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

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, the former theatre reviewer for the ''

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'', and Drusilla Beyfus, an author of etiquette books. Her brother, Jason Shulman, is an artist, while her sister,

Alexandra Shulman Alexandra Shulman (born 13 November 1957) is a British journalist. She is a former Editor-in-Chief of British ''Vogue'', and became the longest serving Editor in the history of the publication. After assuming the role in 1992, she presided ov ...

, is the former editor in chief of ''

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''. Shulman graduated from

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517 by Richard Fo ...

Career

Lady Normanby started her career as a model. She later worked for ''

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''. She is the author of two biographies. Her second book, ''Graven with Diamonds'', was reviewed in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' and

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''.

Personal life

Shulman has been married twice. Her first husband was novelist

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. After they divorced, she married Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, whom she met at the

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. They have three children: *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

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References

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