Mitford Collection

Deborah Mitford by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Deborah ( Debo ) Mitford (born 1920-), daughter of Lord Redesdale and youngest of the six Mitford sisters, pictured shortly before her marriage to Lord Andrew Cavendish

Nancy Mitford
Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE (28 November 1904 30 June 1973), known as Nancy Mitford, English novelist, biographer and journalist

Bystander cover 1929 featuring Diana Mitford
Front cover of The Bystander featuring a photograph of the Hon. Diana Freeman-Mitford (1910-2003), third daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale and one of the six infamous Mitford sisters

Wedding of Diana Mitford and Bryan Guinness
Group wedding photograph showing the bride, Mrs Bryan Guinness, formerly Miss Diana Freeman Mitford, with eleven bridesmaids. From left, Miss Diana Churchill, Miss Mercer-Nairne, the Hon

Tatler cover - The Hon. Lady Mosley, Diana Mitford
The Hon. Lady Mosley, formerly Mrs Bryan Guinness and before that, Diana Freeman Mitford (1910-2003), one of the notorious Mitford sisters

Mrs Bryan Guinness (Diana Freeman Mitford) as Venus
Front cover photograph from The Sketch of the Hon. Mrs. Bryan Guinness, formerly the Hon. Diana Mitford, cast as the role of Venus at the Olympian Party

Mr and Mrs Derek Jackson (Pamela Mitford)
Pamela Freeman Mitford, second daughter of Baron and Lady Redesdale; the quietest of the six infamous Mitford sisters. Pictured with her husband Derek Jackson at the Heythrop Hunt

Diana Mitford
Mr Robert Heber-Percy, Mrs Bryan Guinness (the former Diana Freeman Mitford) and Lord Berners pictured attending the Russian ballet at the Royal Opera House. Date: 1934

Nancy Mitford
Photograph of Nancy Freeman-Mitford on the front cover of The Tatler at the time of the anouncement of her engagement to Peter Rennell Rodd

Diana and Nancy Mitford
DIANA AND NANCY FREEMAN MITFORD Two of the infamous Mitford sisters; Mrs Bryan Guiness (Diana) on the left and Nancy Mitford (later Mrs Peter Rodd), novelist, on right

Nancy Mitford by Madame Yevonde
Nancy Freeman-Mitford (1904-1973), writer of comic novels, who was the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale. Photographed by Madame Yevonde around the time her novel Highland Fling had been

Deborah Mitford at Cheltenham National Hunt Meeting
Deborah Mitford (1920-2014), later Duchess of Devonshire, pictured at the age of sixteen (nearly seventeen) in 1937 at Cheltenham races with Mr Dixon

Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004), landowner, seen in evening dress and displaying his medals

Three Mitford Sisters: Unity, Diana and Nancy
Three of the famous Mitford Sisters, daughters of Lord and Lady Redesdale, photographed in the street. From left to right are Unity (Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford, 1914-1948)

Mrs and Mrs Romilly (Esmond and Jessica Mitford)
Jessica Mitford (1917 - 1996), author and fifth of the six Mitford sisters, photographed with her first husband and cousin, Esmond Romilly, at a Miami restaurant they ran in 1940

Party hosts Mr Bryan Guinness (1905-1992) and his wife (Diana Mitford) in her Mariette Crinoline at their house in Buckingham Street

Captain Newcome saying goodbye to old crew members
Captain Johnny Newcome saying goodbye to old crew members and veterans at Greenwich Hospital. Midshipmen in uniforms, peg-legged veterans with walking sticks

Diana Mitford with her sons
Diana, Lady Mosley (17 June 1910 11 August 2003), born Diana Freeman-Mitford and usually known as Diana Mitford, was one of Britains noted Mitford sisters

Deborah Freeman-Mitford, the Duchess of Devonshire
A photograph of the Duchess of Devonshire. Deborah Mitford married Andrew Cavendish in 1941 and they became Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in 1950. Date: 3rd December 1952

Lady Denham
Daphne Bowyer, Lady Denham (1895-1996), previously known as Daphne Freeman-Mitford. Date: 1940

Wedding Guests
Virginia Gilliat, later Lady Sykes (1916-1970), Deborah Mitford, later Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920-2014) and Mrs Sylvia Ormsby-Gore (b. 1920) arriving at a wedding. Date: 1940

A party at Cafe de Paris
Lord Lansdowne (1912-1999), the Hon Deborah Mitford (1920-2014) and the Hon Veronica Fraser (1920-2005) at the Cafe de Paris. Date: 1939

Nancy Mitford, formal studio portrait. With description, The Hon. Nancy Mitford; Whose latest novel, "Christmas Pudding" was seasonably published a month or so ago

Jessica Mitford at a book signing event
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Jessica Mitford speaking at a microphone
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

The equestrian group at the Circus Ball, Grosvenor House, 1933. From left, Nancy Mitford, Cecil Beaton, Lady Castlerosse and Viscountess Weymouth. Date: 1933

Photograph of Mitford Castle PH, Victoria Park, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Page from The Sketch reporting on a midnight party / fashion show put on by designer Victor Stiebel. The party was attended by a number of notable movers

Midshipman Newcome bowing as he leaves dinner in the captains cabin, HMS Victory. Captain Spring, Admiral Hearty and other offiicers drink wine after dinner

Captain Newcome is shaved roughly on the Equator in
Captain Newcome is shaved roughly before being dunked in a tub of bilge water on the Equator. A sailor dressed as Neptune holds a trident and sits on a throne on a gun carriage

Johnny in the West Indies pursued by a black squadron
English Navy officer fleeing from an angry Massa planter and Quashee enslaved men barndishing cudgels in Jamaica. Captain Newcome waves his bicorn at a rowboat in the bay

Fight between officers in the Ward Room, HMS Victory
Lt. Newcome attacking Captain Clackit with a chair while other officers in nightgowns emerge from their cabins, HMS Victory. Clackit had stabbed Newcome with his sword

Midshipman Newcome and Spunyarn drinking Malaga wine
Midshipman Newcome and Masters Mate Spunyarn drinking black strap or Malaga wine at the Navy Tavern, at the summit of Scud Hill, Gibraltar. Widow Cummings brings more wine, a monkey sits on a cannon

Midshipman Newcome meets crew from HMS Victory at Sally Port, Gibraltar. Masters Mate Spunyarn falls in the sea at the dock, a soldier guards the Sally Port

Royal Naval officers riding pigs in saddles through the market in Gibraltar. They knock over market stalls and sellers. Moors, Spanish and Jewish, scattering goods and wares. Market day - Gibraltar

Johnny Newcome drinking grog in the cockpit with other middys (midshipmen), HMS Victory. Sextants, pistols and muskets hang from hooks on the walls, a tub of grog on the floor. The Cockpit

Regency gentleman falling over a gate while two women watch. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by John Augustus Atkinson from Illustrations of the Miseries of Human Life, William Miller, London, 1807

Diana and Nancy Mitford at the Midnight Ballet
Nancy Mitford and her sister Diana (Mrs Bryan Guinness) at The Midnight Ballet Party which took place the Carlton Theatre in aid of Queen Charlottes Hospital

Hon Nancy Freeman-Mitford, novelist daughter of Lord Redesdale, at the time of her engagement to Hon Peter Rennell Rodd, second son of Lord Rennell. Date: 1933

Mrs Bryan Guinness (Diana Mitford) in Mariette crinoline
Mrs Bryan Guinness, formerly Diana Freeman-Mitford (1910 - 2003) and later Diana Mosley. Pictured wearing a copy of the flounced lace crinoline worn by the actress Yvonne Printemps in the musical

The Hon. Mrs Bryan Guinness (Diana Mitford)
Mrs Bryan Guinness, formerly Diana Freeman Mitford (1910-2003), one of the notorious Mitford sisters and society beauty pictured in The Tatler in 1933. Left Bryan Guinness for Oswald Mosley

Lord Redesdale at wedding of daughter Deborah Mitford
David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale (13 March 1878 17 March 1958), pictured in Home Guard uniform at the wedding of his youngest daughter

Diana Mitford by Paul Helleu
A portrait of the Hon. Diana Freeman-Mitford, one of the famous six Mitford sisters, drawn by the French artist Paul Helleu during Dianas stay in Paris while at finishing school

Cecil Beatons tea party in a tram
Cecil Beaton hosted a tea party in a tram which stood in his garden at Ashcombe, his Wiltshire home. Round the table are Princesse Jean de Faucigny-Lucinge, Mr Cecil Beaton, Mr Charles James

Nellie Hozier
Margaret Nellie (Nelly) Hozier (1888-1955), sister of Clementine Churchill and therefore sister-in-law to Winston Churchill. Pictured at the time of her engagement to Bertram Romilly

Mr and Mrs Bryan Guinness with their Irish Wolfhound
Mr and Mrs Bryan Guinness (1910 - 2003), formerly Miss Diana Freeman Mitford, later Lady Mosley, pictured enjoying a quiet half-hour in Hyde Park in 1930 with their immense Irish wolfhound. Date: 1930

Mr & Mrs Bryan Guinness at christening of their son, Jonatha
Mr and the Hon. Mrs Bryan Guiness (the former Diana Freeman Mitford), pictured at the christening of their elder son, Jonathan Bryan, at St. Margaret s, Westminster

Mrs Peter Rodd (Nancy Mitford)
The Hon. Mrs Peter Rodd aka Nancy Mitford (1904 - 1973), British author, biographer and society figure. Pictured talking to Lord Stanley of Alderley

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