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Richard Nicolls (1624 in Ampthill Bedfordshire – 28 May 1672 on the North Sea off Suffolk) was the first English colonial governor of New York province.He commanded a royalist troop of horse during the English Civil War and on the defeat of the king went into exile. Soon after the Restoration he became Groom of the Chamber to the Duke of York through whose influence he was appointed in 1664 on a commission with Sir Robert Carr (d.