John Gordon Nairne

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Sir John Gordon Nairne, 1st Baronet (4 January 1861–9 February 1945) was a director of the Bank of England and a BBC governor.

He was born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

He was the son of Andrew Nairne and Isabella H Macartney and married Nareiza da Costa Ricci, the daughter of Baron Anselmo da Costa Ricci, at St Mark's Notting Hill on 15 December 1894.

He joined the Bank of England as a cashier in 1893.[1] In the 1901 Census his occupation is indicated as Deputy Chief Cashier of the Bank of England. He was Chief Cashier of the Bank of England 1902-1918.

He was made a Baronet, Nairne of Kirkcudbright, on 7 August 1917.[2] In 1918 he was made an Officer of the Légion d'honneur by the President of the French Republic.[3] In 1920 he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure (second class), by the Emperor of Japan.[4] From 1925–1939 he was one of the members of the Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

He was a Director of the Bank of England from 1925 to 1931,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] and Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1927-1932.

He died on 9 February 1945 in Tring.

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  1. ^ London Gazette: no. 26467, page 7333, 15 December 1893. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 30224, page 8130, 10 August 1917. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 30741, page 6931, 11 June 1918. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 32078, page 9810, 8 October 1920. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 33141, pages 1832–1833, 12 March 1926. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 33352, pages 686–687, 31 January 1928. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  7. ^ London Gazette: no. 33505, pages 3862–3863, 11 June 1929. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  8. ^ London Gazette: no. 33591, pages 1894–1895, 25 March 1930. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  9. ^ London Gazette: no. 33682, pages 461–462, 20 January 1931. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  10. ^ London Gazette: no. 33782, pages 8258–8260, 22 December 1931. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  11. ^ London Gazette: no. 33909, pages 829–831, 7 February 1933. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  12. ^ London Gazette: no. 33949, pages 3969–3971, 13 June 1933. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  13. ^ London Gazette: no. 34024, pages 1076–1078, 16 February 1934. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  14. ^ London Gazette: no. 34113, pages 8055–8057, 11 December 1934. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  15. ^ London Gazette: no. 34231, pages 8040–8042, 13 December 1935. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  16. ^ London Gazette: no. 34345, pages 7738–7740, 1 December 1936. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  17. ^ London Gazette: no. 34464, pages 7920–7922, 17 December 1937. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  18. ^ London Gazette: no. 34580, pages 8000–8002, 16 December 1938. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  19. ^ London Gazette: no. 33031, page 2013, 20 March 1925. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  20. ^ London Gazette: no. 33145, page 2245, 26 March 1926. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  21. ^ London Gazette: no. 33260, page 2016, 25 March 1927. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  22. ^ London Gazette: no. 33373, page 2609, 6 April 1928. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  23. ^ London Gazette: no. 33375, page 2714, 13 April 1928. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  24. ^ London Gazette: no. 33477, page 1871, 15 March 1929. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  25. ^ London Gazette: no. 33592, page 2011, 28 March 1930. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
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