Free The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell Page A
Authors: Mary S. Lovell
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Women
Andrew at their wartime wedding in 1941. David (standing behind Debo, wearing his LDV uniform), broken down by family traumas, ‘looked like an old, old man’. ( Left to right, standing ) Sydney, 10th Duke of Devonshire, David, Andrew, ‘Billy’ Lord Hartington, Duchess of Devonshire.
48. Unity on her return to England after her attempted suicide, January 1940.
49. Diana with Alexander on holiday at Inch Kenneth, 1947.
50. Nancy, ‘the French lady writer’ in her Paris apartment. A portrait by Mogens Tvede in 1947.
51. Gaston Palewski, Nancy’s beloved ‘Colonel’ and de Gaulle’s right-hand man in the Free French Army.
52. Visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Debo and Andrew at Edensor House (Emma and ‘Stoker’ in foreground), 1948.
53. Decca, Dinky and Bob, c. 1944.
54. Debo riding Grand National winner Royal Tan at the Devonshire’s Irish castle, Lismore, in the mid-fifties.
55. Diana at the Temple, Paris, 1954.
56. Diana and Mosley with their sons Alexander and Max in Venice, 1955.
57. Nancy and Decca at rue Monsieur in 1962.
58. Sydney with her goats at Inch Kenneth c. 1958.
59. Diana and Mosley in the early sixties. The body language here says it all.
60. Diana with her youngest son Max; Mosley in the background. London, 1962.
61. Four of the sisters in 1967. ( Left to right ) Cecil Beaton, Nancy, Debo, Pam, Diana and Andrew at a dance after the wedding of Debo and Andrew’s son.
62. Decca in front of a plaque commemorating Tom at Swinbrook church. The pews were donated by David, purchased by a win on the Grand National.
63. Bob and Decca at a testimonial dinner in Oakland, 1993.
Acknowledgements
and Credits
During the research for this book I was given a considerable amount of help and assistance by the family, primarily Debo (the Duchess of Devonshire), Diana (the Hon. Lady Mosley), Robert Treuhaft and Constancia ‘Dinky’ Romilly. I should like to express my immense gratitude to them, and also to the following who have helped in various ways:
Joe Allen, Rosemary Bailey, ‘Rab’ Bailey, Norman Bell, K.V. Blight (House of Lords Archivist), Julia Budworth, Michael Burn, Ruth Caruth (Beinecke Library, Yale University), Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, Richard Cohen, Betty Colchester Wemyss, Ellen R. Cordes (Beinecke Library, Yale University), Gill Day, Pele de Lappe, Katie Edwards (Decca’s secretary), Penny Finchmullen, Marge Frantz, Elva Griffith (Ohio State University), the Hon. Desmond Guinness, Jonathan Guinness (Lord Moyne), George Gutekunst, Janie Hampton, Bevis Hillier, Quentin Keynes, Karen J. Leonard, Lady Elizabeth Longford, Lord Longford, Graeme R. Lovell (advice on inheritance taxes), Mrs J. MacKinnon, Priscilla McWilliams, Helen Marchant (secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire), Doreen Morris, Charlotte Mosley, the Hon. June Ogilvy, Bernadette Rivett, Doug Scherer (Ohio State University), Geoffrey D. Smith (Ohio State University), Madeau Stewart, Peter Y. Sussman, Rosemary Taylor, Janet Topp-Fargion (British Library Sound Archive), Sally Toynbee, Michael Waite, Doris ‘Dobbie’ Walker.
Copyright Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank the following for their generosity in granting permission for copyright material to be printed in this book, as follows:
Unpublished Material
The Duchess of Devonshire, for quotations from letters by Sydney (Lady Redesdale), Mrs Pamela Jackson, Unity Mitford, and her own unpublished writings, also the unpublished writings of Nancy Mitford and to quote the passage from Wigs on the Green .
Diana, Lady Mosley for unpublished and published quotations by herself and Sir Oswald Mosley, and other members of her immediate family.
Robert Treuhaft for quotations by Jessica (Decca) Mitford, himself and Constancia ‘Dinky’ Romilly.
The Rare Books and MSS Department of Ohio State
48. Unity on her return to England after her attempted suicide, January 1940.
49. Diana with Alexander on holiday at Inch Kenneth, 1947.
50. Nancy, ‘the French lady writer’ in her Paris apartment. A portrait by Mogens Tvede in 1947.
51. Gaston Palewski, Nancy’s beloved ‘Colonel’ and de Gaulle’s right-hand man in the Free French Army.
52. Visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Debo and Andrew at Edensor House (Emma and ‘Stoker’ in foreground), 1948.
53. Decca, Dinky and Bob, c. 1944.
54. Debo riding Grand National winner Royal Tan at the Devonshire’s Irish castle, Lismore, in the mid-fifties.
55. Diana at the Temple, Paris, 1954.
56. Diana and Mosley with their sons Alexander and Max in Venice, 1955.
57. Nancy and Decca at rue Monsieur in 1962.
58. Sydney with her goats at Inch Kenneth c. 1958.
59. Diana and Mosley in the early sixties. The body language here says it all.
60. Diana with her youngest son Max; Mosley in the background. London, 1962.
61. Four of the sisters in 1967. ( Left to right ) Cecil Beaton, Nancy, Debo, Pam, Diana and Andrew at a dance after the wedding of Debo and Andrew’s son.
62. Decca in front of a plaque commemorating Tom at Swinbrook church. The pews were donated by David, purchased by a win on the Grand National.
63. Bob and Decca at a testimonial dinner in Oakland, 1993.
Acknowledgements
and Credits
During the research for this book I was given a considerable amount of help and assistance by the family, primarily Debo (the Duchess of Devonshire), Diana (the Hon. Lady Mosley), Robert Treuhaft and Constancia ‘Dinky’ Romilly. I should like to express my immense gratitude to them, and also to the following who have helped in various ways:
Joe Allen, Rosemary Bailey, ‘Rab’ Bailey, Norman Bell, K.V. Blight (House of Lords Archivist), Julia Budworth, Michael Burn, Ruth Caruth (Beinecke Library, Yale University), Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, Richard Cohen, Betty Colchester Wemyss, Ellen R. Cordes (Beinecke Library, Yale University), Gill Day, Pele de Lappe, Katie Edwards (Decca’s secretary), Penny Finchmullen, Marge Frantz, Elva Griffith (Ohio State University), the Hon. Desmond Guinness, Jonathan Guinness (Lord Moyne), George Gutekunst, Janie Hampton, Bevis Hillier, Quentin Keynes, Karen J. Leonard, Lady Elizabeth Longford, Lord Longford, Graeme R. Lovell (advice on inheritance taxes), Mrs J. MacKinnon, Priscilla McWilliams, Helen Marchant (secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire), Doreen Morris, Charlotte Mosley, the Hon. June Ogilvy, Bernadette Rivett, Doug Scherer (Ohio State University), Geoffrey D. Smith (Ohio State University), Madeau Stewart, Peter Y. Sussman, Rosemary Taylor, Janet Topp-Fargion (British Library Sound Archive), Sally Toynbee, Michael Waite, Doris ‘Dobbie’ Walker.
Copyright Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank the following for their generosity in granting permission for copyright material to be printed in this book, as follows:
Unpublished Material
The Duchess of Devonshire, for quotations from letters by Sydney (Lady Redesdale), Mrs Pamela Jackson, Unity Mitford, and her own unpublished writings, also the unpublished writings of Nancy Mitford and to quote the passage from Wigs on the Green .
Diana, Lady Mosley for unpublished and published quotations by herself and Sir Oswald Mosley, and other members of her immediate family.
Robert Treuhaft for quotations by Jessica (Decca) Mitford, himself and Constancia ‘Dinky’ Romilly.
The Rare Books and MSS Department of Ohio State
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