John Julius Norwich

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Born	John Julius Cooper (1929-09-15)15 September 1929 London, England
Died	1 June 2018(2018-06-01) (aged 88) London, England
Resting place	St Mary on Paddington Green Church
Pen name	John Julius Norwich
Occupation	Historian travel writer television personality
Education	Upper Canada College Eton College
Alma mater	University of Strasbourg New College, Oxford
Spouse	Anne Clifford ​ (divorced)​ Hon. Mary Makins Philipps
Children	3; including Member of the House of Lords
In office 1 January 1954 – 11 November 1999 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	The 1st Viscount Norwich
Succeeded by	House of Lords Act 1999

John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich,

Christmas Crackers were compiled from whatever attracted Norwich: letters and diaries and gravestones and poems, boastful Who's Who entries, indexes from biographies, word games such as palindromes, holorhymes and mnemonics, occasionally in untranslated Greek, French, Latin, German or whatever language they were sourced from, as well as such oddities as a review from the American outdoors magazine Field and Stream concerning the republication of Lady Chatterley's Lover.^[23][24]

His final Christmas Cracker was the 49th. It was put together during the early part of 2018 and he corrected the final proofs from his hospital bed before he died on 1 June 2018.^[25]

Personal life and death

Norwich's first wife was Anne Frances May Clifford, daughter of the Hon. Sir Bede Clifford; they had one daughter, the Hon. Artemis Cooper, a historian, and a son, the Hon. Jason Charles Duff Bede Cooper, an architect.^[26] After their divorce, Norwich married his second wife, the Hon. Mary (Makins) Philipps, daughter of The 1st Baron Sherfield.^[27]

Norwich was also the father of Allegra Huston, born of his affair with the American ballet dancer Enrica Soma while she was married to the American film director John Huston.^[28]

Norwich lived for much of his life in a large detached Victorian house in

• 1929–1952: John Julius Cooper[30]
• 1952–1954: The Honourable John Julius Cooper^[27]
• 1954–2018: The Right Honourable The Viscount Norwich^[31]

Norwich was appointed to the Royal Victorian Order as a Commander in 1992 by Elizabeth II, as part of the celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of her accession.^[32]

Coat of arms of John Julius Norwich

Crest On the Battlements of a Tower Argent a Bull passant Sable armed and unguled Or Escutcheon Or three Lions rampant Gules on a Chief Azure a Portcullis chained between two Fleurs-de-lis of the first Supporters On either side a Unicorn Argent gorged with a Collar with Chain reflexed over the back Or pendent from the collar of the dexter a Portcullis chained and from that of the sinister a Fleur-de-lys both Gold Motto Odi Et Amo (I hate and I love) [33] Orders Royal Victorian Order (not pictured)

Ancestry

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Works

• Mount Athos (jointly with Reresby Sitwell), Hutchinson, 1966
• The Normans in the South, 1016–1130, Longman, 1967. Also published by Harper & Row with the title The Other Conquest
• Sahara, Longman, 1968
• The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130–1194, Longman, 1970.
• Great Architecture of the World, Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1975
  ISBN 978-0-85533-067-5
• Venice: The Rise to Empire, Allen Lane, 1977
  ISBN 978-0-7139-0742-1
• Venice: The Greatness and Fall, Allen Lane, 1981
  ISBN 978-0-7139-1409-2
• ISBN 978-0-679-72197-0
  , single-volume combined edition
• Britain's Heritage (editor), HarperCollins, 1983
  ISBN 978-0-246-11840-0
• The Italian World: History, Art and the Genius of a People (editor), Thames & Hudson, 1983,
  ISBN 978-0-500-25088-4
• Hashish (photographs by Suomi La Valle, historical profile by John Julius Norwich), Quartet Books, 1984,
  ISBN 978-0-7043-2450-3
• The Architecture of Southern England, Macmillan, 1985,
  ISBN 978-0-333-22037-5
• Fifty Years of
  ISBN 978-0-224-02310-8
• A Taste for Travel, Macmillan, 1985,
  ISBN 978-0-333-38434-3
• ISBN 978-0-670-80251-7
• Venice: a Traveller's Companion (an anthology compiled by Lord Norwich), Constable, 1990,
  ISBN 978-0-09-467550-6
• Oxford Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Art (editor) Oxford, 1990
• The Normans in the South and The Kingdom in the Sun, on
  ISBN 978-0-14-015212-8
• Byzantium; v. 2: The Apogee, Alfred A. Knopf, 1992,
  ISBN 978-0-394-53779-5
• Byzantium; v. 3: The Decline and Fall, Viking, 1995,
  ISBN 978-0-670-82377-2
• ISBN 978-0-679-45088-7
• ISBN 978-0-385-41028-1
• ISBN 978-0-684-81434-6
• Treasures of Britain (editor), Everyman Publishers, 2002,
  ISBN 978-0-7495-3256-7
• Paradise of Cities, Venice and its Nineteenth-century Visitors, Viking/Penguin, 2003,
  ISBN 978-0-670-89401-7
• The Duff Cooper Diaries (editor), Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006,
  ISBN 978-0-7538-2105-3
• The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean, Doubleday, 2006,
  ISBN 978-0-385-51023-3
• Trying to Please (autobiography), Wimborne Minster, Dovecote Press, 2008,
  ISBN 978-1-904349-58-7
• Christmas Crackers (anecdotes, trivia and witticisms collected from history and literature)
• More Christmas Crackers
• The Big Bang: Christmas Crackers, 2000–2009, Dovecote Press, 2010,
  ISBN 978-1-904349-84-6
• The Great Cities in History (editor), Thames and Hudson, 2009,
  ISBN 978-0-500-25154-6
• ISBN 978-0-7011-8290-8
  (US title for The Popes: A History)
• The Popes: A History, Chatto & Windus, 2011,
  ISBN 978-0-09-956587-1
  (UK title for Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy)
• A History of England in 100 Places: From Stonehenge to the Gherkin, John Murray, 2012,
  ISBN 978-1-84854-609-7
• Darling Monster: The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to Her Son John Julius Norwich (editor), Chatto & Windus, 2013,
  ISBN 978-0-7011-8779-8
• Cities That Shaped the Ancient World (editor), Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2014,
  ISBN 978-0-500-25204-8
• Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History, Random House, 2015,
  ISBN 978-0-8129-9517-6
• Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe, John Murray, 2016,
  ISBN 978-1-47363-295-0
• France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle, John Murray, 2018,
  ISBN 978-1-4736-6383-1
• A History of France, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018,
  ISBN 978-0-8021-2890-4
• A Christmas Cracker being a commonplace selection, 2018,
  ISBN 978-0-9932126-2-8

References

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3. ^ ^{a b} "John Julius Norwich obituary: writer and broadcaster keen to share his many passions". The Guardian. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
4. ^ ^{a b} Diana Cooper (1959). The Light of Common Day. Houghton Mifflin. p. 89=90.
5. ^ "Yardley, Jonathan. "John Julius Norwich's memoir, 'Trying to Please', reviewed by Jonathan Yardley", The Washington Post, 5 September 2010". Washingtonpost.com. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
6. ^ Web of Stories-Life Stories of Remarkable People (19 June 2018). John Julius Norwich - Only trying to please. YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
7. ^ John Julius Norwich, ed. (2006). The Duff Cooper Diaries. Orion Books Ltd. p. x.
8. ^ Web of Stories-Life Stories of Remarkable People (19 June 2018). John Julius Norwich - Early school days. YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
9. ^ Diana Cooper (1960). Trumpets from the Steep. Vintage Books. p. 40.
10. ^ Web of Stories-Life Stories of Remarkable People (19 June 2018). John Julius Norwich - America - my safe haven. YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
11. ^ Web of Stories-Life Stories of Remarkable People (19 June 2018). John Julius Norwich - Lifting a lift on a cruiser. YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
12. ^ ^{a b} "John Julius Norwich :: Introduction". www.johnjuliusnorwich.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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15. ^ "Lords reform". The Guardian. 20 January 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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17. ^ "John Julius Norwich :: Books Edited". www.johnjuliusnorwich.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
18. ^ "John Julius Norwich :: Television". John Julius Norwich. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
19. ^ "Venice in Peril — Trustees". Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
20. ^ "Welcome to NADFAS". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
21. ^ "Board of Trustees, Vice Presidents and Patrons | Share Community". www.sharecommunity.org.uk. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
22. ^ "Mission, vision, and values | Share Community". www.sharecommunity.org.uk. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
23. ^ "Another cracker from John Julius Norwich". 28 November 2013.
24. ^ Blume, Mary (3 December 1986). "Some Literary Feats for Your Yule Stockings" – via Los Angeles Times.
25. ^ Introduction to Christmas Cracker 2018
26. ^ "Jason Charles Duff Bede Cooper". Architects Registration Board. 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
27. ^ ^{a b} "John Julius Norwich: Aristocrat historian and broadcaster whose passions were inspired by remarkable parents". The Independent. 2 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
28. ^ "A Daughter's Life with Daddy Issues". The New York Times. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
29. ISSN 0307-1235
    . Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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32. ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette, 31st December 1992" (PDF). The London Gazette. p. 4. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
33. ISBN 9781786603913
    .

Sources

• Leaders & Legends: John Julius Norwich (In: Old Times; Winter/Spring, 2008)

External links

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• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Norwich
• Penguin books short biography

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Duff Cooper	Viscount Norwich 1954–2018	Succeeded by Jason Cooper