Nigel Quentin Frieda (born August 1952) is a British record producer, and owner of the 380 acres (1.5 km2) Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex.
Nigel Frieda | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nigel Quentin Frieda August 1952 (age 72) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, property owner |
| Known for | Sugababes The Rolling Stones |
| Spouse(s) | Leonie Frieda (divorced 1997) ? (died before 2008) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | John Frieda (brother) |
Early life
editNigel 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
editFrieda founded/launched the pop group the Sugababes.[3] He runs London's Matrix Studio and has also produced The Rolling Stones.[5]
He is the owner of the 380 acres (1.5 km2) 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
editFrieda 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]
References
edit- ^ "OSEA ISLAND LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ a b W. Rubinstein; Michael A. Jolles (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d Richard Godwin (23 November 2012). "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. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b Jo Fernandez (4 December 2013). "Manor Beach Cottage, Osea Island - hotel review | Travel | Lifestyle | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Jamie Grierson. "Scottish seaplane firm launches London-Essex route | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2016.