Nicholas Kendall (22 December 1800 – 8 June 1878)[1] was born at St Mabyn, Cornwall. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1847 and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).[2] In 1858 he was chairman of the River Thames Select Committee during The Great Stink [3]
His family was Cornish, being the Kendalls of Pelyn, Lanlivery, near Lostwithiel, who for many generations past had been active in the politics of Cornwall and England.[4] It has been remarked of this family, that they have perhaps sent more members to the British Senate than any other in the United Kingdom.[5]
He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1847. In the same year he suppressed a riot at St Austell, on the 11th of June. He was returned to parliament for East Cornwall, in conjunction with Thomas Agar-Robartes, in 1852, which position he retained without intermission until 1868. Mr Kendall was one of the county magistrates and also a deputy-lieutenant, and deputy warden of the Stannaries. For some time he was captain of the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia.[6]