Reginald F. Nicholson

For the English politician, see Reginald Nicholson.
Reginald F. Nicholson
Captain (later Rear Admiral) Reginald F. Nicholson as commanding officer of the battleship USS Nebraska, sometime between 1907 and 1909
Nickname(s)"Reggie", "Edgy Reggie"[1]
Born(1852-12-15)15 December 1852
Washington, D.C.
Died19 December 1939(1939-12-19) (aged 87)
Bethesda, Maryland
Buried
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service / branchUnited States Navy
Years of service1864; 1873–1914; 1917–1919
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands
Battles / wars
RelationsWilliam J. Nicholson (brother)

Rear Admiral Reginald Fairfax Nicholson (15 December 1852 – 19 December 1939) was an officer in the United States Navy. He fought in the American Civil War and Spanish–American War, was Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, and came out of retirement during World War I to serve as the first U.S. naval attaché to Ecuador and Peru. He retired as the last active-duty U.S. Navy officer to have served in the American Civil War.[2]

  1. ^ cityofart.net Men of the U.S. New Navy, 1890–1910
  2. ^ Anonymous, "Admiral Nicholson Dies in Washington at 87: Last Naval Officer Surviving From the Civil War – Retired in 1914," Lewiston Daily Sun, December 20, 1939, Page 6.