Jessica Lucy "Decca" Treuhaft was an English author, one of the six aristocratic Mitford sisters noted for their sharply conflicting politics.
Mitford by William Acton, 1937
The Mitford family 1928; Front row, L to R, mother (Sydney Bowles), Unity, Jessica and Deborah, father (David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale); middle row, Diana and Pamela; back row, Nancy and Tom.
Nancy, Unity, Jessica and Diana Mitford.
Rear view of Asthall Manor, the Mitford family home
The Mitford family is an aristocratic English family whose principal line had its seats at Mitford, Northumberland. Several heads of the family served as High Sheriff of Northumberland. A junior line, with seats at Newton Park, Northumberland, and Exbury House, Hampshire, descends via the historian William Mitford (1744–1827) and were twice elevated to the British peerage, in 1802 and 1902, under the title Baron Redesdale.
The Mitford family in 1928
Jessica, Nancy, Diana, Unity, and Pamela Mitford in 1935. Of the six sisters, the youngest, Deborah, is absent.
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973)
Pamela Mitford (1907–1994)