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Edward Nicholas, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1669)

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Edward Nicholas

17th-century English courtier and politician

Sir Edward Nicholas was an English officeholder and politician who served as Secretary of State to Charles I and Charles II. He also sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629. He served as secretary to Edward la Zouche and the Duke of Buckingham in the…
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Secretary of State for the Southern Department

Former British political position

The secretary of state for the Southern Department was a position in the cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Southern Department became the Home Office.
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