Erskine ("Eric") Arthur Nicolson, 3rd Baron Carnock
DSO,
JP (26 March 1884 – 2 October 1982),
styled The Honourable from 1916 until 1952, was a British peer and sailor.
Background and education
Born in
Athens, Nicolson was the second son of
Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock
Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock, (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 ...
, at that time chargé d'affaires at the British legation.
His mother was Mary Catharine, the daughter of Archibald Rowan-Hamilton, a soldier in the
5th Dragoon Guards
The 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards was a British army cavalry regiment, officially formed in January 1686 as Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse. Following a number of name changes, it became the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) ...
.
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.
A third brother was the author
Harold Nicolson
Sir Harold George Nicolson (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.
Early lif ...
.
[Burke (2001), p. 1109] 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".
Military career
Nicolson entered the
Royal Navy and was educated at the
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, called HMS ''Britannia''.
In 1912, he was awarded an Officer of the
Order of the Crown of Italy
The Order of the Crown of Italy ( it, Ordine della Corona d'Italia, italic=no or OCI) was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Vittorio Emanuele II, to commemorate the unification of Italy in 1861. It was awarded in five degrees for civi ...
for his participation in the British rescue mission after the
1908 Messina earthquake
The 1908 Messina earthquake (also known as the 1908 Messina and Reggio earthquake) occurred on 28 December in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The epicen ...
. 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.
[Who's Who (1963), p. 492] For his services in
France, Nicolson was appointed a
knight of the
Legion of Honour on 15 September 1916.
After the war he was decorated with the
Distinguished Service Order in 1919 and received also the
Order of St Anne of Russia.
He retired as a commander in 1924
and was nominated a
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
for the county of
Devon.
Family
On 9 October 1919, Nicolson married Katharine Frederica Albertha, eldest daughter of
Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough
Henry Yarde Buller Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough (24 March 1859 – 14 April 1938), known as Sir Henry Lopes, 4th Baronet from 1908 to 1938, of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Life ...
.
[Dod (1982), p. 47] They had three children, one daughter and two sons.
His wife died in 1968 and Nicolson survived her until 2 October 1982.
He was succeeded in the barony by his older son
David Nicolson, 4th Baron Carnock.
[Burke (2001), p. 1108]
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1884 births
1982 deaths
Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College
Royal Navy officers of World War I