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Mitford, Algernon Bertram Freeman-, 1837-1916 (1st Baron Redesdale)

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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.

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Algernon Freeman-Mitford: Letters from Japan

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8669
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of letters written by Freeman-Mitford in Japan, 1866-1869.

Dates: 1866-1869
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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