Nigel Frieda Explained
| Nigel Frieda |
| Birth Name: | Nigel Quentin Frieda |
| Citizenship: | British |
| Occupation: | Record producer, property owner |
| Known For: | Sugababes
The Rolling Stones |
| Spouse: | Leonie Frieda (divorced 1997)
? (died before 2008) |
| Children: | 3 |
| Relations: | John Frieda (brother) |
Nigel Quentin Frieda (born August 1952) is a British record producer, and owner of the 380acres Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex.
Early life
Nigel Quentin Frieda was born in August 1952,[1] the son of Isidore Frieda, a Jewish hairdresser, salon and property owner, and an Irish Catholic mother.[2] [3] His elder brother is the hairdresser John Frieda.[4]
Career
Frieda founded/launched the pop group the Sugababes. He runs London's Matrix Studio and has also produced The Rolling Stones.[5]
He is the owner of the 380acres Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, England,[6] most of which he bought in 2000 for £6 million.[5] He acquired the rest of the island after 2012.
Personal life
Frieda married the future biographer Leonie Frieda, the daughter of Swedish aristocrats, when she was 30 (her second marriage), and they had two children, Elizabeth and Jake, both now adults.[4] They divorced in 1997.[4] His second wife died from suicide.[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: OSEA ISLAND LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House) . Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk . 22 November 2010 . 11 May 2016.
- Web site: John Frieda: When I was five I was in hospital for a year. The pain was extreme | Life & Style . Thisislondon.co.uk . 22 June 2010 . 4 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211044653/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23847676-john-frieda-when-i-was-five-i-was-in-hospital-for-a-year-the-pain-was-extreme.do . 11 February 2012 . dmy-all .
- Book: W. Rubinstein. Michael A. Jolles. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. 14 March 2016. 22 February 2011. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 978-0-230-30466-6. 610.
- Web site: Richard Godwin . Leonie Frieda: I should have died from the overdose that put me in a coma but it wasn't my time to go | London Life | Lifestyle | London Evening Standard . Standard.co.uk . 23 November 2012 . 11 May 2016.
- Web site: Jo Fernandez . Manor Beach Cottage, Osea Island - hotel review | Travel | Lifestyle | London Evening Standard . Standard.co.uk . 4 December 2013 . 11 May 2016.
- News: Jamie Grierson . Scottish seaplane firm launches London-Essex route | World news . . 11 May 2016.
