Erskine Nicolson, 3rd Baron Carnock

Erskine ("Eric") Arthur Nicolson, 3rd Baron Carnock DSO, JP (26 March 1884 – 2 October 1982), When James Lees-Milne was writing his biography of Harold Nicolson, he visited Lord Carnock, at this point in his mid-nineties and living in a Devon nursing home; he "opined that Harold was a liar and a coward and not worth a biography".

Military career Nicolson entered the Royal Navy and was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, called HMS Britannia. He went to the Royal Naval Staff College in 1913 and afterwards became a war staff officer in a light cruiser squadron, fighting in the First World War. For his services in France, Nicolson was appointed a knight of the Legion of Honour on 15 September 1916.

After the war he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order in 1919 and received also the Order of St Anne of Russia. and was nominated a Justice of the Peace for the county of Devon. They had three children, one daughter and two sons.