David Nickson, Baron Nickson

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The Lord Nickson
Member of the House of Lords
In office
22 March 1994 – 27 March 2015
MonarchElizabeth II
Personal details
Born
David Wigley Nickson

(1929-11-27) 27 November 1929 (age 92)
NationalityBritish
Political party
Spouse(s)Eira Drysdale
Alma materEton College

David Wigley Nickson, Baron Nickson, KBE (born 27 November 1929) is a British businessman, a former crossbench peer and a former Chairman of the Clydesdale Bank, Scottish & Newcastle, and CBI Scotland.[1]

Business career[]

Nickson worked from 1954 to 1982 at William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd publishers, made director in 1961, joint managing director in 1967, vice chairman in 1976 and group managing director in 1979. He was director of from 1970 to 1983, of General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation from 1971 to 1998, of the Clydesdale Bank 1981 to 1989, of Scottish & Newcastle Breweries 1981 to 1995, of Radio Clyde 1982 to 1985, of The Edinburgh Investment Trust between 1983 and 1994, of the Hambros Bank 1989 to 1998 and of the National Australia Bank from 1991 to 1996. In many companies he was also chairman or deputy chairman at any time.

Public service[]

Nickson is a freeman of the City of London, and from 1993 to 2002, he was chancellor of the Glasgow Caledonian University. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1981 Birthday Honours[2] and was promoted to Knight Commander (KBE) in the 1994 Birthday Honours.[3] He was created a life peer on 22 March 1994 as Baron Nickson, of Renagour in the District of Stirling.[4] Nickson sat as a Conservative in the House of Lords until 1999, then as a Crossbencher until he retired from the House on 27 March 2015.[5]

Personal life[]

Nickson was educated at Eton College and further at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from where in 1949 he was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards. He remained in the army for five years. In July 2013, Nickson married Eira Drysdale[6] at St Modoc's church, Doune. Lady Nickson was previously married to John Drysdale (d. 2008).[7]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of David Nickson, Baron Nickson
Coronet of a British Baron.svg
Nickson Escutcheon.png
Crest
A Lion rampant proper supporting a Tilting Spear Argent point downwards
Escutcheon
Azure a Cross Flory Or between four Bezants on a chief Argent a Wolf's Head erased proper
Supporters
On either side a Salmon proper charged with a Hurt thereon a Cross Flory Or;
Motto
Pedem Prolatum Refero Nunquam (Having put my foot forward, there I keep it)[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lord Nickson". House of Lords.
  2. ^ "No. 48639". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1981. p. 9.
  3. ^ "No. 50948". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1987. p. 7.
  4. ^ "No. 53624". The London Gazette. 25 March 1994. p. 4611.
  5. ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Nickson". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Nickson/ Drysdale marriage". Peerage News. July 2013.
  7. ^ "John Drysdale obituary".
  8. ^ [1][bare URL]
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Lord Tugendhat
Gentlemen
Baron Nickson
Followed by
The Lord Dubs


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