in with the Army's plans to deploy an Expeditionary Force to France. Nicolson retired in March 1912 and was raised to the peerage as Baron Nicholson, of Roundhay in the County of York on 4 October 1912. From autumn 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, he served on the Committee of Imperial Defence, investigating the conduct of operations in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia and in 1916 he was appointed to the Dardanelles Commission. Nicolson was also Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers from October 1916. His other duties included those of Chairman of the Territorial Forces Association for London. Less than two months before Armistice Day, Lord Nicholson died in his home at 15 Pont Street, London, aged 73. He left no heirs and the barony died with him. He was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. Family In 1871 he married Victorie d' Allier (née Dillon); they had no children. References Bibliography Army and Navy Gazette, South African War Honours & Awards, 1899–1902, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1979 The Sapper (Regimental Journal of the Corps of Royal Engineers) Vol. II, No. 6, November 1964 Who Was Who, 1916–1928 A. & C. Black, London, 1947 External links Royal Engineers Museum – Royal Engineers Field Marshal Biographies (Nicholson) |- |- |- 1845 births 1918 deaths Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich People from Roundhay British field marshals Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun Royal Engineers officers British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Burmese War British Army personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War British military personnel of the Tirah campaign British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army generals of World War I Burials at Brompton Cemetery People educated at Leeds Grammar School People of the Russo-Japanese War Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff British military attachés Military personnel from Leeds Barons created by George V