Philip Nichols (diplomat)
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Sir Philip Nichols | |
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.jpg) Philip Nichols in December 1951 | |
| UK Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
| In office 1948–1952 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Sir Nevile Bland |
| Succeeded by | Sir Nevile Butler |
| UK Ambassador to Czechoslovakia | |
| In office 1941–1947 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Roberts (as chargé d'affaires) |
| Succeeded by | Sir Pierson Dixon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Philip Bouverie Bowyer Nichols 7 September 1894 |
| Died | 6 December 1962 (aged 68) London, England |
| Spouse |
Phyllis Mary Spender-Clay
(m. 1932) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Bowyer Nichols Catherine Bouverie-Pusey |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Sir Philip Bouverie Bowyer Nichols KCMG MC (7 September 1894 – 6 December 1962) was an English diplomat who served as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands
Nichols was born on 7 September 1894. He was the younger son of Catherine Louisa Bouverie-Pusey and the poet and artist John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols of Lawford Hall, Essex.[1] Among his siblings was Robert Nichols, poet and dramatist and sisters, Irene, who married Sir George Gater, and Anne, who married Henry Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford.[2]
His paternal grandfather was the editor and writer Francis Morgan Nichols, and was paternally descended from the printer and writer John Bowyer Nichols, author of Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century.[2] His maternal grandparents were Capt. Edward Bouverie-Pusey (a grandson of Hon. Philip Bouverie-Pusey) and Esther Elliot Hales (a daughter of Rev. Richard Hales).[3]
Nichols was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.
Career
Nichols "served for two years in New Zealand giving advice and helping train a diplomatic service there.[4] He was ambassador to the Czechoslovak government-in-exile" in London during World War II,[5] and went to Prague in 1945 to "continue his duties."[6] In 1948, he was appointed Ambassador to the Netherlands,[7][5] serving until his retirement late in 1951.[8][9]
