| Honorific Prefix: | The Much Honoured |
| The Baron of Cromarty | |
| Birth Name: | John Bartholomew Wakelyn Nightingale |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1960 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Occupation: | academic |
| Spouse: | Lucy Fergusson Nightingale, Lady Cromarty |
| Children: | 1 |
| Parents: | Michael Nightingale, Hilary Jones |
John Bartholomew Wakelyn Nightingale, Baron of Cromarty (born 7 September 1960) is a nobleman and British academic.
The Baron of Cromarty was born 7 September 1960, the son of Michael and Hilary Nightingale. He is married to Lucy Fergusson, daughter of Drs. Patrick and Alison Fergusson, a partner at Linklaters LLP.[1]
He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England and also graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, with a Master of Arts and later with a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.). At Merton College, Oxford, he was the Harmsworth Senior Research Scholar between 1984 and 1986, and was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow from 1989-1992.[2] In 1986, he became a Fellow of Magdalen College and later, from 1993, a Tutor of Modern History.[3] He was Assessor of the University of Oxford from 2008-2009 and a member of its governing council from 2008-2014.[4] He is the current Baron of Cromarty in the Baronage of Scotland.
Baron of Cromarty was an elected Fellow of the Governing Body of Winchester College from 2002-2017.[5]