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Description: | A half-length portrait, slightly to the left, showing Nicholson in his admiral?s full dress uniform, 1919?59, wearing his hat and orders: the KCB and the Japanese order of the Rising Sun (second class). He may be wearing vice-admiral epaulettes.
William Coldingham Masters Nicholson was promoted lieutenant on 21 August 1885 and commander on 1 July 1898. He achieved post rank on 30 June 1905 and between 1908 and 1911 commanded the armoured cruisers HMS ?Berwick? and HMS ?Achilles?. On 1 November 1911 he was appointed captain of the torpedo training school, HMS ?Vernon?. With the outbreak of war, he was moved to HMS ?Emperor of India? and commanded the super-dreadnought HMS ?Canada? at the Battle of Jutland.
Nicholson was promoted rear-admiral on 10 June 1916 and made a KCB on 24 March 1919. He was third sea lord in 1919?20. Promoted vice-admiral on 24 November 1920, he was commander of the first battle-cruiser squadron in 1921?22. He was made admiral on 1 July 1925 and retired on 14 October that year. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | William Coldingham Masters paintings Nicholson | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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