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'''Philip Sandeman Ziegler''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CVO|FRSL}} (born 24 December 1929) is a British biographer and historian.
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'''Philip Sandeman Ziegler''' (24 December 1929 – 22 February 2023) was a British biographer and historian.


==Background==
==Background==
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Ziegler was born in [[Ringwood, Hampshire]] on 24 December 1929, the son of Louis Ziegler, an Army officer, and Dora Barnwell, a homemaker.<ref name="iNews">{{cite news |last=Lee| first=Veronica |date= 7 March 2023 |title=Life in Brief - Philip Ziegler |work=iNews (Print Edition)}}</ref> He was educated at [[St Cyprian's School]], [[Eastbourne]], and went with the school when it merged with [[Summer Fields School]], [[Oxford]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} He attended [[Eton College]] and [[New College, Oxford]], graduating in 1951 with a first class degree in [[Jurisprudence]] from Oxford before joining the [[British Foreign Service]].<ref name="iNews"/><ref name="`WaPo Obituary">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/01/philip-ziegler-biographer-british-dies/|title=Philip Ziegler, biographer of Britain's powerful and pivotal, dies at 93|last=Murphy|first=Brian|date=1 March 2023|work=The Washington Post|access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> In the Foreign Service, he served in [[Vientiane]] where he worked with the US ambassador to Laos [[Charles W. Yost]], [[Pretoria]], and [[Bogotá]], as well as with the Delegation to [[NATO]] in Paris.<ref name=Black>Biographical Note to ''The Black Death'' Penguin Books, 1982 reprint</ref><ref name="`WaPo Obituary"/>

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Born in [[Ringwood]], [[Hampshire]], Ziegler was educated at [[St Cyprian's School]], [[Eastbourne]], and went with the school when it merged with [[Summer Fields School]], [[Oxford]].<ref>Summerfields School Register 1864–1960 Oxonian Press 1960</ref> He attended [[Eton College]] and [[New College, Oxford]], graduating with a degree in [[Jurisprudence]] with highest honours before joining the [[British Foreign Service]]. In the Foreign Service, he served in [[Laos]], [[Pretoria]] and [[Bogotá]], as well as with the Delegation to [[NATO]] in Paris.<ref name=Black>Biographical Note to ''The Black Death'' Penguin Books, 1982 reprint</ref>


==Writing career==
==Writing career==
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In 1967, he resigned from the Foreign Service, and joined the publishers [[HarperCollins|Collins]], which was, at the time, run by his father-in-law.<ref name="`WaPo Obituary"/> Originally intending to be a novelist, he began a career as biographer with his life of [[Talleyrand]]'s lover, the [[Princess Dorothea of Courland|Duchess of Dino]]. He was editor in chief at Collins from 1979 to 1980.<ref name="`WaPo Obituary"/> He was chosen as official biographer of [[Edward VIII]], for which he was later appointed [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|CVO]]. Ziegler wrote for various journals and newspapers, including ''[[The Spectator]]'', ''[[The Listener (magazine)|The Listener]]'', ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[History Today]]''.<ref name = Black/>


==Personal life and death==
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In 1967 he retired from the Foreign Service, and joined the publishers [[HarperCollins|Collins]]. Originally intending to be a novelist, he began a career as biographer with his life of [[Talleyrand]]'s lover, the [[Duchess of Dino]]. He was editor in chief at Collins from 1979 to 1980. He has written in various journals and newspapers including ''[[The Spectator]]'', ''[[The Listener (magazine)|The Listener]]'', ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[History Today]]''.<ref name = Black/>
In 1967, gunmen broke into Ziegler's family home in [[Bogotá]] and shot dead his wife, Sarah Collins. Ziegler was wounded in the attack.<ref name="`WaPo Obituary"/> Ziegler married social worker Mary Clare Charrington in 1971; she died in 2017.<ref name="`WaPo Obituary"/> Ziegler died from cancer on 22 February 2023, at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite news |title=Philip Ziegler obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/philip-ziegler-obituary-p7hm2ffsw |access-date=24 February 2023 |publisher=The Times |date=24 February 2023}}</ref>


===Works===
===Works===
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* ''Duchess of Dino ''(1962) on [[Princess Dorothea of Courland]]

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* ''[[Henry Addington|Addington: A Life of Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth]] ''(1965)
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*''Duchess of Dino ''(1962) on [[Princess Dorothea of Courland]]
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* ''The Black Death ''(1969)
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*''[[Henry Addington|Addington: A Life of Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth]] ''(1965)
* ''[[William IV of the United Kingdom|King William IV]] ''(1971)
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*''The Black Death ''(1969)
*''[[William IV of the United Kingdom|King William IV]] ''(1971)
* ''[[Battle of Omdurman|Omdurman]] ''(1973)
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* ''Melbourne: a Biography of William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne ''(1976) on [[Lord Melbourne]] the Prime Minister
*''[[Battle of Omdurman|Omdurman]] ''(1973)
* ''Crown and People ''(1978)
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*''Melbourne : a Biography of William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne ''(1976) on [[Lord Melbourne]] the Prime Minister
*''Crown and People ''(1978)
* ''[[Lady Diana Cooper|Diana Cooper]] ''(1981)
*''[[Lady Diana Cooper|Diana Cooper]] ''(1981)
* ''Mountbatten. The Official Biography ''(1985)
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* ''Elizabeth's Britain 1926 to 1986 ''(1986)
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*''Mountbatten. The Official Biography ''(1985)
* ''Diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten 1920–1922: Tours with the Prince of Wales ''(1987) editor
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*''Elizabeth's Britain 1926 to 1986 ''(1986)
*''Diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten 1920–1922: Tours with the Prince of Wales ''(1987) editor
* ''Personal Diary of Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten, South-East Asia, 1943–1946 ''(1988)
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* ''The Sixth Great Power: [[Barings Bank|Barings]] 1762–1929 ''(1988)
*''Personal Diary of Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten, South-East Asia, 1943–1946 ''(1988)
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* ''From Shore to Shore – The Final Years: The Diaries of [[Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] 1953–1979 ''(1989)
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*''The Sixth Great Power: Barings 1762–1929 ''(1988)
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* ''Edward VIII, the Official Biography ''(1990)
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*''From Shore to Shore – The Final Years: The Diaries of [[Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] 1953–1979 ''(1989)
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* ''[[Brooks's]]: A Social History ''(1991) editor with [[Desmond Seward]]
*''Edward VIII, the Official Biography ''(1990)
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* ''Wilson: The Authorised Life of Lord Wilson of Rievaulx ''(1993) on [[Harold Wilson]]
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*''[[Brooks's]]: A Social History ''(1991) editor with [[Desmond Seward]]
* ''London at War 1939–1945 ''(1995)
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*''Wilson: The Authorised Life of Lord Wilson of Rievaulx ''(1993) on [[Harold Wilson]]
*''London at War 1939–1945 ''(1995)
* ''[[Osbert Sitwell]] ''(1998)
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* ''Britain Then and Now: The [[Francis Frith]] Collection ''(1999)
*''[[Osbert Sitwell]] ''(1998)
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* ''Soldiers: Fighting Men's Lives, 1901–2001 ''(2001)
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*''Britain Then and Now: The [[Francis Frith]] Collection ''(1999)
* ''[[Rupert Hart-Davis]]: Man of Letters ''(2004)
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*''Soldiers: Fighting Men's Lives, 1901–2001 ''(2001)
*''Man Of Letters: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Literary Impresario [[Rupert Hart-Davis]] ''(2005)
* ''Legacy: [[Cecil Rhodes]], The [[Rhodes Trust]] and [[Rhodes Scholarships]]'' (2008)
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* ''Edward Heath'' (2010) {{ISBN|978-0-00-724740-0}}
*''Legacy: [[Cecil Rhodes]], The [[Rhodes Trust]] and [[Rhodes Scholarships]]'' (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2008)
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* ''Olivier'' (2013)
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*''Edward Heath'' (Harper Press, 2010) {{ISBN|978-0-00-724740-0}}
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* ''Between the Wars: 1919–1939'' (2016) {{ISBN|978-0857055217}}
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* ''Olivier'' ([[MacLehose Press]], 2013).
* ''George VI: The Dutiful King'' (Penguin, 2014)
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* ''Between the Wars: 1919-1939'' (MacLehose Press, 2016) {{ISBN|978-0857055217}}
* ''The Black Death'' (2016) {{ASIN|B01N7CVTMQ}}
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==See also==
==See also==

* [[Harold Wilson: Bibliography#Selected titles about Harold Wilson]]
* [[Harold Wilson: Bibliography#Selected titles about Harold Wilson]]


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Latest revision as of 15:24, 14 October 2024

For the theologian, see Philip G. Ziegler.

Philip Ziegler
CVO FRSL
Personal details
Born
Philip Sandeman Ziegler

24 December 1929
Ringwood, Hampshire, England
Died22 December 2023(2023-12-22) (aged 93)

Philip Sandeman Ziegler (24 December 1929 – 22 February 2023) was a British biographer and historian.

Background

[edit]

Ziegler was born in Ringwood, Hampshire on 24 December 1929, the son of Louis Ziegler, an Army officer, and Dora Barnwell, a homemaker.[1] He was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, and went with the school when it merged with Summer Fields School, Oxford.[citation needed] He attended Eton College and New College, Oxford, graduating in 1951 with a first class degree in Jurisprudence from Oxford before joining the British Foreign Service.[1][2] In the Foreign Service, he served in Vientiane where he worked with the US ambassador to Laos Charles W. Yost, Pretoria, and Bogotá, as well as with the Delegation to NATO in Paris.[3][2]

Writing career

[edit]

In 1967, he resigned from the Foreign Service, and joined the publishers Collins, which was, at the time, run by his father-in-law.[2] Originally intending to be a novelist, he began a career as biographer with his life of Talleyrand's lover, the Duchess of Dino. He was editor in chief at Collins from 1979 to 1980.[2] He was chosen as official biographer of Edward VIII, for which he was later appointed CVO. Ziegler wrote for various journals and newspapers, including The Spectator, The Listener, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and History Today.[3]

Personal life and death

[edit]

In 1967, gunmen broke into Ziegler's family home in Bogotá and shot dead his wife, Sarah Collins. Ziegler was wounded in the attack.[2] Ziegler married social worker Mary Clare Charrington in 1971; she died in 2017.[2] Ziegler died from cancer on 22 February 2023, at the age of 93.[4]

Works

[edit]
  • Duchess of Dino (1962) on Princess Dorothea of Courland
  • Addington: A Life of Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth (1965)
  • The Black Death (1969)
  • King William IV (1971)
  • Omdurman (1973)
  • Melbourne: a Biography of William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1976) on Lord Melbourne the Prime Minister
  • Crown and People (1978)
  • Diana Cooper (1981)
  • Mountbatten. The Official Biography (1985)
  • Elizabeth's Britain 1926 to 1986 (1986)
  • Diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten 1920–1922: Tours with the Prince of Wales (1987) editor
  • Personal Diary of Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten, South-East Asia, 1943–1946 (1988)
  • The Sixth Great Power: Barings 1762–1929 (1988)
  • From Shore to Shore – The Final Years: The Diaries of Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1953–1979 (1989)
  • Edward VIII, the Official Biography (1990)
  • Brooks's: A Social History (1991) editor with Desmond Seward
  • Wilson: The Authorised Life of Lord Wilson of Rievaulx (1993) on Harold Wilson
  • London at War 1939–1945 (1995)
  • Osbert Sitwell (1998)
  • Britain Then and Now: The Francis Frith Collection (1999)
  • Soldiers: Fighting Men's Lives, 1901–2001 (2001)
  • Rupert Hart-Davis: Man of Letters (2004)
  • Legacy: Cecil Rhodes, The Rhodes Trust and Rhodes Scholarships (2008)
  • Edward Heath (2010) ISBN 978-0-00-724740-0
  • Olivier (2013)
  • Between the Wars: 1919–1939 (2016) ISBN 978-0857055217

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Lee, Veronica (7 March 2023). "Life in Brief - Philip Ziegler". iNews (Print Edition).
  2. ^ a b c d e f Murphy, Brian (1 March 2023). "Philip Ziegler, biographer of Britain's powerful and pivotal, dies at 93". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Biographical Note to The Black Death Penguin Books, 1982 reprint
  4. ^ "Philip Ziegler obituary". The Times. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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