Background
Walter Nutt was born in Kensington, London in 1874. He was the son of William Henry Rothery Nutt, an official of the Bank of England, and his wife Kathleen Laura (née Bloxham).
Walter Nutt was born in Kensington, London in 1874. He was the son of William Henry Rothery Nutt, an official of the Bank of England, and his wife Kathleen Laura (née Bloxham).
Like his brothers, Arthur Nutt and Harold Nutt, he was educated as a boarder at Bedford Modern School.
Honorary Nutt 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 and Managing Director of The Straits Trading Company (1918-1921). In 1918, Nutt was awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services in connection with war charities.
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.
Nutt was a prominent Freemason becoming District Grand Master of the Eastern Archipelago (1919-1923) He was also the first Commodore of the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club. On 27 February 1937, Gertrude Nutt died and Walter Nutt died three years later, on 14 November 1940, following an operation in London.
Walter and Gertrude Nutt were survived by two daughters.
He was a member of the Federal Malay States Legislative Council.
