Douglas Nicholson

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. 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. He went on to be commanding officer of the battleship HMS Conqueror in 1912 and Commodore of His Majesty's Yachts Yachts in 1913. He served in World War I as commanding officer of HMS Agincourt in the Grand Fleet from 1914. 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.

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