Mitford, Algernon Bertram Freeman-, 1837-1916 (1st Baron Redesdale)
Biography
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (1837-1916), 1st Baron Redesdale, diplomat and author, was born at South Audley, London, on 24 February 1837, and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered the Foreign Office in 1858, and was attaché in Japan, 1866-1870. After resigning from the diplomatic service in 1873, he was Secretary to the Board of Works, 1874-1876. He was Conservative M.P. for the Straford-upon-Avon division, 1892-1895, and was created baron in 1902. He died at Batsford Park, Gloucestershire, on 17 August 1916.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Algernon Freeman-Mitford: Letters from Japan
Photocopies of letters written by Freeman-Mitford in Japan, 1866-1869.
Descriptions of attack on Parkes' party, circa 1868
Undated descriptions by members of the British Legation mounted escort of the attack made on Parkes' party by Ichikawa Samuro (Miyeda Shigeru) and Hayashida (Shingaku Misawo) in Kyoto on 23 March 1868, including accounts by Alexander Aberdein, Thomas Cole, Patrick Duffey, Robert Green, Henry Harding, Edmund Hutton, Charles Kingston, Peter Peacock, Henry Reeve and William Wood. The transcript is in Algernon Mitford's hand.
Envelope for private papers, circa 1867
An undated envelope labelled 'Private Papers French Translations Sir Harry Parkes K.C.B.', including the signature of Algernon Bertram Mitford, and the names of Roches and the Oriental Bank. The date 1867 has also been added in pencil.
Letter from Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 4 Apr. 1868-5 Apr. 1868
From Osaka.
Letter from Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 6 Apr. 1868
From Osaka.
Letter from Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 12 Apr. 1868
A letter from Osaka, 12 April 1868, enclosing a copy in Mitford's hand of a letter he sent to John Frederic Lowder, 8 April 1868.
Letter from Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 14 Apr. 1868
From Osaka.
Letter from Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 12 July 1868
From Osaka.
Letter from Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 12 July 1868
From Osaka.
Letter from Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 14 July 1868
From Osaka.
Memorandum on Yedo expenses, 27 Jan. 1870
A manuscript memorandum, probably by Francis Adams, concerning continuing expenses incurred by the author and Algernon Mitford in Yedo, and referring to the pay and expenses of student interpreters and merchants' clerks, dated Yedo, and labelled on the back in Parkes' hand 'Adams Report. Cost of Living'.
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