Nigel Nicolson
(1917-2004), Publisher, editor, author and politicianSitter in 3 portraits
Nigel Nicolson was the younger son of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West. After an education at Balliol College, Oxford, he served in the Grenadier Guards before becoming an MP in 1951. Best known as the Director of the publishers Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1948-92) and as a biographer, editor and journalist.
by Brian Shuel
modern bromide print from original negative, 1973
NPG x134118
Nigel Nicolson; Adam Nicolson, 5th Baron Carnock
by Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
chromogenic print, 1986
NPG x126971
by Philip Wolmuth
bromide print, 14 November 1991
NPG x199207
Related People
- Adam Nicolson, 5th Baron Carnock (son)
- Benedict Nicolson (brother)
- Sir Harold George Nicolson (father)
- Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville (grandfather)
- Victoria Mary ('Vita') Sackville-West (mother)
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