Background
William Graham Nicholson was born on March 11, 1862. He was the son of William Nicholson and brother of John Sanctuary Nicholson, a notable military figure in Imperial Africa. He grew up in Basing Park at Froxfield, which later became his seat.
Education
He was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.Nicholson served as Director-General on Mobilisation in the Second Anglo-Boer War from 30 June 1901 and was promoted an Honorary Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment.
Career
William Wither Bramston Beach Member of Parliament. Nicholson sat as a Conservative after the Liberal Unionists and Conservatives merged in 1912,and held the seat until his retirement at the 1935 general election. He resided under a lease for some time at Bentworth Hall, however, Basing Park was his main residence.He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1925. He was an alderman of Hampshire County Council, a Justice of the Peace, and a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.
In his spare time he was a keen horticulturalist.
Membership
25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament.
28th United Kingdom Parliament.
29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament.
31st United Kingdom Parliament. 32nd United Kingdom Parliament.
33rd United Kingdom Parliament.
34th United Kingdom Parliament. 35th United Kingdom Parliament. 36th United Kingdom Parliament]
After the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament William Wickham, he was elected at a by-election in June 1897 as the Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Petersfield in Hampshire, a seat which had previously been held by his father.