Gaston Palewski
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Gaston Palewski, a French politician, was a close associate of Charles de Gaulle during and after World War II. He is also remembered as the lover of the English novelist Nancy Mitford, and appears in
Gaston Palewski 1964
Palewski's decorations. The Compagnon de la Libération, Croix de Guerre with star, Croix du combattant volontaire, Médaille Coloniale with bar "Éthiopie" and the stars of the two grand-crosses
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
Gaston Palewski
…French politician, was a close associate of Charles de Gaulle during and after World War II. He is also remembered as the lover of the English novelist Nancy Mitford, and appears in a fictionalised form in two of her novels. Palewski was born in Paris into a Jewish family, the son of industrialist Maurice Serge Moïse…
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.
The Mitford family in 1928