Background
NICOLSON, Arthur was born on September 19, 1849. Son of 10th Baronet and Mary, daughter of James Loch of Drylaw. Succeeded father, 1899.
NICOLSON, Arthur was born on September 19, 1849. Son of 10th Baronet and Mary, daughter of James Loch of Drylaw. Succeeded father, 1899.
Rugby; Brasenose College, Oxford.
Left before taking degree. Foreign Office, 1870-1874. Assistant Private Secretary to Earl Granville, 1872-1874.
3rd Secretary Embassy at Berlin, 1874-1876. 2nd Secretary Legation at Pekin, 1876-1878. Berlin, 1878-1879; 2nd Secretary at Constantinople, 1879-1884.
Charge d’Affaires, Athens, 1884-1885. 1st Secretary and Charge d’Affaires, Teheran, 1885-1888. Companion of St. Michael and St. George 1886.
Consul-General Budapest, 1888-1893. Secretary of Embassy, Constantinople, 1894. Agent in Bulgaria, 1894-1895.
Minister in Morocco, 1895- 1904. His (or Her) Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Madrid, 1904-1905. Ambassador to Russia, 1905-1910. 11th Baronet, cartulary-register 1637; P.C.; Perma- 1499 nent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs since 1910.
Clubs: Travellers’, Athenaeum.
Heir: Frederick Archibald.
Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, cartulary-register 1907; Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, cartulary-register 1906; Knight Grand Cross of Royal Victorian Order, cartulary-register 1905; Knight Commander of the Bath, cartulary-register 1901; Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, cartulary-register 1888; Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, cartulary-register 1903. Right Honourable; Sir.