Nicolson Calvert (1764–1841)

For other people named Nicolson Calvert, see Nicolson Calvert (disambiguation).

Nicolson Calvert (15 May 1764 – 13 April 1841)^[1] was an English Whig politician.

Nicholson Calvert (1764-1841)

Life

The son of Felix Calvert, a brewer from Southwark and Hunsdon, he was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.^[2] In 1789 he married Frances Pery, daughter and co-heir of the 1st Viscount Pery, a powerful politician from Limerick in Ireland.^[2] They had six sons and two daughters. Their son, Felix (d. 1862), fought at the Battle of Waterloo^[3] while their second daughter Isabella (1793–1862) married Sir James Stronge, Bt.^[4] They lived at Hunsdon House in Hertfordshire, which he inherited from his uncle (also named Nicolson Calvert).^[5] His granddaughter Flora Louisa Calvert married Lt Col. Alfred Tippinge,^[6] and his great granddaughter Helena was the wife of Arthur Irwin Dasent.^[7]

Career

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Hertford from 1802 to 1826, and for the county of Hertfordshire from 1826 to 1834.^[2] He commanded the Eastern Battalion, Hertfordshire Local Militia, when it was raised at Hertford in 1808.^[8]