Sir Harold Nicolson | |
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![]() Nicolson in 1939 | |
Member of Parliament for Leicester West | |
In office 14 November 1935 – 15 June 1945 | |
Preceded by | Ernest Harold Pickering |
Succeeded by | Barnett Janner |
Personal details | |
Born | Harold George Nicolson 21 November 1886 Tehran, Persian Empire |
Died | 1 May 1968 Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England | (aged 81)
Nationality | British |
Political party | New Party (1931-32) National Labour (1935-45) Labour (from 1947) |
Spouse | |
Children | Benedict Nicolson Nigel Nicolson |
Parent(s) | Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock Mary Hamilton |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
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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.