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Biography of Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale 1837-1916

Paternal Family Tree: Mitford

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Lewis

Before 24th February 1837 [his father] Henry Reveley Mitford (age 33) and [his mother] Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham (age 31) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham and [his grandmother] Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham (age 61).

On 24th February 1837 Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale was born to [his father] Henry Reveley Mitford (age 33) and [his mother] Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham (age 31).

On 31st December 1874 Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 37) and Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 20) were married.

On 14th December 1876 [his son] Clement Freeman-Mitford was born to Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 39) and [his wife] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 22). The second of nine children. He married 25th November 1909 his first cousin Helen Alice Wyllington Ogilvy, daughter of David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie and Mabell Gore Countess Airlie.

On 13th March 1878 [his son] David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale was born to Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 41) and [his wife] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 23). He married February 1904 Sydney Bowles and had issue.

In 1880 [his son] Bertram Freeman-Mitford 3rd Baron Redesdale was born to Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 42) and [his wife] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 25).

On 25th September 1881 [his father-in-law] David Ogilvy 10th Earl of Airlie (age 55) died. His son [his brother-in-law] David (age 25) succeeded 11th Earl Airlie.

In May 1882 [his mother] Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham (age 76) died.

In 1883 [his father] Henry Reveley Mitford (age 79) died.

In 1885 [his son] John Freeman-Mitford 4th Baron Redesdale was born to Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 47) and [his wife] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 30).

On 1st April 1885 Clementine Hozier was born to Henry Montague Hozier (age 47) and [his sister-in-law] Henrietta Blanche Ogilvy (age 32). There is speculation she may have been fathered by Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 48) who was believed to be having an affair with Henrietta Blanche Ogilvy sister of his wife [his wife] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 30). She married 12th September 1908 Winston Churchill and had issue.

On 19th January 1886 [his brother-in-law] David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie (age 29) and Mabell Gore Countess Airlie (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 47) and Edith Jocelyn.

In 1895 [his daughter] Daphne Mitford Baroness Denham was born to Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 57) and [his wife] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 40). She married 27th February 1919 George Bowyer 1st Baron Denham and had issue.

In 1895 [his son] Ernest Freeman-Mitford was born to Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 57) and [his wife] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 40).

On 11th June 1900 [his brother-in-law] David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie (age 44) died. His son David (age 6) succeeded 12th Earl Airlie.

The London Gazette 27455. Whitehall, July 15, 1902.

The King has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford (age 65), Esqure, CVO, CB, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of was Baron Redesdale, of Redesdale, in the county of Northumberland.

In February 1904 [his son] David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Sydney Bowles (age 24) were married.

On 25th November 1909 [his son] Clement Freeman-Mitford (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Helen Alice Wyllington Ogilvy (age 19) were married at the Private Chapel, Cortachy Castle, Angus. They had two daughters, Rosemary and Clementine who both died in 2005. She the daughter of [his brother-in-law] David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie and Mabell Gore Countess Airlie (age 43). They were first cousins.

Battle of Loos

On 13th May 1915 [his son] Clement Freeman-Mitford (age 38) was killed in action at the Battle of Loos. He was buried at Grave Reference: I. E. 8., Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium. The wrought iron gates at the cemetery were presented in his memory by the family of the late Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (age 78), Lord Redesdale and [his wife] Clementina (age 60), Lady Redesdale.

On 17th August 1916 Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 79) died. His son David (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Redesdale of Redesdale in Northumberland.

On 30th April 1932 [his former wife] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 77) died.

Royal Ancestors of Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale 1837-1916

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale 1837-1916

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mitford

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Mitford

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mitford

Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel William Mitford

GrandFather: Captain Henry Reveley Mitford

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Molloy of Dublin

Great x 1 Grandmother: Fanny Molloy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pye

Father: Henry Reveley Mitford

Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ashburnham 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 1st Baron Ashburnham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paulett 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Vaughan of Porthamal 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Vaughan Baroness Ashburnham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Knollys 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 2nd Earl Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Lucas Countess Kent 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Armine 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Crowley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crowley Countess Ashburham

Mother: Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Langdale Smithson

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Thynne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Strode 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Burrell

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Burrell

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Raymond

Great x 3 Grandmother: Amy Raymond

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lewis

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis