldest son, the second Baronet, became a well-known ecclesiastical architect. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1986. Archibald Keightley Nicholson

Archibald Keightley Nicholson

Archibald Keightley Nicholson was an English 20th century ecclesiastical stained-glass maker. His father was Charles Nicholson and his two brothers, Charles and Sydney, were a church architect and church musician respectively....

 and Sir Sydney Nicholson

Sydney Nicholson

Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson was an English choir director, organist and composer, now chiefly remembered as the founder of the Royal School of Church Music . He was born in London and educated at Rugby School, New College, Oxford and the Royal College of Music...

, younger sons of the first Baronet, also gained distinction.

The Nicholson Baronetcy, of Harrington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 February 1912 for Charles Norris Nicholson, Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Doncaster

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 between 1906 and 1918. His grandson, the second Baronet, was Chairman of the Ocean Steamship Company and of Martins Bank

Martins Bank

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 and also served as Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight from 1980 to 1986. The title is now held by the latter's son, the third Baronet, who succeeded in 1993.

The Nicholson Baronetcy, of Winterbourne Roy in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 March 1958 for the Conservative

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 politician Godfrey Nicholson

Godfrey Nicholson

Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament .A member of the family which founded London-based gin distillers J&W Nicholson & Co, Nicholson was a younger son of Richard Francis Harrison and a grandson of politician, William Nicholson...

. He had four daughters but no sons and the baronetcy consequently became extinct on his death in 1991. His third daughter is the life peer

Life peer

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 Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

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Nicholson Baronets, of Luddenham (1859)

• Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet (1808-1903)
• Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, 2nd Baronet , became well-known as an ecclesiastical architect. He was the son of Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet, and brother of the stained glass artist Archibald Keightley Nicholson and of Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson, organist at Westminster Abbey and founder of...
  
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• Sir John Charles Nicholson, 3rd Baronet (1904-1986)

Nicholson Baronets, of Harrington Gardens, Kensington (1912)

• Sir Charles Norris Nicholson, 1st Baronet
  Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet, of Harrington Gardens
  Sir Charles Norris Nicholson was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Doncaster from 1906 to 1918.He was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, and became a barrister. The Nicholson Baronetcy, of Harrington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington, was created in the Baronetage...
  
   (1857-1918) MP for Doncaster 1906-1918
• Sir John Norris Nicholson, 2nd Baronet (1911-1993) Lord Lieutenant Isle of Wight 1980-
• Sir Charles Christian Nicholson, 3rd Baronet (b. 1941)

Nicholson Baronets, of Winterbourne Roy (1958)

• Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet (1901-1991)