Mitford may refer to:

People

Mitford family The Mitford family is an aristocratic English family, whose principal line had its seats at Mitford, Northumberland. Several heads of the family served as High Sheriff of Northumberland. A junior line, with seats at Newton Park, Northumberland ...

Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, (24 February 183717 August 1916) was a British diplomat, collector and writer. Nicknamed "Barty", he was the paternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters. Early years Freeman-Mitford was ...

(1837–1916), British diplomat, collector and writer, he was the paternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters ** Bertram Mitford (novelist) (1855–1914), prolific writer of adventure stories, most set in Africa **

Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, (born Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford and latterly Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist, and socialite. She ...

(1920–2014), English aristocrat and writer **

Diana Mitford Diana, Lady Mosley (''née'' Freeman-Mitford; 17 June 191011 August 2003) was one of the Mitford sisters. In 1929 she married Bryan Walter Guinness, heir to the barony of Moyne, with whom she was part of the Bright Young Things social group o ...

(1910–2003), widow of Oswald Mosley ** Eustace Reveley Mitford (1810–1869), settler and satirist "Pasquin" in South Australia ** Jessica Mitford (1917–1996), Anglo-American author, journalist and political campaigner **

Mary Russell Mitford Mary Russell Mitford (16 December 1787 – 10 January 1855) was an English author and dramatist. She was born at Alresford in Hampshire. She is best known for '' Our Village'', a series of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characte ...

(1787–1855), British author and playwright **

Mitford sisters The Mitford family is an aristocratic English family, whose principal line had its seats at Mitford, Northumberland. Several heads of the family served as High Sheriff of Northumberland. A junior line, with seats at Newton Park, Northumberlan ...

: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity Valkyrie, Jessica and Deborah **

Nancy Mitford Nancy Freeman-Mitford (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 ...

(1904–1973), English novelist and biographer **

Unity Mitford Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948) was a British socialite, known for her relationship with Adolf Hitler. Both in Great Britain and Germany, she was a prominent supporter of Nazism, fascism and antisemitism, and belo ...

(1914–1948), English supporter of fascism and Adolf Hitler **

William Mitford William Mitford (10 February 1744 – 10 February 1827) was an English Member of Parliament and historian, best known for his ''The History of Greece'' (1784–1810). Youth William Mitford was born in Exbury, Hampshire, on 10 February 1744, i ...

(1744–1827), English historian and the great-great-great-grandfather of the Mitford sisters

Places

Mitford, South Carolina Mitford is an unincorporated community in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, ...

* Mitford, North Carolina, a fictional town that is the setting for

The Mitford Years ''The Mitford Years'' is a series of fourteen novels by American writer Jan Karon, set in the fictional town of Mitford, North Carolina. The novels are Christian-themed, and center on the life of the rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vess ...

series by

Jan Karon Jan Karon is an American novelist who writes for both adults and young readers. She is the author of the ''New York Times''-bestselling Mitford novels, featuring Father Timothy Kavanagh, an Episcopal priest, and the fictional village of Mitford. H ...

Mitford, Northumberland Mitford is a village in the Wansbeck parliamentary constituency, in Northumberland, England, about west of Morpeth. History Although the foundation of Mitford is unknown, it was a barony during the Anglo-Saxon era. At the time of the Nor ...

, England **

Mitford Castle Mitford Castle is an English castle dating from the end of the 11th century and located at Mitford, Northumberland. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building, enlisted on 20 October 1969. The castle is also officially on ...

Mitford Hall Mitford Hall is a Georgian mansion house and Grade II* listed building standing in its own park overlooking the River Wansbeck at Mitford, Northumberland. It was built in 1828 by the Mitford family to a design by architect John Dobson, to rep ...

Mitford Old Manor House Mitford Old Manor House is an historic English manor house at Mitford, Northumberland and is a Grade II* listed building. The Manor of Mitford was held from ancient times by the Mitford family. The Manor House previously stood, adjacent to th ...

Mitford and Launditch Mitford and Launditch Hundred was an old grouping of parishes for administrative purposes in the County of Norfolk, England. It is located around East Dereham and is bordered by Walsingham Hundred, Aylsham Hundred, Horsham St. Faith Hundred, For ...

hundred, Norfolk, England

Schools

* Mitford Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh * Mitford Middle School, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada {{disambig, geo, surname