Charles Gounter Nicoll

Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll KB (1704 – 24 November 1733), of Racton, Sussex, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1729 to 1733.

His grandfather, Colonel George Gounter, helped Charles II to escape from England after the battle of Worcester.

Gounter Nicoll died on 24 November 1733, having had two daughters Elizabeth, and Frances Catherine and was buried in St Peter's Church in Racton.

Gounter Nicoll's daughter Frances Catherine married William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth with £100,000 in 1755.

Gounter Nicoll's last will and testament of 13 April 1731 names his mother as Judith Gounter, his sister Katharine as married to Sir Henry Maynard, nephew William Maynard, his Aunt Nicoll, and his Uncle William Wither and Wither's wife.

Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll's tombstone