Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale
Also recorded as Mitford · Baron Redesdale · Lord Redesdale · A. B. Mitford
Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale
Samuel Lawrence （1817-1884） · Memoirs（英国外交官の見た幕末維新―リーズデイル卿回想録 Memories (1916) by Lord Redesdale · Public domain
- Full name
- Algernon Bertram Mitford.
- Born
- 1837 · Mayfair.
- Died
- 1916
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- botanist · diplomat · politician · collector of fairy tales · writer · translator · linguist
- Fields
- botany · diplomacy · literature
- Education
- Eton College · Christ Church
- Honours
- Companion of the Order of the Bath · Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order · Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Languages
- English
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Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale studied at Eton College and Christ Church. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is botany, diplomacy and literature. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Residence is recorded at Burford. Positions recorded include member of the 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom. Distinctions recorded are Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
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- 1.Harrison. The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book. 149. 1881.
- 2.Acton, Harold. Nancy Mitford: A Memoir. Harper & Row. 2–4. 1975. 0-06-010018-4.
- 3.Morton, Robert. A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State: Letters Home. Amsterdam University Press. 2017. 978-1-898823-48-3.
- 4.Gilbert, W. S. The Mikado: Mr. Gilbert Explains a Famous Air. Morning Leader. 5. 2 May 1907.
- 5.Obituary. The Right Hon. Lord Redesdale, The Photographic Journal, November 1916, p. 250.
- 6.Royal Photographic Society. Past Presidents.
- 7.Page, William. The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester. A. Constable, Limited. 200. 1965. 9780197227961.
- 8.27455. 18 July 1902. 4587.
- 9.Parliament – House of Lords. 36829. 4. 25 July 1902.
- 10.Hardwick, Joan. Clementine Churchill: The Private Life of a Public Person. John Murray. 1997. 0-7195-5552-3.
- 11.The History of Batsford. batsarb.co.uk.
- 12.Litchfield, David R. L. Hitler's Valkyrie: The Uncensored Biography of Unity Mitford. The History Press. 25. 2013. 9780750951616.
- 13.Chamberlain, Houston Stewart. Foundations of the nineteenth century. Adamant Media Corporation. 1911. 978-1-4021-5459-1.
- 14.Chamberlain, Houston Stewart. Immanuel Kant: A Study and a Comparison with Goethe, Leonardo Da Vinci, Bruno, Plato and Descartes. John Lane. 1914.
- 15.Freeman-Mitford, Clement B. Ogilvy.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Tales of Old Japan (1871)
- A Tragedy in Stone; and other papers (1882)
- The Bamboo Garden (1896)
- The Attaché at Peking (1900)
- The Garter Mission to Japan (1906)
- Memories (1915; 2 vols)
- Further Memories (Hutchinson & Co., London, 1917 – posthumous)
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