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Admiral SIR Henry Frederick Nicholson, K.C.B., Royal Navy (24 October, 1835 – 17 October, 1914) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Commander on 11 April, 1866.[1]

On 15 September he was confirmed in the rank of Captain with seniority of 20 July.[2]

He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 14 August.[3]

He was appointed Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Royal Dockyard on 17 July, 1885.[4]

Flag Rank

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 22 June, 1886, vice Hickley.[5]

Nicholson was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 25 February, 1892, vice Watson.[6]

In the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours, Nicholson was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 22 June, 1897.[7] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 16 September vice Baird.[8] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List on 11 December, at his own request.[9]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 23101. p. 2394. 13 April, 1866.
  2. London Gazette: no. 23537. p. 5109. 17 September, 1869.
  3. London Gazette: no. 25138. p. 3794. 15 August, 1882.
  4. The Navy List (September, 1885). p. 304.
  5. London Gazette: no. 25600. p. 3033. 25 June, 1886.
  6. London Gazette: no. 26263. p. 1201. 1 March, 1892.
  7. London Gazette: no. 26897. p. 3567. 25 June, 1897.
  8. London Gazette: no. 26892. p. 5162. 17 September, 1897.
  9. London Gazette: no. 26919. p. 7479. 14 December, 1897.

Bibliography

  • "News in Brief" (News in Brief). The Times. Monday, 19 October, 1914. Issue 40670, col D, pg. 11.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William Codrington
Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Royal Dockyard
1885 – 1886
Succeeded by
Sir Robert H. More Molyneux

Preceded by
Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station
1890 – 1892
Succeeded by
Frederick G. D. Bedford

Preceded by
Sir Richard Wells
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
1896 – 1897
Succeeded by
Sir Charles F. Hotham