Harold Nicolson

Sir Harold Nicolson
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
(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

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.