John Nicholas (of Chepstow)

John Nicholas was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1656 and 1659.

Nicholas was of Chepstow and was a captain in Commonwealth army. He became governor of Chepstow in January 1651 and was added to the High Court of Justice on 25 June 1651.^[1] In 1656, he was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire in the Second Protectorate Parliament.^[2] He was appointed steward to hold courts for conservation of the River Severn from 1656 to 1657 and was governor of Chepstow again in 1659.^[1] He was re-elected MP for Monmouthshire for the Third Protectorate Parliament in 1659.^[2]

On the Restoration, he went abroad. He received a pardon and a pass as one of those whom the king wished to call home.^[1]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by Henry Herbert Thomas Hughes Thomas Morgan	Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire 1656–1659 With: Major General James Berry 1656 Nathaniel Waterhouse 1656 Edward Herbert 1656 William Morgan 1659	Succeeded by Restored Rump

[Williams-1] W R Williams Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales

[Willis-2] Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.

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