Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock

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Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock

Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock (1849 - 1928), educated at Rugby and Oxford, was a British diplomat and politician through the last quarter of the 19th century to the middle of World War I.

Lord Carnock's sons included Sir Harold Nicolson, the writer and husband of Vita Sackville-West.

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  • Foreign Office, 1870-74;
  • Author of the History of the German Constitution, 1873.
  • Secretary to Earl Granville, 1872-74;
  • Embassy at Berlin, 1874-76;
  • at Peking, 1876-78;
  • Chargé, Athens, 1884-85;
  • Teheran, 1885-88;
  • Consul-General, Budapest, 1888-93;
  • Embassy, Constantinople, 1894;
  • Minister, Morocco, 1895-1904;
  • Ambassador, Madrid, 1904-5;
  • Ambassador, Russia, 1905-10;
  • Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1910-16.

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Preceded by:
The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst		 Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs
1910–1916		 Succeeded by:
The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst
Preceded by:
New Creation		 Baron Carnock Succeeded by:
Frederick Archibald Nicolson
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