Walter Nicholson Explained

Sir Walter Frederic Nicholson, KCB (22 July 1877 – 28 February 1946) was an English civil servant. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he joined the Civil Service in 1899, initially working as a clerk in the Admiralty.[1] From 1920 to 1930, he was the Permanent Secretary of the Air Ministry. He was then the government member of the board of British Airways until 1937.[2] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1916 New Year Honours,[3] and was promoted to Knight Companion in the 1922 Birthday Honours.[4]

In 1939 he married the archaeologicist Dorothy Lamb.[5]

Notes and References

  1. The Edinburgh Gazette, 13 October 1899 (issue 11136), p. 9.
  2. "Sir Walter Nicholson", The Times (London), 2 March 1946, p. 6. .
  3. The London Gazette, 31 December 1915 (supplement, issue 29423), p. 81.
  4. The London Gazette, 2 June 1922 (supplement, issue 32716), p. 4322.
  5. Web site: Gill. David. Dorothy Lamb (1887–1967): A Pioneering Mediterranean Field-Archaeologist. Brown University. 2017-02-16.

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