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Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, GCVO, KCB, JP, DL (24 February 1837 – 17 August 1916), was a British diplomat, collector, and writer who wrote as A.B. Mitford. His most notable work is Tales of Old Japan (1871).
- Algernon Bertram Mitford, 24 February 1837, London, England
- Frederick Townsend
- 17 August 1916 (aged 79), Shipston-on-Stour, Gloucestershire, England
- Victor Milward
The Earl bequeathed his substantial estates to his first cousin twice removed, the diplomat, politician and writer Sir Algernon Bertram Mitford, the great-grandson of historian William Mitford, who was the elder brother of the first Baron Redesdale.
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- Sir John Mitford
- Hon. Bertram Mitford
- Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale
Feb 28, 2020 · Algernon Bertram Mitford 1865 by Samuel Lawrence Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale GCVO, KCB (24 February 1837 – 17 August 1916), of Batsford Park, Gloucestershire, and Birdhope Craig, Northumberland, was a British diplomat, collector and writer.
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (1837-1916), 1st Baron Redesdale, diplomat and author, was born at South Audley, London, on 24 February 1837, and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered the Foreign Office in 1858, and was attaché in Japan, 1866-1870.
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Jun 18, 2020 · Mitford's Japan : the memoirs and recollections, 1866-1906, of Algernon Bertram Mitford, the first Lord Redesdale. by. Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron, 1837-1916. Publication date.
May 26, 2015 · Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron of Redesdale, was the second secretary to the British Legation in Japan when he published Tales of Old Japan (1871), a collection of stories, fairy tales, accounts of superstitions, sermons, and other short pieces based on traditional Japanese culture.
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, was a British diplomat, collector, and writer who wrote as A.B. Mitford. His most notable work is Tales of Old Japan (1871). Nicknamed "Berty", he was the paternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.