Nigel Quentin Frieda (born August 1952) is a British

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, property owner of the

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in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex.

Early life

Nigel Quentin Frieda was born the son of Isidore Frieda, a Jewish hairdresser, salon and property owner, and an Irish Catholic mother. His elder brother is the hairdresser John Frieda.

Career

Frieda founded/launched the pop group the

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. He runs London's Matrix Studio and has also produced

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. Frieda is the owner of the

in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, England, most of which he bought in 2000 for £6 million. After 2012 he acquired the rest of the island. He was involved in The Causeway Retreat, mostly for altruistic reasons, because of his personal connections to people who had had addiction and mental health problems.

Personal life

Frieda married the future biographer Leonie Frieda, the daughter of Swedish aristocrats, when she was 30 (her second marriage), and they had two children, Elizabeth and Jake, both now adults. They divorced in 1997. His second wife died from suicide.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frieda, Nigel 1952 births Living people British record producers