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The Mitford family is an aristocratic British family who became particularly well known in the 1930s for the six Mitford sisters, the daughters of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and his w
The Mitford family in 1928
Cover of The Sketch, 1932
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Nancy Mitford (1904–1973)
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
Mitford family
…were celebrated and sometimes scandalous figures. One journalist described them as "Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover, Nancy the Novelist, Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur." The family traces its origins in Northumberland back to the time of…
Mitford in 1932
"Bertie" Mitford, created Baron Redesdale in 1902