Oliver Nicolls
Bornc.1740
Died1829
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Commands heldBombay Army

General Oliver Nicolls (c.1740 – 1829) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Nicolls was commissioned into the 1st Regiment of Foot in November 1756.[1] He became Quartermaster-General in the West Indies in 1794, in which capacity he subdued a rebellion in Grenada.[1] He became Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army on 22 January 1801 retiring from that post in 1808[2] to become a member of the Board of Inquiry into the Convention of Sintra under which the defeated French were allowed to evacuate their troops from Portugal without further conflict.[3] He went on to serve as Governor of the Island of Anholt in 1813.[4]

He was also colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot and then the 66th Regiment of Foot.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Richard Cannon, Historical record of the Life Guards containing an account of the formation of the corps in the year 1660 and of its subsequent services to 1835, p. 135
  2. ^ Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List. Vol. I. Harrison. p. 127. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  3. ^ The Inquiry, p. 12
  4. ^ Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Military offices Preceded byJames Stuart C-in-C, Bombay Army 1801–1808 Succeeded byJohn Abercromby Preceded byLord Clanricarde Colonel of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 1808–1829 Succeeded bySir William Anson Preceded bySir David Baird Colonel of the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 1807–1808 Succeeded byEdward Finch
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