Sir Nicholas Coleridge | |
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 Nicholas Coleridge | |
| Born | Nicholas David Coleridge 4 March 1957 London, England |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Provost, Eton College. Chairman, Historic Royal Palaces. Chairman, The Prince of Wales' Campaign for Wool |
| Spouse | Georgia Metcalfe |
| Children | 4 |
Sir Nicholas David Coleridge, CBE, DL (born 4 March 1957) is a British former media executive, author, and cultural chair. He is chairman of Historic Royal Palaces and Provost of Eton. He is chairman of the Prince of Wales' Campaign for Wool since 2013 (deputy chair 2008–13). He has been chairman of the Victoria and Albert museum (2015–23) and was co-chair of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a complex event with more than 10,000 military from the UK and Commonwealth, and performers from across the nation. He is an ambassador for the Landmark Trust and a patron of the Elephant Family. [1]
From 1989 to 2019, he was successively editorial director of Condé Nast Britain, managing director, Condé Nast Britain (1991–2017), vice president, Condé Nast International and president, Condé Nast International, the division of Condé Nast which publishes 139 magazines in 27 international markets, and over 100 websites. Coleridge initiated Condé Nast's Vogue College of Fashion and Design in 2013, a degree-awarding academic institution in London's Soho. From 2017 to 2019, he was chairman of Condé Nast Britain.
He was chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum from 2015 to 2023, having been a trustee from 2012 to 2015.[2][3] During his tenure, the V&A built four new museums - the £70 million V&A Dundee, the two £150 million new museums on the Olympic Park in Stratford East (V&A East and the V&A Collections Storehouse), the V&A Galleries in Shenzhen, China, plus the refurbished and rebranded Young V&A in Bethnal Green.
In September 2023, Coleridge was appointed Chair of Historic Royal Palaces by The King, for a three year term to begin when his V&A Chairmanship concluded. The HRP Chairmanship began on 1 November 2023. HRP cares for Hampton Court Palace, The Tower of London, Kensington Palace, The Banqueting House in Whitehall, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle near Belfast.
Coleridge was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to museums, publishing and the creative industries.
In October 2023, it was announced that Coleridge was to take over from Lord Waldegrave as Provost of Eton College from September 2024.
- ^ Londoner's Diary: V&A upstages the Serpentine summer bash Evening Standard. 13 June 2016
- ^ Coleridge, Nicholas David Bowie Changed My Life Vanity Fair. 13 June 2016
- ^ "V&A · Trustees".