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Admiral Sir Henry Frederick Nicholson KCB (21 October 1835 – 17 October 1914) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

Naval career

Nicholson joined the Royal Navy in 1849.[3]

He was Captain of HMS Temeraire at the Bombardment of Alexandria in 1882[4] and went on to be Captain of HMS Asia in 1884.[3] He became Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station in 1890 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1896.[3] He retired in 1897.[3]

He died in 1914.[2][5]

Family

Nicholson married, in 1874, Frances Anne Thomson, daughter of George Thomson, QC, of New Brunswick.[6] Lady Nicholson was godmother to HMS Proserpine on her launch at Sheerness Dockyard on 5 December 1896.[7]

References

  1. ^ 1901 England Census
  2. ^ a b "Deaths". The Times. 19 October 1914. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b c d Henry Nicholson William Loney RN
  4. ^ Hall, A. D. Porto Rico, Its History, Products and Possibilities, Chapter VIII Naval Lessons Taught by the War, 1898
  5. ^ Personal The Adelaide Advertiser, 20 January 1915
  6. ^ Whitaker′s Peerage, Knightage and Companionage, 1907
  7. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 35067. London. 7 December 1896. p. 12.
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Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station
1890–1892
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
1896–1897
Succeeded by
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