Felix Hope-Nicholson

(Charles) Felix Otho Victor Gabriel John Adrian Hope-Nicholson[1][2] (21 July 1921 – 15 September 1990) was a British aristocrat and genealogist. The Herald of Scotland called him a "tall, imposing figure known as the Squire of Chelsea, and noted that after attending Eton College and the war he had "dedicated his life to the greater glory of his ancestors, in particular the Linlithgow family and the Hopes of Hopetoun House."[3]

The son of Hedley Hope-Nicholson, a barrister, head of the Society of King Charles the Martyr and heir to a raincoat fortune,[4] in his young years Felix Hope-Nicholson was a notable figure in high society in London, and was often seen socialising at The Ritz.[5] During an air raid during World War II, in a drunken state, he tripped and fell on King Zog of Albania, who was staying at the hotel at the time.[6] By the 1970s he was described as "impoverished",[7] but successfully kept up the appearance of a "bachelor dandy".[8] He lived for a period at More House on Tite Street.[8] Hope-Nicholson was a friend of Francis Bacon[9] and Hamish Erskine,[10] a "notoriously vain, rather silly and extremely amusing" homosexual, known for his five-year infatuation with Nancy Mitford.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-55153-651
  2. ↑ Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past, Ruth Alexandra Symes, Pen and Sword History, 2015, pg 83
  3. ↑ "Saviour sought for gem of a house". The Herald (Scotland). 8 April 1993. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/m-j-lancaster-outspoken-writer-and-editor-who-became-a-prototype-of-the-modern-career-woman-2025757.html
  5. ↑ Thompson, Damian (22 June 2004). Loose Canon: A Portrait of Brian Brindley. A&C Black. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8264-7418-6.
  6. ↑ "Puttin' on the Ritz, at The Ritz". The Chicago Tribune. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Salwak, Dale (1 May 2011). AfterWord: Conjuring the Literary Dead. University of Iowa Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-58729-989-6.
  8. 1 2 Massingberd, Hugh (12 July 2012). Daydream Believer: Confessions of a Hero-Worshipper. Pan Macmillan. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-4472-1022-1.
  9. ↑ Mellor, David Alan; Joule, Barry; Hamilton, Richard (31 December 2000). The Barry Joule archive: works on paper attributed to Francis Bacon. Irish Museum of Modern Art. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-873654-84-2.
  10. ↑ Cooper, Artemis (16 June 2011). Writing at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David. Faber & Faber. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-571-27977-7.
  11. ↑ Dalley, Jan (2 May 2000). Diana Mosley. Knopf. p. 61.
  12. ↑ "Nancy pursued . . . and caught". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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