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Nigel Nicolson was born on 19 January, 1917 in 183 Ebury Street, Westminster, London, England, is a British politician and writer. Discover Nigel Nicolson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?
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Occupation |
writer |
Age |
87 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
Born |
19 January, 1917 |
Birthday |
19 January |
Birthplace |
183 Ebury Street, Westminster, London, England |
Date of death |
23 September, 2004 |
Died Place |
Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England |
Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Nigel Nicolson Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Nigel Nicolson's Wife?
His wife is Philippa Tennyson-d'Eyncourt (m. 1953-1970)
Family |
Parents |
Harold Nicolson
Vita Sackville-West |
Wife |
Philippa Tennyson-d'Eyncourt (m. 1953-1970) |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
Juliet Nicolson, Adam Nicolson and Rebecca Nicolson |
Nigel Nicolson Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Nigel Nicolson worth at the age of 87 years old? Nigel Nicolson’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Nigel Nicolson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Nigel Nicolson (19 January 1917 – 23 September 2004) was an English writer, publisher and politician.
The boys grew up in Kent, first at Long Barn, near their mother's ancestral home at Knole, and then at Sissinghurst Castle, where their parents created a famous garden.
Nicolson was sent to board at Summer Fields, a prep school in Oxford; he then attended Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.
During World War II, he served with the Grenadier Guards, later writing their official history.
Nicolson wrote many books.
He and George Weidenfeld co-founded the publishing house Weidenfeld & Nicolson, of which he was a director from 1948 to 1992.
He also worked as a broadcaster and was a member of the Ancient Monuments Board.
Although his father had been first a National Labour and then a Labour politician, Nigel Nicolson became active in the Conservative Party and contested Leicester North West in 1950 and Falmouth and Camborne in 1951, without success.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East and Christchurch at a by-election in February 1952, when the previous MP, Brendan Bracken, was elevated to the House of Lords.
In 1953, Nicolson married Philippa, the daughter of Sir Gervais Tennyson d'Eyncourt, and they had two daughters, Rebecca, a publisher, and Juliet, a historian, and a son, Adam, a writer.
Nicolson was re-elected in the seat in the general election of May 1955.
However, he was uncomfortable within the Conservatives and voted with Labour to abolish hanging and abstained in a vote of confidence in the government over the Suez Crisis.
His constituency association called for him to resign and wrote to the Prime Minister to brief against the MP.
A ballot of members was called.
A controversy relating to his publishing interests broke a few years later, the company's decision to publish the British edition of Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita in 1959.
Nicolson lost the members' vote and was forced to step down at the general election of October 1959.
Nicolson returned to writing, particularly on heritage and biography.
Nigel and Philippa divorced in 1970.
He co-wrote a celebrated 1973 book on his parents, Portrait of a Marriage.
It balanced a frank account of his bisexual parents' extramarital affairs (especially Vita Sackville-West's 'elopement' with Violet Trefusis) with their enduring love for each other and caused an uproar when it was published.
He edited his father's diaries and, with Joanne Trautmann, the letters of Virginia Woolf.
Later, he wrote the "Long Life" column for The Spectator, and a Time of My Life column for The Sunday Telegraph.
His autobiography, Long Life, was published in 1997.
Nicolson died on 23 September 2004, at Sissinghurst Castle, in Kent.
Juliet has written about her father and his ancestors in A House Full of Daughters (2016).
Adam has revived the home farm at Sissinghurst.