Background
He is the elder son of Charles Marcus Mander, 3rd baronet of The Mount, by Maria Dolores (d 2007), née Brödermann, of Hamburg, whom he succeeded in 2006.
He is the elder son of Charles Marcus Mander, 3rd baronet of The Mount, by Maria Dolores (d 2007), née Brödermann, of Hamburg, whom he succeeded in 2006.
He was educated at Downside School, Trinity College, Cambridge (senior scholar), and Grenoble University.
He has lived at Owlpen Manor in Gloucestershire since 1974, where he manages the historic estate. He is the author of Varnished Leaves, a history of the Mander family (2004), and Country Houses of the Cotswolds (Aurum Press, 2008. Rizzoli, 2009). He has served as a company director of a number of companies in the United Kingdom and Spain, and is involved in many charitable and voluntary organisations.
Sir Nicholas Mander married Karin Margareta, younger daughter of Gustav Arne Norin, of Bromma, Sweden, on 24 June 1972.
They have five children:
Charles Marcus Septimus Gustav Mander (born 1975), heir apparent to the baronetcy, barrister of the Middle Temple. Benedict Edward Arthur Mander (born 1977), journalist with the Financial Times.
Hugo Richard Theodore (born 1981). Fabian Edmund Quintin (born 1987).
Sarra Maryam (born 1973).