Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Albert Nicholas, MBE, (4 May 1897 - 1956) was the sixteenth Postmaster General of Ceylon, serving between 1951 and 1956, and the second Ceylonese to hold the post.
He joined the Post and Telecommunications Department of Ceylon in 1915, at the age of 18.
Following the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in March 1917, serving with the Royal Engineers on the Western Front and in German East Africa.
In the 1950 King's Birthday Honours he was made a member of the British Empire (Civil Division) for his services as assistant postmaster general of Ceylon.
[4] He retired in early 1956 and on 1 April 1956 was appointed to the Commonwealth Telecommunications Board.