Person    | Male  Born 24/8/1877  Died 29/12/1964

Sir Nicholas Edwin Waterhouse KBE

Categories: Commerce

Sir Nicholas Edwin Waterhouse KBE

Accountant. Son of Edwin Waterhouse. Entered Price Waterhouse in 1899 and rose to senior partner. Knighted 1920 for his service in WW1, in which, due to an injured knee he worked in the War Office. President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Noted philatelist, specialising in the USA.

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Sir Nicholas Edwin Waterhouse KBE

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Sir N. E. Waterhouse

This stone was laid by Sir Nicholas Edwin Waterhouse, KBE, 21st January 1955.

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donkeys of Covent Garden

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