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David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, JP (13 March 1878 – 17 March 1958) was a British peer, soldier, and landowner. He was the father of the Mitford sisters, in whose various novels and memoirs he is depicted.
He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, who is chiefly remembered as the father of the famous Mitford sisters. He was also a member of the Right Club , founded by Archibald Maule Ramsay .
The eccentricities of David Freeman-Mitford, 2 nd Baron Redesdale (1878-1958), would have died with him had he not been father to the celebrated Mitford sisters Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah.
The sisters and their brother Thomas were the children of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and his wife Sydney, the daughter of Thomas Bowles. To their children, they were known as "Farve" and "Muv", respectively. David and Sydney married in 1904.
Apr 25, 2016 · Genealogy for David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale (1878 - 1958) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- March 13, 1878
- Swinbrook, West Oxfordshire
- Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, was a British peer, soldier, and landowner. He was the father of the Mitford sisters, in whose various novels and memoirs he is depicted.
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Sep 6, 2018 · David, the 2nd Baron of Revesdale, was born in 1878, as the 2nd son of Algernon Freeman-Mitford the 1st Baron of Revesdale and his wife Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy, who was the aunt of Clementine Ogilvy, wife of Sir Winston Churchill. .
