Nick Barratt

Nicholas David Barratt (born 16 May 1970) is an English genealogist and Director of Senate House Library at the University of London. He is best known as genealogical consultant for series 1 to 4 of the BBC show "Who Do You Think You Are?". Barratt is the CEO of Sticks Research Agency and personal heritage site Nations Memory Bank. He also presents "Live the Dream: As Seen on TV" with Melissa Porter.
Biography.
Barratt was born at Hammersmith, London. He was educated at Hampton School, and took a PhD in history from King's College London, before completing his PhD in state finance and fiscal history also from King's College London. He then worked at the Public Record Office, now The National Archives, from 1996 to 2000 before leaving to work as a specialist researcher at the BBC, whilst establishing Sticks Research Agency. He is also CEO of Nation's Memory Bank and advisor at Digital Estate Corporation. He is currently involved in the project the "Family History Show", a genealogy video magazine.
In April 2018 Barratt was appointed Director of Senate House Library at the University of London.
Television.
Barratt has made numerous TV appearances, and his credits include "House Detectives", "Invasion", "Omnibus" and the BAFTA-nominated "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World". Since 2002, he has moved into presenting, "History Mysteries", "Hidden House History" and "So You Think You’re Royal" on television, and "Tracing Your Roots" for Radio 4. He also presented the research strands for BBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" DVD.
Published works.
Barratt's other works include numerous academic articles and volumes on medieval history. He writes a weekly column for "The Daily Telegraph" and is a regular contributor to various family history magazines.