Sir John Gordon Nairne, 1st Baronet (4 January 1861 – 9 February 1945) was a director of the Bank of England and a BBC governor.
[5] In the 1901 Census his occupation is indicated as Deputy Chief Cashier of the Bank of England.
[6] In 1918 he was made an Officer of the Légion d'honneur by the President of the French Republic.
[7] In 1920 he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure (second class), by the Emperor of Japan.
[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] He was a Director of the Bank of England from 1925 to 1931,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29] and Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1927-1932.