title: Nicolson
text: # Nicolson
  
  Nicolson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Nicholas". There are alternate spellings. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Adam Nicolson, British writer, son of Nigel Nicolson
  * Adela Florence Nicolson, British poet writing as "Laurence Hope"
  * Alexander Mclean Nicolson, US inventor (crystals, sound)
  * Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock, British diplomat and politician
  * Benedict Nicolson, British art historian and author, son of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West
  * Dan Henry Nicolson, American botanist
  * David Nicolson, 4th Baron Carnock, British peer and solicitor.
  * Eric James Brindley Nicolson, Royal Air Force officer
  * Gerda Nicolson, Australian actress
  * Harold Nicolson, (1886–1968) British diplomat, politician and writer, son of Arthur Nicolson
  * James Nicolson (bishop) (died 1607), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland & Bishop of Dunkeld.
  * John Nicolson (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1894-1981), American literary scholar
  * Mark Nicolson, American tenor and voice teacher
  * Nigel Nicolson, British publisher, writer and politician, son of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West
  * Phyllis Nicolson, mathematician
  * William Nicolson, British bishop
  