On 4 August 1892, Nichols married Catherine Louisa Bouverie-Pusey, a daughter of Captain Edward Bouverie-Pusey (grandson of Hon.
Philip Bouverie-Pusey and Lady Lucy
Sherard) and Esther Elliot Hales (a daughter of Rev.
Richard Cox Hales). Nichols had two sons and two daughters: •
Philip Bouverie Bowyer Nichols (1894–1962), a civil servant who married Phyllis Mary Spender-Clay, eldest daughter of
Herbert Spender-Clay, MP and the former
Pauline Astor (daughter of
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor). Phyllis' younger sister, Rachel, married Sir
David Bowes-Lyon, brother of
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. • Irene Nichols, who married Sir
George Gater in 1926. • Anne Sadelbia Mary Nichols, who married
Henry Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford, in 1927. Nichols died at Lawford Hall,
Manningtree, Essex, aged 79, and is buried in the churchyard of
St Mary's Church, Lawford. ==Works==