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Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973), known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist. The eldest of the Mitford sisters , she was regarded as one of the " bright young things " on the London social scene in the inter-war period .
- Nancy Freeman-Mitford, 28 November 1904, London, England
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- David Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale (father)
Nancy Mitford (born Nov. 28, 1904, London, Eng.—died June 30, 1973, Versailles, France) English writer noted for her witty novels of upper-class life. Nancy Mitford was one of six daughters (and one son) of the 2nd Baron Redesdale; the family name was actually Freeman-Mitford.
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Jul 31, 2021 · Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love, which reimagines her complicated family as charmingly eccentric aristocrats, has been adapted by Emily Mortimer for an Amazon series streaming now.
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Nancy Mitford, styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Peter Rodd thereafter, was an English novelist and biographer, one of the Bright Young People on the London social scene in the inter-war years. She was born at 1 Graham Street (now Graham Place) in Belgravia, London, the eldest daughter of Lord Redesdale, and was ...
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- June 30, 1973
- November 28, 1904
May 8, 2021 · Nancy Mitford was a novelist, socialite and Nazi sympathiser who wrote The Pursuit of Love, a comic novel inspired by her dysfunctional family. Learn about her eccentric upbringing, her disastrous love life and her role in the Second World War.
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Nancy died on 30 June 1973 at home in Versailles. Her ashes are buried at the Church of St. Mary's in Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, where her parents and her sisters Pamela, Diana and Unity also lie.
Learn about Nancy Mitford, the novelist, essayist and historian who wrote The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate. Explore her life, works and legacy on her official website.