| 词条 | Walter Nutt |
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|honorific_prefix= The Honourable |name = Walter Frederick Nutt |honorific_suffix= OBE |image = File:Walter Frederick Nutt (1874–1940).jpg |caption = |birth_date = 1874 |birth_place = London, England |death_date = 14 November 1940 |death_place = London, England | education = Bedford Modern School | alma_mater = |other_names = |known_for = Managing Director of The Straits Trading Company |occupation = |nationality = United Kingdom }}Hon. Walter Frederick Nutt OBE (1874-14 November 1940) was Managing Director of The Straits Trading Company (1918–21),[1] at the time one of the largest tin smelting companies in the world,[2] a member of the Federal Malay States Legislative Council[3] and a prominent freemason who was District Grand Master of the Eastern Archipelago (1919–23).[4][5] Early lifeWalter Nutt was born in Kensington, London in 1874.[6] He was the son of William Henry Rothery Nutt, an official of the Bank of England, and his wife Kathleen Laura (née Bloxham).[6] Like his brothers, Arthur Nutt and Harold Nutt, he was educated as a boarder at Bedford Modern School.[6][7] CareerNutt was an expatriate in Malaysia and Singapore for much of his commercial life. He was a director of several commercial concerns including the Bagan River Rubber Company [8] and Managing Director of The Straits Trading Company (1918–21). He was a member of the Federal Malay States Legislative Council.[3] In 1918, Nutt was awarded an OBE for services in connection with war charities.[9] In 1919, Nutt successfully speculated in the tin market on behalf of the Straits Trading Company. However, similar efforts in 1921 resulted in the company having to miss a semiannual dividend for the first time in its history. Nutt was forced to resign in January 1922.[10] Masonic and yachting interestsNutt was a prominent Freemason becoming District Grand Master of the Eastern Archipelago (1919–23)[4] He was also the first Commodore of the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club.[11] Personal lifeOn 16 May 1905, Nutt married Gertrude Isabel Cowper at St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore.[12] Gertrude Nutt was an artist and the portrait she painted of her husband in full masonic regalia is included in the BBC’s Your Painting series.[13] DeathOn 27 February 1937, Gertrude Nutt died and Walter Nutt died three years later, on 14 November 1940, following an operation in London.[1][14] Walter and Gertrude Nutt were survived by two daughters.[1] References1. ^1 2 Walter Nutt, Obituary in The Straits Times, 16 November 1940 2. ^ Profile at The Straits Trading Company 3. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=Yn25FY2pY3EC&pg=PA288&lpg=PA288&dq=walter+frederick+nutt&source=bl&ots=tKW0Dgyb7y&sig=g4CxERfV-ZsIm3kfNp11Bg4PvtU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ABprVPSrLdPsaOm2gJgF&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=walter%20frederick%20nutt&f=false] Colonial Armies in Southeast Asia, edited by Karl Hack and Tobias Rettig. First published by Routledge, 2006 4. ^1 The Straits Times, 29 May 1920 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/walter-frederick-nutt-18741940-192203|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/walter-frederick-nutt-18741940-192203|dead-url=yes|archive-date=24 September 2015|title=BBC - Your Paintings - Walter Frederick Nutt (1874–1940)|work=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=4 July 2015}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.co.uk|title=Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk|work=ancestry.co.uk|accessdate=4 July 2015}} 7. ^1891 England Census 8. ^ The Straits Times, 4 November 1919 9. ^[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30935/supplement/11776/data.pdf] The Gazette, 4 October 1918 10. ^{{cite book|last1=Baldwin|first1=William Lee|title=The World Tin Market : Political pricing and economic competition.|date=1983|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham, NC|isbn=9780822305057|pages=197–198}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rsyc.org.sg/history.html|title=HISTORY|work=rsyc.org.sg|accessdate=4 July 2015}} 12. ^ The Singapore Free Press & Mercantile Advertiser, 17 May 1905 13. ^ Gertrude Nutt, Obituary in The Straits Times, 15 March 1937 14. ^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 External links
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