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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson''', K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., Royal Navy (4 March, 1867 – 8 February, 1946) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].
 
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson''', K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., Royal Navy (4 March, 1867 – 8 February, 1946) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].
  
When [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|Roger Keyes]] was appointed from Rear-Admiral in the [[Fourth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fourth Battle Squadron]] to the new position of [[Director of Plans (Royal Navy)|Director of Plans]] at the Admiralty, Sturdee requested "White Nick" to succeed Keyes.<ref>''Keyes Papers''.  '''I'''.  p. 408.</ref>  Nicholson hoisted his flag on 22 September in [[H.M.S. Colossus (1909)|''Colossus'']].  
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When [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|Roger Keyes]] was appointed from Rear-Admiral in the [[Fourth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fourth Battle Squadron]] to the new position of [[Director of Plans (Royal Navy)|Director of Plans]] at the Admiralty, Sturdee requested "White Nick" to succeed Keyes.<ref>''Keyes Papers''.  '''I'''.  p. 408.</ref>  Nicholson hoisted his flag on 22 September in [[H.M.S. Colossus (1910)|''Colossus'']].  
  
 
Nicholson was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 10 March, 1925, vice [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|Gaunt]].
 
Nicholson was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 10 March, 1925, vice [[Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|Gaunt]].
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*"Admiral Sir Douglas Nicholson" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 9 February, 1946.  Issue '''50372''', col E, pg. 7.
 
*"Admiral Sir Douglas Nicholson" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 9 February, 1946.  Issue '''50372''', col E, pg. 7.
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*[[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow, First Baron Keyes]] (1972).  Paul G. Halpern.  ed.  ''The Keyes Papers''.  '''Volume I: 1914-1918'''.  London: Navy Records Society.
 
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Revision as of 14:30, 7 September 2009

Admiral SIR Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., Royal Navy (4 March, 1867 – 8 February, 1946) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

When Roger Keyes was appointed from Rear-Admiral in the Fourth Battle Squadron to the new position of Director of Plans at the Admiralty, Sturdee requested "White Nick" to succeed Keyes.[1] Nicholson hoisted his flag on 22 September in Colossus.

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 10 March, 1925, vice Gaunt.

Footnotes

  1. Keyes Papers. I. p. 408.

Bibliography

Service Record