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Biography of Unity Valkyrie Mitford 1914-1948

Paternal Family Tree: Mitford

In February 1904 [her father] David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale (age 25) and [her mother] Sydney Bowles (age 24) were married.

On 8th August 1914 Unity Valkyrie Mitford was born to David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale (age 36) and Sydney Bowles (age 34).

6th February 1929. The Sketch. The marriage of Mr. Bryan Guinness (age 23), son of the Hon. Walter Guinness, to the Hon. [her sister] Diana Mitford (age 18), third daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale, was solemnised at St. Margaret's, Westminster [Map]. The lovely nineteen-year-old bride was attended by eleven bridesmaids.

Note. Her sisters [her sister] Nancy (age 24) and Unity (age 14) were two of the eleven bridesmaid. Her younger sisters [her sister] Jessica Lucy Mitford (age 11) and [her sister] Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 8) were unwell but threw rice as her car passed.

6th January 1932. The Sketch. Photograph of sisters [her sister] Nancy Mitford (age 27), Unity Valkyrie Mitford (age 17), [her sister] Jessica Lucy Mitford (age 14) and [her sister] Diana Mitford (age 21).

5th April 1939. Tatler. Unity Mitford (age 24) (centre), pictured 15 months after returning to England.

2nd January 1940. Daily Mirror. the ‘Hitler-admiring daughter (age 25) of Lord Redesdale, is expected back in England today.'

Before 31st August 1945. William Acton (age 39). Portrait of Unity Valkyrie Mitford (age 31).

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 28th May 1948 Unity Valkyrie Mitford (age 33) died of meningitis caused by the cerebral swelling around the bullet that had lodged in her brain after she had shot herself in December 1939.

Royal Ancestors of Unity Valkyrie Mitford 1914-1948

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Unity Valkyrie Mitford 1914-1948

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mitford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Colonel William Mitford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Captain Henry Reveley Mitford

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Molloy of Dublin

Great x 3 Grandmother: Fanny Molloy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pye

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Reveley Mitford

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 2nd Earl Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Crowley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crowley Countess Ashburham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Burrell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis

Father: David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale 7 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: David Ogilvy 10th Earl of Airlie

GrandMother: Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Abigail Way Countess Sheffield

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Blanche Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Dillon Lee 12th Viscount Dillon 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon 3 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Phipps 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Unity Valkyrie Mitford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Milner Gibson

GrandFather: Thomas Bowles

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susannah Bowles

Mother: Sydney Bowles