Nathaniel Highmore (barrister) explained

Sir Nathaniel Highmore
Office:Assistant Director of the War Trade Department
Term Start:1915
Term End:March 1919
Office2:Solicitor to HM Customs and Excise
Term Start2:1909
Term End2:1913
Office3:Solicitor to HM Customs
Term Start3:1903
Term End3:1909
Office4:Assistant Solicitor to the Board of Inland Revenue
Term Start4:1890
Term End4:1903
Birth Name:Nathaniel Joseph Highmore
Birth Date:13 November 1844
Birth Place:Sherborne, Dorset, England
Occupation:Barrister

Sir Nathaniel Joseph Highmore (13 November 1844 – 16 April 1924) was a senior British civil servant and government barrister.[1]

Highmore was born in Sherborne, Dorset, the son of William Highmore MP, and was educated at Sherborne School. He joined the Inland Revenue at the age of 20, was called to the Bar, and became Assistant Solicitor to the Inland Revenue in 1890. In 1903 he became Solicitor to HM Customs and in 1909 Solicitor to HM Customs and Excise. He retired in 1913.

On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Highmore returned to government service as the representative of the Board of Customs and Excise on the Committee on Trading with the Enemy. From 1915 to its abolition in March 1919 he was Secretary and Assistant Director of the War Trade Department.

Highmore was knighted in 1907 and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) on his retirement in 1913. He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours for his services with the War Trade Department.

Notes and References

  1. Obituary, The Times, 19 April 1924