14 MAY 1942, Page 13

Snt,—From the silence of your readers on the subject, I

can only con- clude that the " Harold Nicolson." whose weekly comments are among the best and most enjoyable of Spectator features, is not identical with the Honourable Harold Nicolson (son of the first Lord Carnock) Com- panion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and Member of Par- liament). To the best of my belief the Honourable Harold became entitled to all three distinctions prior to the current year.—Yours, &c., JoiiN STEVENSON (*Lieutenant-Colonel).

Sussex. (* Acting—local—unpaid--not hereditary.)