Erskine Arthur Nicolson | |
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Born | |
Died | 2 October 1982 | (aged 98)
Nationality | British |
Education | Royal Naval College, Dartmouth |
Known for | British peer and sailor |
Predecessor | Frederick Archibald Nicolson |
Successor | David Nicolson |
Spouse |
Katharine Frederica Albertha
(
m. 1919; died 1982) |
Children |
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Parents |
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Awards | Legion of Honour - Knight (1916) |
Erskine ("Eric") [1] Arthur Nicolson, 3rd Baron Carnock DSO, JP (26 March 1884 – 2 October 1982), [2] styled The Honourable from 1916 until 1952, was a British peer and sailor.
Born in Athens, Nicolson was the second son of Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock, at that time chargé d'affaires at the British legation. [2] His mother was Mary Catharine, the daughter of Archibald Rowan-Hamilton, a soldier in the 5th Dragoon Guards. [2] In 1952, Nicolson succeeded his older brother Frederick Archibald Nicolson, 2nd Baron Carnock, in the peerage title of Baron Carnock, who had inherited their father's titles in 1928. [2] A third brother was the author Harold Nicolson. [2] When James Lees-Milne was writing his biography of Harold Nicolson, he visited Lord Carnock, at this point in his mid-nineties and living in a Devon nursing home; he "opined that Harold was a liar and a coward and not worth a biography". [3]
Nicolson entered the Royal Navy and was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, called HMS Britannia. [4] In 1912, he was awarded an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy for his participation in the British rescue mission after the 1908 Messina earthquake. [5] He went to the Royal Naval Staff College in 1913 and afterwards became a war staff officer in a light cruiser squadron, fighting in the First World War. [4] For his services in France, Nicolson was appointed a knight of the Legion of Honour on 15 September 1916. [6]
After the war he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order in 1919 [7] and received also the Order of St Anne of Russia. [4] He retired as a commander in 1924 [8] and was nominated a Justice of the Peace for the county of Devon. [4]
On 9 October 1919, Nicolson married Katharine Frederica Albertha, eldest daughter of Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough. [9] They had three children, one daughter and two sons. [9] His wife died in 1968 and Nicolson survived her until 2 October 1982. [10] He was succeeded in the barony by his older son David Nicolson, 4th Baron Carnock. [10]