Once L&G finds a successor to step in his shoes he is hoping to return to academia with a teaching role at a university. 'I have unfinished business,' he says. 'Economics has been wrong and it needs some refreshing thought.' Sir Nigel Sweeney has been appointed as a Judicial Commissioner to support the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Sir Brian Leveson.

Of this famous but impoverished family, doubly impoverished by law and by pestilence, two members were living in the year of grace 1349—Lady Ermyntrude Loring and her grandson Nigel. Lady Ermyntrude’s husband had fallen before the Scottish spearsmen at Stirling, and her son Eustace, Nigel’s father, had found a glorious death nine years before this chronicle opens upon the poop of a Norman galley at the sea-fight of Sluys. The lonely old woman, fierce and brooding like the falcon mewed in her chamber, was soft only toward the lad whom she had brought up. All the tenderness and love of her nature, so hidden from others that they could not imagine their existence, were lavished upon him. She could not bear him away from her, and he, with that respect for authority which the age demanded, would not go without her blessing and consent. Nigel is a most annoying young man. He is not terribly intelligent; indeed, his choice of fiancée is probably the only remotely intelligent act he performs throughout the book. Even then, it is only by chance that this happens, for he prefers the sister, who is dishonoured through her own flirtatiousness at the crucial moment. Of all Arthur Conan Doyle's works, this one has perhaps aged least well. It's set in the Middle Ages, or, rather, it's set in a world imitating that of Scott's Ivanhoe. It seems today very in-authentic, particularly in the speech and descriptions.During 1994, Sir Nigel Gresley spent some time at the Great Central Railway then at the East Lancashire Railway. The locomotive then moved to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 1996, and is now based there. It is owned by Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Preservation Trust and operated by the A4 Locomotive Society on behalf of the trust. Sir Nigel Gresley is the holder of the postwar steam record speed of 112 miles per hour (180km/h) gained on 23 May 1959 and carries a plaque to that effect. As with Mallard 's record, this was descending southward from Stoke Bank, but unlike Mallard's run which was a special attempt, this was with a full train of passengers returning from an excursion to Doncaster Works. The excursion exceeded 100 miles per hour (160km/h) on two other occasions on the same day. As the nominated member of the British Transport Commission's Eastern area board, Alan Pegler was on the locomotive's footplate that day. [2] Preservation [ edit ]

By all acounts, Sir Nigel had a light-hearted side too, enjoying smoking a pipe and at parties even going to the extent of playing good humoured jokes on his guests. In his working life he was well aware of the capabilities and limitations of his staff and was always willing to explain points that were not clear. Since 1927 he had cherished hopes of a national locomotive testing plant, for the ‘attainment of increased efficiency’, but times were hard and government help was not forthcoming. The directors of the LMS and LNER had agreed to pool resources and given the go ahead for a plant at Rugby when the outbreak of war brought plans to a halt.Sir Nigel David Wilson (born 17 November 1956) is a British businessman. He is the group chief executive (Group CEO) of Legal & General, a British multinational financial services company. Sir Nigel Gresley (1876-1941) is described by the Gresley Society as “a mechanical engineer of great skill [who] had the imagination and boldness to innovate, a flair to organise and to lead, an artist’s eye for line and proportion, and a touch of showmanship”. Locomotives designed by Gresley [ edit ] LNER Class A4 4488 Union of South Africa, a classic Gresley design, restored. GNR [ edit ]

Chandos takes Nigel under his wing, and a number of adventures follow. He defeats a notorious robber, but the robber and his wife elude capture. Conan Doyle is strangely sympathetic to minor rogues. He meets the daughters of Sir John Buttesthorn. While his head is turned by the flighty daughter Edith, he soon settles for the sensible Mary, and is able to help wrest Edith from the clutches of a corrupt seducer.Since Sir Nigel joined Legal & General, the Group has delivered a consistently strong financial performance with a total shareholder return of over 600% driven by significant growth in dividends, earnings per share and ROE. During his time as Chief Executive, Sir Nigel has executed numerous strategic initiatives to grow and re-focus the business, consistently exceeding financial and operational targets while also ensuring Legal & General has delivered Inclusive Capitalism with positive outcomes for shareholders, customers and the broader economy. He attended St George's Grammar School, Cape Town, and, although the family was not Catholic, at a now-defunct Christian Brothers College, [3] where he played on the rugby team. [4] He described his time at the latter as not being a particularly happy experience. [2]