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John Julius Norwich
British historian (–)
John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, CVO (15 September – 1 June ),[1] known as John Julius Norwich, was an English popular historian,[2] travel writer, and television personality.[3]
Biography
Youth
Norwich was born at the Alfred House Nursing Home on Portland Place in Marylebone, London, on 15 September [4] He was the son of the Conservative politician and diplomat Duff Cooper, later Viscount Norwich, and of Lady Diana Manners, a celebrated beauty and society figure.[5] He was given the name "Julius" in part because he was born by caesarean section.[6] Such was his mother's fame as an actress and beauty that the birth attracted a crowd outside the nursing home and hundreds of letters of congratulations.[4] Through his father, he was descended from King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan.[7]
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