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.
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Algernon Freeman-Mitford: Letters from Japan
Photocopies of letters written by Freeman-Mitford in Japan, 1866-1869.
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