George Nicholls (commissioner)

For the American actor and film director, see George Nichols (actor).

George Nicholls (1781-1865) was a British Poor Law Commissioner after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act. He had been an Overseer of the Poor under the old system of poor relief.

References

• Anthony Brundage, ‘Nicholls, Sir George (1781–1865)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008