Sir Walter Frederic Nicholson, KCB (22 July 1877 – 28 February 1946) was an English civil servant. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he joined the Civil Service in 1899, initially working as a clerk in the Admiralty.The Edinburgh Gazette, 13 October 1899 (issue 11136), p. 9. From 1920 to 1930, he was the Permanent Secretary 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 London Gazette, 31 December 1915 (supplement, issue 29423), p. 81. and was promoted to Knight Commander in the 1922 Birthday Honours.The London Gazette, 2 June 1922 (supplement, issue 32716), p. 4322.
In 1939 he married the archaeologicist Dorothy Lamb.
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