Son of John Francis Quintela Nicholson, son of an English and wife paternal granddaughter of the first Viscount of a Charruada Nobleman of Coat of Arms of Pereira (timber) and Rebelo with crown of Viscount (son of the first Count of o Farrobo Nobleman of Coat of Arms of Pereira (timber) and Rebelo with crown of Count and second Baron of Quintela Nobleman of Coat of Arms of Pereira (timber) and Rebelo with crown of Baron) and wife daughter of the first Viscount of o Cartaxo Nobleman of Coat of Arms of Teixeira (timber), de Sampaio, do Amaral and Guedes with crown of Viscount (brother of the first Count of a Póvoa Nobleman of Coat of Arms of Teixeira (timber), de Sampaio, do Amaral and Guedes with crown of Count and first Baron of Teixeira Nobleman of Coat of Arms of Teixeira (timber), de Sampaio, do Amaral and Guedes with crown of Bsron) and wife Maria Alice de Vasconcelos Marques. Had a sister named Maria Antónia de Vasconcelos
Nicholson, widowed and with two sons.