Nicola Shulman
{{Short description|British biographer, former model, and aristocrat}}
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| name = The Marchioness of Normanby
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| alma mater = Corpus Christi College, Oxford
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| occupation = Author
| mother = Drusilla Beyfus
| father = Milton Shulman
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| spouse = {{marriage|Edward St Aubyn|1987|1990|end=divorced}}{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor-last= Mosley |editor-first= Charles |editor-link= Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 3496 |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}
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| relatives = Jason Shulman (brother)
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Nicola Shulman Phipps, Marchioness of Normanby (born 1960), is a British biographer, former model, and aristocrat. After her marriage in 1990 she initially became Countess of Mulgrave (a courtesy title) and since 1994 she has been known as Nicola Phipps, Marchioness of Normanby.
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.{{cite book|last1=Rubinstein|first1=W.|last2=Jolles|first2=Michael A.|title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History|date=2011|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230304666|page=909|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_T_HCg17ufIC&pg=PA909|accessdate=21 May 2018|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=de Rosée|first1=Sophie|title=World of Nicola Shulman, writer|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/8435046/World-of-Nicola-Shulman-writer.html|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=April 7, 2011}}{{cite news|title=Nicola Shulman is a modern marchioness among the Tudors|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/nicola-shulman-is-a-modern-marchioness-among-the-tudors-6387329.html|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=London Evening Standard|date=March 31, 2011}} Her brother, Jason Shulman, is an artist, while her sister, Alexandra Shulman, is the former editor in chief of British Vogue.{{cite news|last1=Day|first1=Elizabeth|title=Never out of Vogue: Alexandra Shulman|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2012/apr/01/alexandra-shulman-vogue-editor-fashion|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=The Guardian|date=April 1, 2012}}
Shulman graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Career
Lady Normanby started her career as a model. She later worked for Harpers & Queen. She is the author of two biographies. Her second book, Graven with Diamonds, was reviewed in The Daily Telegraph,{{cite news|last1=Johnston|first1=Freya|title=Graven with Diamonds: The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt, Courtier, Poet, Assassin, Spy by Nicola Shulman: review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/8450611/Graven-with-Diamonds-The-Many-Lives-of-Thomas-Wyatt-Courtier-Poet-Assassin-Spy-by-Nicola-Shulman-review.html|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=April 16, 2011}} The Guardian,{{cite news|last1=Nicholl|first1=Charles|title=The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt by Nicola Shulman - review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/apr/24/thomas-wyatt-nicola-shulman-review|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=The Guardian|date=April 24, 2011}} The Times,{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Derwent|title=Graven with Diamonds by Nicola Shulman|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/graven-with-diamonds-by-nicola-shulman-xbggnps7pdz?region=global|access-date=May 21, 2016|work=The Times|date=April 16, 2011}} The Sunday Times,{{cite news|last1=Guy|first1=John|title=Graven with Diamonds by Nicola Shulman|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/non_fiction/article613862.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604232101/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/non_fiction/article613862.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2016|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=The Sunday Times|date=May 1, 2011}} and The Independent.{{cite news|last1=Tonkin|first1=Boyd|title=Graven With Diamonds, By Nicola Shulman|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/graven-with-diamonds-by-nicola-shulman-2286444.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/graven-with-diamonds-by-nicola-shulman-2286444.html |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=The Independent|date=May 19, 2011}}
Personal life
Shulman has been married twice. Her first husband was novelist Edward St Aubyn.{{cite news|last1=Freeman|first1=Hadley|title=Road to redemption|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jan/13/fiction.edwardstaubyn|accessdate=May 21, 2016|work=The Guardian|date=January 13, 2007}} After they divorced, she married Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, whom she met at the Groucho Club.
They have three children:{{sfn|Mosley|2003|p=287|ps=none}}
- Lady Sibylla Victoria Evelyn Phipps (born 6 August 1992)
- John Samuel Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave (born 26 November 1994)
- Lord Thomas Henry Winston Phipps (born 3 June 1997)
Works
- {{cite book|last1=Shulman|first1=Nicola|title=A Rage for Rock Gardening: The Story of Reginald Farrer Gardener, Writer & Plant Collector|date=2004|publisher=D.R. Godine|location=Boston, Massachusetts|isbn=9781567922493|oclc=55887404}}
- {{cite book|last1=Shulman|first1=Nicola|title=Graven with Diamonds: The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt: Courtier, Poet, Assassin, Spy|date=2011|publisher=Short Books|location=London, U.K.|isbn=9781906021115|oclc=694269919}}
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Category:People from Belgravia
Category:Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Category:English women non-fiction writers
Category:English people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Category:British women biographers
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