Nicola Shulman

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Nicola Shulman
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
OccupationAuthor
TitleMarchioness
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1987; div. 1990)​
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(m. 1990)​
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Children3
Parent(s)Milton Shulman
Drusilla Beyfus
RelativesJason Shulman (brother)
Alexandra Shulman (sister)

Nicola Phipps, Marchioness of Normanby (née Shulman; born 1960), known professionally as Nicola Shulman, is a British biographer, former model, and aristocrat.

Early life[]

Nicola Shulman was born into a Jewish family, the daughter of Milton Shulman, the former theatre reviewer for the London Evening Standard, and Drusilla Beyfus, an author of etiquette books.[3][4][5] Her brother, Jason Shulman, is an artist, while her sister, Alexandra Shulman, is the former editor in chief of British Vogue.[6]

Shulman graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[5]

Career[]

Lady Normanby started her career as a model.[5] She later worked for Harpers & Queen.[5] She is the author of two biographies.[4] Her second book, Graven with Diamonds, was reviewed in The Daily Telegraph,[7] The Guardian,[8] The Times,[9] The Sunday Times,[10] and The Independent.[11]

Personal life[]

Shulman has been married twice. Her first husband was novelist Edward St Aubyn.[5][12] After they divorced, she married Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, whom she met at the Groucho Club.[4][5] They have three children:[4][2]

  • Lady Sibylla Victoria Evelyn Phipps (born 6 August 1992)
  • John Samuel Constanine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave (born 26 November 1994)
  • Lord Thomas Henry Winston Phipps (born 3 June 1997)

Works[]

  • Shulman, Nicola (2004). A Rage for Rock Gardening: The Story of Reginald Farrer Gardener, Writer & Plant Collector. Boston, Massachusetts: D.R. Godine. ISBN 9781567922493. OCLC 55887404.
  • Shulman, Nicola (2011). Graven with Diamonds: The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt: Courtier, Poet, Assassin, Spy. London, U.K.: Short Books. ISBN 9781906021115. OCLC 694269919.

References[]

  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3496. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Mosley 2003, p. 287
  3. ^ Rubinstein, W.; Jolles, Michael A. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Springer. p. 909. ISBN 9780230304666. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d de Rosée, Sophie (April 7, 2011). "World of Nicola Shulman, writer". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Nicola Shulman is a modern marchioness among the Tudors". London Evening Standard. March 31, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  6. ^ Day, Elizabeth (April 1, 2012). "Never out of Vogue: Alexandra Shulman". The Guardian. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  7. ^ Johnston, Freya (April 16, 2011). "Graven with Diamonds: The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt, Courtier, Poet, Assassin, Spy by Nicola Shulman: review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  8. ^ Nicholl, Charles (April 24, 2011). "The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt by Nicola Shulman - review". The Guardian. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  9. ^ May, Derwent (April 16, 2011). "Graven with Diamonds by Nicola Shulman". The Times. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  10. ^ Guy, John (May 1, 2011). "Graven with Diamonds by Nicola Shulman". The Sunday Times. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  11. ^ Tonkin, Boyd (May 19, 2011). "Graven With Diamonds, By Nicola Shulman". The Independent. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  12. ^ Freeman, Hadley (January 13, 2007). "Road to redemption". The Guardian. Retrieved May 21, 2016.


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