John Gordon Nairne

John Gordon Nairne

Sir John Gordon Nairne, 1st Baronet (4 January 1861–9 February 1945) was a director of the Bank of England and a BBC governor.

He was born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

He was the son of Andrew Nairne and Isabella H Macartney and married Nareiza da Costa Ricci, the daughter of Baron Anselmo da Costa Ricci, at St Mark's Notting Hill on 15 December 1894.

He joined the Bank of England as a cashier in 1893. [LondonGazette|issue=26467|startpage=7333|date=15 December 1893|accessdate=2007-12-13] In the 1901 Census his occupation is indicated as Deputy Chief Cashier of the Bank of England. He was Chief Cashier of the Bank of England 1902-1918.

He was made a Baronet, Nairne of Kirkcudbright, on 7 August 1917. [LondonGazette|issue=30224|startpage=8130|date=10 August 1917|accessdate=2007-12-13] In 1918 he was made an Officer of the Légion d'honneur by the President of the French Republic. [LondonGazette|issue=30741|startpage=6931|date=11 June 1918|accessdate=2007-12-13] In 1920 he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure (second class), by the Emperor of Japan. [LondonGazette|issue=32078|startpage=9810|date=8 October 1920|accessdate=2007-12-13] From 1925–1939 he was one of the members of the Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London. [LondonGazette|issue=33141|startpage=1832|endpage=1833|date=12 March 1926|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33352|startpage=686|endpage=687|date=31 January 1928|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33505|startpage=3862|endpage=3863|date=11 June 1929|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33591|startpage=1894|endpage=1895|date=25 March 1930|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33682|startpage=461|endpage=462|date=20 January 1931|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33782|startpage=8258|endpage=8260|date=22 December 1931|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33909|startpage=829|endpage=831|date=7 February 1933|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33949|startpage=3969|endpage=3971|date=13 June 1933|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=34024|startpage=1076|endpage=1078|date=16 February 1934|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=34113|startpage=8055|endpage=8057|date=11 December 1934|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=34231|startpage=8040|endpage=8042|date=13 December 1935|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=34345|startpage=7738|endpage=7740|date=1 December 1936|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=34464|startpage=7920|endpage=7922|date=17 December 1937|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=34580|startpage=8000|endpage=8002|date=16 December 1938|accessdate=2007-12-13]

He was a Director of the Bank of England from 1925 to 1931, [LondonGazette|issue=33031|startpage=2013|date=20 March 1925|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33145|startpage=2245|date=26 March 1926|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33260|startpage=2016|date=25 March 1927|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33373|startpage=2609|date=6 April 1928|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33375|startpage=2714|date=13 April 1928|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33477|startpage=1871|date=15 March 1929|accessdate=2007-12-13] [LondonGazette|issue=33592|startpage=2011|date=28 March 1930|accessdate=2007-12-13] and Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1927-1932.

He died on 9 February 1945 in Tring.

References

* Census in the United Kingdom — Scotland 1861


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