Samuel Caldwell Nicholson

Samuel Caldwell Nicholson was a British trade unionist.
Nicholson was a compositor who became the Treasurer of the Manchester Typographical Society. In 1864, he was elected the first President of the Manchester and [Salford Trades Council]. After hearing from William Dronfield, Secretary of the Sheffield Typographical Society, of the lack of interest in trade union matters at the Congress of [the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science], Nicholson proposed forming a Trades [Union Congress].
Nicholson was also General Secretary of the Annual Moveable [Delegation of the Order of Druids], and this event clashed with the first TUC conference, so he was unable to attend.