Sir Nicholas Henderson
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Sir Nicholas Henderson GCMG KCVO |
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| British Ambassador to the United States | |
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In office 1979–1982 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| President |
Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Peter Jay |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Wright |
| British Ambassador to France | |
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In office 1975–1979 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Edward Tomkins |
| Succeeded by | Reginald Hibbert |
| British Ambassador to West Germany | |
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In office 1972–1975 |
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| Prime Minister |
Edward Heath Harold Wilson |
| Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Frank Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Wright |
| British Ambassador to Poland | |
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In office 1969–1972 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Thomas Brimelow |
| Succeeded by | Frank Brenchley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1919 |
| Died | 16 March 2009 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Stowe School |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
Sir John Nicholas 'Nico' Henderson, GCMG, KCVO (1 April 1919 – 16 March 2009) was a British diplomat and writer, who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1979 to 1982.
Henderson was born in London, the only son and second of three children of Sir Hubert Henderson, a prominent political economist and later Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford. and of Faith Marion Jane Henderson, née Bagenal.
He was educated at Stowe School and Hertford College, Oxford, and was the President of the Oxford Union. Childhood tuberculosis disqualified him from military service during World War II. Instead, in 1942, he joined the Cairo staff of Lord Moyne, Minister Resident in the Middle East, on a temporary basis. In 1944, he was appointed Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden, and then to Ernest Bevin.
He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1946 and rose to become Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary in 1963. Subsequently he served as British Ambassador to Poland, Germany and finally France, from which post he retired in 1979 on his sixtieth birthday.
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