Sir Walter Frederic Nicholson, KCB (22 July 1877 – 28 February 1946) was an English civil servant. Educated at

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

, he joined the Civil Service in 1899, initially working as a clerk in the Admiralty. From 1920 to 1930, he was the

Permanent Secretary A permanent secretary (also known as a principal secretary) is the most senior Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servant of a department or Ministry (government department), ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day ...

of the Air Ministry. He was then the government member of the board of British Airways until 1937."Sir Walter Nicholson", '' The Times'' (London), 2 March 1946, p. 6. . He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the

1916 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1916 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were announced on 1 January 1916. A number of the honours were gazetted as being ...

, and was promoted to Knight Companion in the

1922 Birthday Honours The 1922 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were ...

.
The London Gazette
', 2 June 1922 (supplement, issue 32716), p. 4322.

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1877 births 1946 deaths English civil servants Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath {{UK-gov-bio-stub