Name Henry Nicholson Service/branch Royal Navy Role Royal Navy officer Rank Admiral | Died 1915 Allegiance United Kingdom Awards Order of the Bath | |
Commands held HMS Temeraire
HMS Asia
Cape of Good Hope Station
Nore Command | ||
Admiral Sir Henry Frederick Nicholson KCB (21 October 1835 – 1915) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Naval career
Nicholson joined the Royal Navy in 1849.
He was Captain of HMS Temeraire at the Bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 and went on to be Captain of HMS Asia in 1884. 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. He retired in 1897.
He died in 1915.
References
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