David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, was a British peer, soldier, and landowner. He was the father of the Mitford sisters, in whose various novels and memoirs he is depicted.
Redesdale in 1933
Notice of a demonstration organised by the British Brothers' League
The Mitford family in 1928
Nancy Mitford
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Nancy Freeman-Mitford was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist who was regarded as one of the "bright young things" on the London social scene in the inter-war period. She wrote several nov
David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale
…Redesdale and his wife had one son and six daughters, who all used the surname Mitford rather than Freeman-Mitford: Hon. Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), who married the Hon. Peter Rodd. They divorced in 1957. Hon. Pamela Mitford (1907–1994), who married Derek Jackson, a physicist and the…
Mitford in 1932
"Bertie" Mitford, created Baron Redesdale in 1902
Chart showing some of the connections of the Mitford family, through marriages, to other leading families, including the Russells (dukes of Bedford), the Churchills (dukes of Marlborough) and, via Princess Alexandra, the British royal family. Deborah Mitford married Andrew Cavendish, who became the 11th Duke of Devonshire.