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Harold Nicolson
British diplomat, author, diarist and politician (1886-1968)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 21 November 1886
- Died
- 1 May 1968
- Place of birth
- Tehran
- Place of death
- Sissinghurst Castle Garden
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Nicolson
- Mother
- Mary Rowan-Hamilton
- Spouse
- Vita Sackville-West
- Movement
- Bloomsbury Group
- Occupation
- horticulturist, politician, diplomat, diarist, writer, journalist, biographer, author
- Position held
- member of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Awards
- Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- candidacy in election
- 1935 United Kingdom general election
- educated at
- Balliol College, Wellington College
- employer
- Foreign Office
- member of political party
- Labour Party
- name in native language
- Harold Nicolson
- notable work
- Byron: The Last Journey, April 1823–April 1824
- owner of
- Sissinghurst Castle
- place of burial
- Sissinghurst Cemetery
- writing language
- English
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