Walter Nicholson

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

References

1. "Sir Walter Nicholson", The Times (London), 2 March 1946, p. 6. Gale CS103367266.
2. The Edinburgh Gazette, 13 October 1899 (issue 11136), p. 9.
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. Gill, David. "Dorothy Lamb (1887–1967): A Pioneering Mediterranean Field-Archaeologist" (PDF). Brown University. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Arthur Robinson	Permanent Secretary of the Air Ministry 1920–1930	Succeeded by Sir Christopher Bullock