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47: 514:. Nicholson became chancellor in 1854 and held the position until 1862. He was most active in forwarding the interests of the university and in 1860 presented a large and valuable collection of Egyptian, Roman and Etruscan antiquities to it, collected during a trip to Egypt and the Continent in 1856–1857. Nicholson's donation of nearly 1000 artefacts was the genesis of the 427:
at the behest of his uncle, William Ascough. Ascough had made a considerable fortune as a ship's captain and owner bringing convicts to the Colony, where he had also become an extensive landowner. Nicholson arrived on 1 May 1834 and set up as a doctor in Sydney on Jamieson Street, Wynyard close to
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and on 24 December 1850 was appointed a member of the senate. On 3 March 1851 he was unanimously elected vice-provost. He was also elected a member of the library committee which laid the foundations of the present excellent library. At the inauguration ceremony held on 11 October 1852, eloquent
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In 1862, Nicholson returned to England and in 1865 married Sarah Elizabeth Keightley. He never returned to Australia but kept his interest in it, and occasionally contributed papers relating to it to the journals of learned societies. In 1890, he was appointed to represent the interests of the
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at the University of Sydney, which has since been absorbed into the Chau Chak Wing Museum. A catalogue of the collection was published in 1870 by the curator Edward Reeve.
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to Broulee, following Nicholson's route to the coast, but it was never built. In 1845, Nicholson bought William Sandys Elrington's estate, '
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Nicholson died in England on 8 November 1903 shortly before his ninety-fifth birthday. He was given the honorary degrees of D.C.L. by
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Nicholson obtained donations to pay for the stained glass windows of the great hall between 1856 and 1859, himself subscribing £500.
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K.N. Sowada, 'Sir Charles Nicholson: an Early Scholar-Traveller in Egypt', in K.N. Sowada and B.G. Ockinga (eds),
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Central Queensland separation league in London, and in connexion with this headed a deputation to Lord Knutsford.
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in Yorkshire and christened Isaac Ascough. His father is unknown. His name was later changed. He was educated at
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where he took the degree of MD in 1833 after submitting a thesis, written in Latin, on asphyxiation.
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Chewton Atchley, rev. C. A. Creffield. "Nicholson, Sir Charles, first baronet (1808–1903)".
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Nicholson was born in England, the illegitimate son of Barbara Ascough of Iburndale near
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In 1841, Nicholson blazed a cart route and shifted half a ton of tobacco from
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became a separate colony in 1859 and Nicholson was nominated a member of the
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On 9 October 1833, Nicholson sailed for Sydney as ship's surgeon on the
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addresses were given by Nicholson and the first principal, Dr
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For other people named Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet, see
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In 1843, he was one of the first elected members of the
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Nicholson took much interest in the founding of the
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Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet (disambiguation)
1st Baronet of Luddenham

Chancellor
University of Sydney
Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Sir Alfred Stephen
President of the Queensland Legislative Council
Sir Maurice O'Connell
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
Cockermouth
Cumberland
Hertfordshire
English Australian
Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, 2nd Baronet
Archibald Keightley Nicholson
Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson
Alma mater
Edinburgh University
Gynaecologist
Obstetrician
University chancellor
Grazier
Nicholson Museum
University of Sydney
Whitby
Edinburgh University
The Rocks
Hawkesbury River

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