The Lord Redesdale | |
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Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon | |
In office 4 July 1892 – 8 July 1895 | |
Preceded by | Frederick Townsend |
Succeeded by | Victor Milward |
Personal details | |
Born | Algernon Bertram Mitford 24 February 1837 Mayfair, London, England |
Died | 17 August 1916 Batsford, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 79)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Lady Clementine Ogilvy
(m. 1874) |
Children | 9, including David |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, GCVO, KCB, JP, DL, FRPS (24 February 1837 – 17 August 1916), was a British diplomat, collector and writer, whose most notable work is Tales of Old Japan (1871). Nicknamed "Bertie", he was the paternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.