Harold Nicolson

The Honourable Sir Harold Nicolson KCVO CMG
Nicolson in 1939
Member of Parliament for Leicester West
In office 14 November 1935 – 15 June 1945
Preceded by	Ernest Harold Pickering
Succeeded by	Barnett Janner
Personal details
Born	Harold George Nicolson (1886-11-21)21 November 1886 Tehran, Persian Empire
Died	1 May 1968(1968-05-01) (aged 81) Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England
Nationality	British
Political party	New Party (1931-32) National Labour (1935-45) Labour (from 1947)
Spouse	Vita Sackville-West ​ ​ (m. 1913; d. 1962)​
Children	Benedict Nicolson Nigel Nicolson
Parent(s)	Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock Mary Hamilton
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation	British diplomat author diarist politician

Sir Harold George Nicolson KCVO CMG (21 November 1886 – 1 May 1968) was a British politician, diplomat, historian, biographer, diarist, novelist, lecturer, journalist, broadcaster, and gardener. His wife was the writer Vita Sackville-West.