Erskine Nicolson, 3rd Baron Carnock
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.
Erskine Arthur Nicolson | |
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| Born | 26 March 1884 |
| 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) |
Background and education
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]
Military career
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]
Family
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]
Notes
- Harold Nicolson: A Biography 1930–1968, James Lees-Milne, Archon Books, 1982, pp. 132, 383
- Burke (2001), p. 1109
- James Lees-Milne- The Life, Michael Bloch, Hachette UK, 2009, p. 302
- Who's Who (1963), p. 492
- "No. 28599". The London Gazette. 16 April 1912. p. 2702.
- "World War 1 at Sea: Foreign Medals and Decorations Awarded to Royal Navy, Part 1 of 2 - London Gazette editions 29360-30437 (November 1915-December 1917)". Naval History. 15 September 1919. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- "No. 31413". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 June 1919. p. 7907.
- "No. 32965". The London Gazette. 15 August 1924. p. 6138.
- Dod (1982), p. 47
- Burke (2001), p. 1108
References
- Who's Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1963.
- Charles Roger Dod & Robert Phipps Dod (1982). J. Berwick Smith (ed.). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. ISBN 0-905702-07-7.
- Burke, John (2001). Peter de Vere Beauclerk-Dewar (ed.). Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage and Gentry Llc. ISBN 0-9711966-0-5.