Douglas Nicholson

Sir Douglas Nicholson
Born	1867
Died	1946
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Hyacinth HMS Hermes HMS St Vincent HMS Conqueror His Majesty's Yachts HMS Agincourt 3rd Battle Squadron Reserve Fleet
Battles/wars	Anglo-Egyptian War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Member of the Royal Victorian Order

Admiral Sir Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson KCB MVO (1867-1946) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Reserve Fleet.

Naval career

Nicholson served in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882.^[1] He became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Hyacinth in August 1905, of the cruiser HMS Hermes in December 1905 and of the battleship HMS St Vincent in 1910.^[2] He went on to be commanding officer of the battleship HMS Conqueror in 1912 and Commodore of His Majesty's Yachts in 1913.^[1] He served in World War I as commanding officer of HMS Agincourt in the Grand Fleet from 1914.^[2] He continued his war service as Second-in-Command of the 3rd Battle Squadron from March 1917, as Second-in-Command of the 4th Battle Squadron from September 1917 and as Commander of the 3rd Battle Squadron from 1918.^[3]

He became Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet at Portland in 1919 and Vice-Admiral commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1922 before retiring in 1926.^[1]

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