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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.

Life & Career

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1889.[1]

Nicholson was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards, Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, on 29 November, 1890.[2]

On 16 September, 1892, Nicholson was appointed to the Anson as Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Edward H. Seymour,[3] the new Second-in-Command of the Channel Squadron.

He was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Compton E. Domvile on 8 June, 1897.[4]

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Commander on 19 August, 1899.[5]

Captain

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[6] He was reappointed as Superintendent of Signal Schools on the same date. On 20 August, 1905, he was appointed to the second class protected cruiser Hyacinth, as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Edmund S. Poë, the new Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station.[Citation needed] At some point Poë's flag was transferred to Hyacinth's sister ship, Hermes. He was superseded in command on 20 August, 1908.[7]

Back in Britain, he was appointed to H.M.S. President to take the War Course at the Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth.[8] He was placed first in order of merit out of six captains with a First Class pass on the course, which ran from 9 February to 28 May, 1909.[9] From 1 September to 19 October he served in the battlecruiser Inflexible as Flag Captain to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward H. Seymour on a voyage to New York City for the Hudson-Fulton celebrations.[10]

On 17 January, 1910, he was appointed to Victory for command of the new battleship St. Vincent, building at Portsmouth dockyard. However, on 31 January he was appointed in command of the battleship Lord Nelson,[11] after her captain, Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, was summarily relieved of command for making intemperate political remarks in a public address.

Nicholson was reappointed to St. Vincent on 31 March, and remained in command until 5 January, 1912. He was appointed to Vivid on 15 May for command of the battleship Conqueror, building at Beardmore's, Parkhead.[12]

On 16 December, 1913, Nicholson was appointed to the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert as Commodore, Second Class in command of H.M. Yachts.[13]

Great War

On 8 August, 1914, Nicholson was appointed in command of the battleship Agincourt of the Fourth Battle Squadron[14]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1916, vice Dundas of Dundas.[15] He was superseded in command of Agincourt on the same day.[16]

After a bout of haemorrhoids he was appointed Rear-Admiral in the Third Battle Squadron on 13 March, 1917, flying his flag in Zealandia, and, from 26 March, Hibernia.[17] When Roger Keyes was appointed out of the Fourth Battle Squadron to the new position of Director of Plans at the Admiralty, squadron commander Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee requested "White Nick" to succeed Keyes.[18] Nicholson hoisted his flag on 25 September in Colossus.[19] On 11 February, 1918, Sturdee wrote of him, "Has not served long in Squadron but fulfils my expectations when I applied for him. A most loyal second & an addition to the Squadron."[20]

Post-War

Nicholson was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.) on 24 March, 1919.[21] After the dispersal of the Grand Fleet on 8 April, he was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding, Third Battle Squadron in the Home Fleet.[22] In recognition of his services during the war, on the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) dated 24 April.[23]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 29 January, 1920, vice Miller.[24]

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 10 March, 1925, vice Gaunt.[25]

He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 March, 1926.[26]

Bibliography

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Norman C. Palmer 		Commodore, Second Class, in Command of H.M. Yachts
1913 – 1914 		Succeeded by
Command Suspended

Preceded by
Cecil F. Dampier 		Rear-Admiral in the Third Battle Squadron
1917 		Succeeded by
Command Abolished

Preceded by
Roger J. B. Keyes 		Rear-Admiral in the Fourth Battle Squadron
1917 – 1919 		Succeeded by
Command Abolished

Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Devonport Reserve
1919 		Succeeded by
James A. Fergusson

Preceded by
Sir William E. Goodenough 		Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron
1919 		Succeeded by
Lewis Clinton-Baker

Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Third Battle Squadron
1919 		Succeeded by
Command Abolished

Preceded by
New Commmand 		Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet, Portland
1919 – 1920 		Succeeded by
James R. P. Hawksley

Preceded by
Sir Richard F. Phillimore 		Vice-Admiral Commanding,
Reserve Fleet
1922 – 1923 		Succeeded by
Sir William E. Goodenough

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Morgan Singer 		Captain of H.M.S. Flying Fish
11 Jan, 1900[27] – ? 		Succeeded by
Lewis G. E. Crabbe
Preceded by
Henry C. Kingsford 		Captain of H.M.S. Hermes
1905[Citation needed] – ? 		Succeeded by
Philip W. Dumas
Preceded by
Horace L. A. Hood 		Captain of H.M.S. Hyacinth
20 Aug, 1905[28] – ? 		Succeeded by
Price V. Lewes
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. St. Vincent
17 Jan, 1910[29] – ? 		Succeeded by
William W. Fisher
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Conqueror
15 May, 1912[30] – ? 		Succeeded by
Norman C. Palmer
Preceded by
Norman C. Palmer 		Captain of H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert
16 Feb, 1913[31] – ? 		Succeeded by
Thomas Killick
Preceded by
Norman C. Palmer 		Commodore, Second Class Commanding, H.M. Yachts
16 Dec, 1913[32] – ? 		Succeeded by
Hubert G. Brand
as Rear-Admiral Commanding, H.M. Yachts
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Agincourt
7 Aug, 1914[33] – after 18 Sep, 1915[34] 		Succeeded by
Henry M. Doughty
Preceded by
Cecil F. Dampier 		Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Third Battle Squadron
13 Mar, 1917[35] – 21 Sep, 1917[36] 		Succeeded by
Position Abolished
Preceded by
Roger J. B. Keyes 		Rear-Admiral Second-in-Command, Fourth Battle Squadron
25 Sep, 1917[37] – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Devonport Reserve
1 Feb, 1919[38] – ? 		Succeeded by
James A. Fergusson
Preceded by
William E. Goodenough 		Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Second Battle Squadron
1 Apr, 1919[39] – ? 		Succeeded by
Lewis Clinton-Baker
Preceded by
Dudley R. S. de Chair 		Vice-Admiral Commanding, Third Battle Squadron
8 Apr, 1919[40] – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portland Reserve
1 Nov, 1919[41] – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edmond H. Parker 		Vice-Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet
3 Oct, 1922[42] – ? 		Succeeded by
William E. Goodenough

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25917. p. 1865. 2 April, 1889.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 8 November, 1890. Issue 33164, col C, p. 8.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 10 September, 1892. Issue 33740, col D, p. 6.
  4. ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col D, p. 10.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27110. p. 5250. 22 August, 1899.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
  7. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  8. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  9. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 203/99. f. 35.
  10. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  11. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  12. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  13. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  14. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 29439. p. 626. 14 January, 1916.
  16. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  17. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  18. ↑ Keyes Papers. I. p. 408.
  19. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  20. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 56.
  21. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31248. p. 3859. 24 March, 1919.
  22. ↑ "End of Grand Fleet" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1919. Issue 42065, col D, p. 13.
  23. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31379. p. 7050. 3 June, 1919.
  24. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31791. p. 2189. 24 February, 1920.
  25. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33031. p. 1954. 20 March, 1925.
  26. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33139. p. 1650. 5 March, 1926.
  27. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 December, 1900. Issue 36337, col D, p. 5.
  28. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  29. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  30. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  31. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  32. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 457.
  33. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391d.
  35. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 4.
  36. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 4.
  37. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  38. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  39. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  40. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 4.
  41. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.
  42. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 290.

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