| Oliver Nicolls | |
| Birth Date: | c.1740 |
| Death Date: | 1829 |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Rank: | General |
| Commands: | Bombay Army |
General Oliver Nicolls (c.1740 – 1829) was a British Army officer.
Nicolls was commissioned into the 1st Regiment of Foot in November 1756.[1] He became Quartermaster-General in the West Indies in 1794, in which capacity he subdued a rebellion in Grenada.[1] He became Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army on 22 January 1801 retiring from that post in 1808[2] to become a member of the Board of Inquiry into the Convention of Sintra under which the defeated French were allowed to evacuate their troops from Portugal without further conflict.[3] He went on to serve as Governor of the Island of Anholt in 1813.[4]
He was also colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot and then the 66th Regiment of Foot.[1]
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