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 novels about upper-class life in England and France, and is considered a sharp and often provocative wit.
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"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),[15] the Churchills (dukes of Marlborough) and, via Princess Alexandra, the British royal family.[16] Deborah Mitford married Andrew Cavendish, who became the 11th Duke of Devonshire.[17]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/08/Mitford-selective-tree1.jpg/500px-Mitford-selective-tree1.jpg)
Chart showing some of the connections of the Mitford family, through marriages, to other leading families, including the Russells (dukes of Bedford),[15] the Churchills (dukes of Marlborough) and, via Princess Alexandra, the British royal family.[16] Deborah Mitford married Andrew Cavendish, who became the 11th Duke of Devonshire.[17]
The Mitford family in 1928
Nancy, Diana, Unity and Jessica Mitford on the cover of Sketch magazine in 1932
Asthall Manor, the Mitford family home between 1919 and 1926
Mitford's marriage to Peter Rodd in 1933
Strand-on-the-Green, seen from Kew BridgeAwards 2
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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 novels about upper-class life in England and France, and is considered a sharp and often provocative wit. She also has a reputation as a writer of popular historical biographies.
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