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'{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = The Lord Vivian | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | office1 = [[Member of the House of Lords]] | status1 = [[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]] | term_label1 = as a hereditary peer | term_start1 = 16 October 1991 | term_end1 = 11 November 1999 | predecessor1 = [[Anthony Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian|The 5th Baron Vivian]] | successor1 = [[House of Lords Act 1999|Seat abolished]] | term_label2 = as an [[List of hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999|elected]] [[Hereditary peer|hereditary peer]] | term_start2 = 11 November 1999 | term_end2 = 28 February 2004 | 1blankname2 = [[List of hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999|Election]] | 1namedata2 = 1999 | predecessor2 = [[House of Lords Act 1999|Seat established]] | successor2 = [[Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard|The 3rd Viscount Trenchard]] | birth_name = Nicholas Crespigny Laurence Vivian | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|12|11|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|2|28|1935|12|11|df=y}} | death_place = | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage |Catherine Joyce Hope|1960|1972|end=div}} * {{marriage |Carol Martineau|1972}} }} | alma_mater = [[Madrid University]] }} Brigadier '''Nicholas Crespigny Laurence Vivian, 6th Baron Vivian''' (11 December 1935 – 28 February 2004), was a British peer and soldier from the [[Vivian family (baronets and barons)|Vivian family]]. He was one of the [[List of hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999|hereditary peers elected to remain]] in the [[House of Lords]] after the passing of the [[House of Lords Act 1999]], sitting as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]. ==Early life== The son of the [[Anthony Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian|5th Baron Vivian]] and Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund (née Oliphant), Nicholas was educated at [[Ludgrove School]], then at [[Eton College]] in [[Berkshire]] and [[Madrid University]], where he received a diploma in Spanish Literature, History and Culture. ==Biography== ===Military career=== In 1955, Vivian was commissioned to the [[3rd Carabiniers]] (Army Emergency Reserve), which later merged with the [[Royal Scots Greys]] into the [[Royal Scots Dragoon Guards]]. In 1957 he transferred to a Regular Army commission. From 1976, he commanded the [[16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers]]. Having then worked for defence intelligence staff at the [[UK Ministry of Defence]], Vivian became deputy commander of the land forces in [[Cyprus]] in 1984. Elevated to the rank of [[Brigadier]] in 1987, he commanded the British Communication Zone until 1990, when he stepped down. Shortly after this, he was promoted Honorary Colonel of 306 Field Hospital, [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]]. ===Political career=== In 1991, Vivian succeeded to his father's titles and joined the House of Lords, where he was Shadow Minister for Defence. Between 1994 and 2000, he was Commissioner for the [[Royal Hospital, Chelsea]]. {{citation needed|date=December 2013}} ==Personal life== Vivian married firstly Catherine Joyce Hope, daughter of James Kenneth Hope, on 13 December 1960. Being divorced in 1972, he married secondly Carol Martineau (1939–2013), daughter of Frederick Alan Martineau, in 1972. He had one son, Charles (7th Baron Vivian) and one daughter, Henrietta (married to Philip Hoyland. Children: Jack, Francesca, George), by his first wife, and two daughters by his second wife, Natasha (married to Jamie Piggott. Children: Harry, Jemima, Olivia, Florence) and Camilla (married to William Wallace. Children: Agatha, George).<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |title=Engagements: Mr W.S. Wallace and the Hon Camilla Vivian |url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/engagements/85916/mr-w.s.-wallace-and-the-hon-camilla-vivian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061319/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/engagements/85916/mr-w.s.-wallace-and-the-hon-camilla-vivian |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |date=9 October 2008 |accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web |publisher=The Peerage |title=Nicholas Crespigny Laurance Vivian, 6th Baron Vivian |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p6389.htm#i63887 |accessdate=15 February 2007}} *{{cite news |work=[[The Guardian]] |title=Obituary: Brigadier Lord Vivian |url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicsobituaries/story/0,,1176493,00.html |date=24 March 2004 |accessdate=15 February 2007}} *{{cite news |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |title=Obituary: Brigadier Lord Vivian |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1456570/Brigadier-Lord-Vivian.html |date=12 March 2004 |accessdate=15 February 2007}} {{start box}} {{s-reg|uk}} {{s-bef|before=[[Anthony Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian|Anthony Vivian]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Baron Vivian]]|years=1991–2004|lords=1991–1999}} {{s-aft|after=Charles Vivian}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-new|office|reason=''created by the [[House of Lords Act 1999]]''}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999|Elected hereditary peer]] to the [[House of Lords]]<br>'''''under the [[House of Lords Act 1999]]'''''|years=1999–2004}} {{s-aft|after=[[Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard|The Viscount Trenchard]]}} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vivian, Nicholas Vivian, 6th Baron}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers]] [[Category:Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act]] [[Category:16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers officers]] [[Category:3rd Carabiniers officers]] [[Category:Royal Scots Dragoon Guards officers]] [[Category:People educated at Eton College]] [[Category:Vivian family|Nicholas]] [[Category:Eldest sons of British hereditary barons]] [[Category:People educated at Ludgrove School]] {{UK-baron-stub}}'