Harold Nicolson

Sir Harold George Nicolson KCVO CMG (21 November 1886 – 1 May 1968) was a British politician, diplomat, historian, biographer, diarist, novelist, lecturer, journalist, broadcaster, and gardener. His wife was the writer Vita Sackville-West.

This article is about the British diplomat, writer and politician. For the former American Central Intelligence Agency officer and spy for Russia, see Harold James Nicholson.

The Honourable
Sir Harold Nicolson
KCVO CMG
Nicolson in 1939
Member of Parliament
for Leicester West
In office
14 November 1935 – 15 June 1945
Preceded byErnest Harold Pickering
Succeeded byBarnett Janner
Personal details
Born
Harold George Nicolson

(1886-11-21)21 November 1886
Tehran, Persian Empire
Died1 May 1968(1968-05-01) (aged 81)
Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyNew Party (1931-32)
National Labour (1935-45)
Labour (from 1947)
Spouse
Vita Sackville-West
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(m. 1913; d. 1962)​
ChildrenBenedict Nicolson
Nigel Nicolson
Parent(s)Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock
Mary Hamilton
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Occupation
  • British diplomat
  • author
  • diarist
  • politician
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