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Unity Valkerie Mitford

Unity Valkerie Mitford

Female 1914 - 1948  (33 years)

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  • Name Unity Valkerie Mitford 
    Birth 8 Aug 1914  Kensington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 28 May 1948 
    Person ID I971  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2015 

    Father David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale,   b. 13 Mar 1878, Chelsea, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1958 (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Sydney Bowles, Lady Redesdale,   b. 1880   d. 1963 (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage Feb 1904 
    Family ID F456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Mitford Sisters
    Mitford Sisters
    Picture Note: Jessica, Nancy, Diana, Unity and Pamela in 1935
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  • Notes 
    • She lived in Germany for many years and was notorious for her associations with leading Nazis and admired Hitler. She attempted suicide on the outbreak of war because 'she could not bear the thought of the two counties she loved being at war' and returned to Britain in January 1940.
      Unity Valkyrie Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948), "Bobo" or "Boud" to her siblings. Famous for her adulation of and friendship with Adolf Hitler. Shot herself in the head days after Britain declared war on Germany,[6] but failed to kill herself and eventually died of pneumococcal meningitis at West Highland Cottage Hospital, Oban, after being transferred from Inch Kenneth.