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Also Known As Harold George Nicholson
Born November 21, 1886 • Tehrān • Iran
Died May 1, 1968 (aged 81) • England
Notable Works “Diaries and Letters”
Notable Family Members spouse Vita Sackville-West
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Frederick Forsyth
British author
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton
British diplomat and poet
Guy Burgess
British diplomat and spy
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
English author
portrait of Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield
English writer
Douglas Richard Hurd
British diplomat
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
prime minister of United Kingdom
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Cobbett, detail of a painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Cobbett
British journalist
Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot
British economist and journalist
Michael Gove
Scottish-born journalist and politician
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax
British statesman
Sir Roger Casement
British politician
Bryce, James
James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
British statesman
Sir Stafford Cripps
British statesman
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet
British statesman
Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1938.
Robert Gilbert Vansittart, Baron Vansittart
British diplomat and author
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford, painting by G.F. Watts, 1855; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford
British diplomat
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
lord chief justice of England