Edward Hugh Dyneley Nicolls was a British colonial official and engineer, who served as the Director of Public Works in several British colonies.
He was educated at Bloxham School. He was appointed Director of Public Works in British Cyprus in 1904,The Cyprus Gazette (1904), 5245. http://arsiv.kamunet.net/cyp%20gzt%20index/Cyprus%20Gazette%201904.pdf and served in that position until 1919.The Cyprus Gazette (12 June 1908), 6537. http://cypruslibrary.moec.gov.cy/ebooks/The_Cyprus_Gazette_1908/files/gazette%201908w.pdf He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1918.The Cyprus Gazette (1918) http://arsiv.kamunet.net/cyp%20gzt%20index/Cyprus%20Gazette%201918.pdf He was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1927, while serving as Director of Public Works in Gold Coast.The London Gazette (3 June 1927) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33280/supplement/3607/data.pdfNational Archives, 'Colonial Office Honours List' (1927) https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10149412
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