Nicholas Walshe (d. 1568) of Little Sodbury and Olveston, Gloucestershire was an English politician.[1]
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He was a younger son of Maurice Walshe of Little Sodbury.[1] In 1556 he survived a fireball that struck the house and killed his father and elder siblings.[2] He married Mary, daughter of Sir John Berkeley of Stoke Gifford.[3] He died in his thirties in 1568, leaving his three-year-old son Henry as heir.[1] His wife subsequently married Sir William Herbert of Swansea, while his son died in a duel.[3]
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