Commander Sir Edward Nicholl KBE JP DL (17 June 1862 – 30 March 1939)[1] was a British officer of the Royal Naval Reserve who subsequently became a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
Nicholl was born at Ada Terrace, Pool, Cornwall .
[2] Two years later he started an Engineering Apprenticeship with the Great Western Railway at Carn Brea.
[4] He was a patron of the Cornwall County wrestling Association for many years.
[5] In the King's Birthday Honours 1928, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for "political and public services".