Editing Nicholas Harris Nicolas (section)

==Works==
The most important of Nicolas' works is his ''History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire; of the Order of the Guelphs; and of Medals, Clasps, &c., for Naval and Military Services'' (London, 1841–1842), which was the first attempt to write a general history of the British honours.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matikkala|first1=Antti|title=The Orders of Knighthood and the Formation of the British Honours System, 1660–1760|year=2008|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=9781843834236|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5FiStjP2VXgC|access-date=20 August 2016|language=en}}</ref> Among his numerous other writings are:
*[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006510806 ''The Chronology of History''] (London, 1833)
*''Life of [[William Davison (diplomat)|William Davison]]'' (London, 1823); [https://archive.org/details/lifeofwilliamdav01nico Nicholas Harris Nicolas, ''Life of William Davison: Secretary of State and Privy Counsellor to Queen Elizabeth'', Nichols (1823)]
*''Synopsis of the Peerage of England'' (London, 1825)
*''Life and Times of Sir [[Christopher Hatton]]'' (London, 1847)
*an uncompleted [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000272051 ''History of the Royal Navy''] (London, 1847).
He edited ''Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England, 1386–1542'' (London, 1834–1837), and (with the help of [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]]'s daughter [[Horatia Nelson|Horatia]]) ''Dispatches and Letters of Lord Nelson'' (London, 1844–1846); wrote lives of [[Geoffrey Chaucer]],<ref>{{cite book |author=Nicolas |first=Nicholas Harris, Sir |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008967723 |title=Life of Geoffrey Chaucer |publisher=William Pickering |year=1843 |location=London}}</ref> [[Robert Burns]], [[William Cowper]], [[William Collins (poet)|William Collins]], Henry Kirke White and others for Pickering's [[Aldine Press]] edition of the poets;<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris}}</ref> lives of [[Izaak Walton]] and [[Charles Cotton]] for an edition of ''[[The Compleat Angler]]'' illustrated by [[James Inskipp]];<ref>L. H. Cust, 'Inskipp, James (1790–1868)', rev. Chloe Johnson, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14433, accessed 8 Sept 2013]</ref> and several elaborate works on genealogical and kindred subjects printed for private circulation only.