Sir Harold Nicolson CMG KCVO
(1886-1968)

writer, gardener, Companion of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (from 1920), and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (from 1953)

Died aged c. 82

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.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Spudgun67 on Wikimedia Commons
London, United Kingdom
Nick Harrison on Flickr
Cranbrook, United Kingdom

Harold Nicolson 1886-1968 and Vita Sackville-West 1892-1962 writers and gardeners lived here

182 Ebury Street, Belgravia, Westminster, SW1, London, United Kingdom where they lived

This pavilion was built in 1969 by his sons in memory of Harold Nicolson author, diplomatist and Member of Parliament. Sissinghurst was his home from 1930 until his death in 1968

Sissinghurst, Biddenden Road, Cranbrook, United Kingdom where they lived (1930-1968)