He was educated at King’s Mead, Seaford, then Bradfield College and finally Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Subjects include: Admiral Sir Charles Lambe; Davis's view of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Mountbatten of Burma, including an extract from Davis's 1974 diary about him; opinions of Sir Winston Churchill, Field Marsha 1st Lord Slim and Field Marshal 1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein; the loss of HMSS Prince of Wales and Repulse, 1941; Roskill's dispute with his fellow-historian Arthur Marder; views of the wartime admirals, particularly Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham; the results of the. The National Liberals were formally absorbed by the Conservatives in 1968 and Nott then sat as a Conservative MP.

He took through Parliament the upgrading of the nuclear deterrent to the current Trident system (D5).Nott offered his resignation to Margaret Thatcher the invasion but unlike, Lord Carrington, he was persuaded to stay on for the duration of the conflict. Architecture for anatomy: History, affect, and the material reproduction of the body in two medical school buildings. Of course I knew that we had some Royal Marines there, but I had to remind myself as to where the Falkland Islands were when the scrap merchants landed on South Georgia. It was clarified that the Royal Marine detachment would continue to be deployed there but that was nowhere near as high profile as HMS Endurance. Before going to university, Nott served as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Gurkha Rifles during the Malayan emergency, (1952-56).

Born in Bideford, Devon, the son of Richard Nott and Phyllis (née Francis), Nott was educated at Bradfield College and was commissioned as a regular officer in the 2nd Gurkha Rifles (1952–1956). Of his general education but little is known; at an early period he evinced a taste for poetic composition, and is said to have made some happy translations from the Latin classics. With that family he remained connected, more or less, until 1793, when he settled at the Hotwells, Bristol, where he practised with distinguished reputation and success until disabled by hemiplegia. In 1966 Nott became MP for St Ives, Cornwall, a seat which he was to hold until his retirement in 1983. If you have concerns about the language in this record, or you have information to improve it, please share your feedback.It was at this period that he learned Persian; and of his proficiency in that language he afterwards gave a convincing proof, in a beautiful and faithful translation of some of the "Odes of Hafiz.