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22 de mar. de 2005 · Harold Nicolson was a man of extraordinary gifts. A renowned politician, historian, biographer, diarist, novelist, lecturer, journalist, broadcaster and gardener, his position in society and politics allowed him an insight into the most dramatic events of British, indeed world, history. Nicolson's personal life was no less dramatic.
The Christopher Sykes Papers document the personal and professional life of British author Christopher Sykes (1907-1986). The Papers span the dates 1909 to 1976 and contain correspondence, writings, personal papers, and photographs documenting Sykes's career as a writer as well as his work for the Foreign Office, the military, and the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Harold James Nicholson (born November 17, 1950) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer who was twice convicted of spying for Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). Contents. Early life and education; Career and personal life; Espionage against the United States, FBI investigation and convictions; First conviction
Harold Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West, Rosamund Grosvenor. Despite having several affairs with women, Vita Sackville-West married Harold Nicholson on 1st October, 1913 at Knole House, the family home. They spent their honeymoon in Spain and Italy. Their first son, Lionel Benedict Nicolson, was born on 6th August 1914.
In 1812, the shy, handsome aristocrat Lord Byron awoke to instant fame with the publication of Childe Harold, his first epic poem. Only twelve years later, after a life of debauchery, intense creativity, exile, marriage, and fatherhood, he died in his 36th year in Missologhi, Greece, where he had gone to aid the country's struggle for freedom from the Turks.
Series III: Personal and business papers Harold Nicolson papers GEN MSS 614 Series III: Personal and business papers, 1900s-1960s 1.42 linear feet (2 boxes) J Container Description Date b. 18 Financial documents, daybooks, 70th birthday greetings and material relating to Harold Nicolson's death. circa 1950s-1960s b. 19 Diaries, sketchbooks ...
When Harold was knighted for his biography of King George V, and someone addressed her as Lady Nicolson, it was with difficulty that she restrained herself from slapping him. While Harold would have preferred a peerage, it was not because he wanted our cook, Mrs Staples, to address him as "M'lord," but because he hoped for a seat in the Lords, having lost his seat in the Commons.
