[1] He was educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford.
[2] Nichols, a poet and artist, became a trustee of the Wallace Collection.
[citation needed] On 4 August 1892, Nichols married Catherine Louisa Bouverie-Pusey, a daughter of Captain Edward Bouverie-Pusey (grandson of Hon.
Philip Bouverie-Pusey and Lady Lucy Sherard) and Esther Elliot Hales (a daughter of Rev.
Nichols had two sons and two daughters:[2] Nichols died at Lawford Hall, Manningtree, Essex, aged 79, and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Lawford.