the alterations and restorations of many medieval churches, together with the designs of a large amount of church furnishings. The majority of his work was in England, but he also worked in Wales, Northern Ireland, Jamaica and South Africa. He was also an accomplished watercolourist who exhibited at the Royal Academy on 32 occasions. From 1890, Nicholson carried out a lot of restoration work to his local parish church, St Mary the Virgin in South Benfleet. He designed the reredos between 1890–91, completely restored the south aisle between 1924-5, and designed much of the building's furnishings and fittings. His gilded border, which he completed in 1935, incorporated previous paintings by his mother, Sarah. These were repainted in 1958. Barbara Nicholson, one of his daughters, painted the ciborium. Personal life Nicholson succeeded to the baronetcy in 1903. He largely avoided publicity and preferred to conduct a quiet life with his family. Nicholson was married twice: firstly, on 1 October 1895, to Evelyn Louise Nicholson Olivier (1867–1927), daughter of the Reverend Henry Arnold Olivier, and sister of Sydney Haldane Olivier (1859–1943), and aunt of Laurence Olivier. Born on the Isle of Wight, Evelyn was a diarist and watercolour painter. During the voyages to and from Australia, Nicholson kept a diary in which she described the places, the people and the flora and fauna which she encountered. She and her husband made many watercolour sketches of the scenery along the way, including seascapes, landscapes and buildings. Highlights of the trip were a visit to Sydney University and a coastal voyage from Sydney to Rockhampton, Queensland, and return. At the university they visited the Nicholson Museum, named after Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet. The diary and the book of sketches were bequeathed to Sydney University in 1988 by her son, Sir John Nicholson, 3rd Baronet, together with the book of paintings. The Nicholsons had a son, John Charles (b. 1904) and two daughters. On 10 June 1931, four years after Evelyn's death, Nicolson married Catherine Maud Warren (1883–1962) at the Church of All Saints, Southend-on-sea, Essex. Nicholson died on 4 March 1949 in Oxford and is buried in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, South Benfleet. He is buried, alongside his first wife, in a stone memorial he designed for her, on the south side of the west tower. His second wife was buried there upon her death in 1962. The tomb was