Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock
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The Right Honourable Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock GCB, GCMG, GCVO, KCIE |
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Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock
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| British Ambassador to Spain | |
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In office 1904–1905 |
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| Monarch | Alfonso XIII of Spain |
| Preceded by | Edwin Henry Egerton |
| Succeeded by | Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen |
| British Ambassador to Russia | |
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In office 1906–1910 |
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| Monarch | Nicholas II of Russia |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Hardinge |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Buchanan |
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| Born | 19 September 1849 |
| Died | 5 November 1928 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Katherine Hamilton |
| Children | Frederick Archibald Nicolson (1883-1952) Erskine Nicolson (1884–1982) Harold Nicolson (1886-1968) |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, KCIE (19 September 1849–5 November 1928), known as Sir Arthur Nicolson, 11th Baronet, from 1899 to 1916, was a British diplomat and politician during the last quarter of the 19th century to the middle of World War I.
He was the eldest son of Admiral Sir Frederick Nicolson, 10th Baronet by his wife Mary Loch. Educated at Rugby and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he left without taking a degree, he succeeded his father as Baronet in 1899.
In 1916 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Carnock, of Carnock in the County of Stirling.
Nicolson married, in 1882, Mary Katherine Hamilton, daughter of Captain Archibald Rowan Hamilton, of Killyleagh Castle, Co. Down, and thus a descendant of Archibald Hamilton Rowan (1751-1834). They had three sons, Frederick Archibald Nicolson (1883-1952), who succeeded him as 2nd Baron Carnock; Erskine Nicolson (1884 – 1982), who became the 3rd Baron Carnock; and Sir Harold Nicolson (1886-1968), the writer and husband of Vita Sackville-West.
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