1910 - 2003
Diana Mitford English Author
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Diana Mitford dating history
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Diana Mitford was previously married to Oswald Mosley (1936 - 1980) and Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1929 - 1932).
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English Author Diana Mitford was born Diana Freeman-Mitford on 17th June, 1910 in Belgravia, London, England, UK and passed away on 11th Aug 2003 Paris, France aged 93. She is most remembered for The Mitford Sisters. Her zodiac sign is Gemini.
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Relationship Statistics
| Type | Total | Longest | Average | Shortest |
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| Married | 2 |
48 years, 10 months
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26 years, 5 months
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4 years
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| Total | 2 |
48 years, 10 months
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26 years, 5 months
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4 years
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Details
| First Name |
Diana
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| Last Name |
Mitford
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| Full Name at Birth |
Diana Freeman-Mitford
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| Alternative Name |
Lady Mosely, Diana Freeman-Mitford, Diana Mitford, Diana the Hon. Lady Mosley, The Honourable Lady Mosley
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| Birthday |
17th June, 1910
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| Birthplace |
Belgravia, London, England, UK
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| Died |
11th August, 2003
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| Place of Death |
Paris, France
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| Cause of Death |
Complications From a Stroke
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| Buried |
St Mary's Church, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England
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| Build |
Slim
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| Eye Color |
Blue
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
English
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| Occupation Text |
Author, Reviewer
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| Occupation |
Author
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| Claim to Fame |
The Mitford Sisters
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| Father |
Lord Redesdale (father)
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| Mother |
Lady Redesdale (mother)
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| Brother |
Thomas (Tom) Mitford (brother)
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| Sister |
Nancy Freeman Mitford (sister), Pamela Mitford (sister), Unity Valkrie Mitford (sister), Jessica Lucy Mitford (sister), Deborah Vivian Mitford (sister)
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| Family Member |
Bryan Guiness (Husband #1), Sir Oswald Mosley (Husband # 2)
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Diana, Lady Mosley (née Freeman-Mitford; 17 June 1910 – 11 August 2003), usually known as Diana Mitford, was one of the Mitford sisters. She was first married to Bryan Walter Guinness, heir to the barony of Moyne, and with whom she was part of the Bright young things social group of Bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. Her marriage ended in divorce as she was pursuing a relationship with Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet of Ancoats, leader of the British Union of Fascists. She married Mosley at the home of Joseph Goebbels in 1936, with Adolf Hitler as guest of honour. Subsequently, her involvement with Fascist political causes resulted in three years' internment during the Second World War. She later moved to Paris and enjoyed some success as a writer. In the 1950s, she contributed diaries to Tatler and edited the magazine The European. In 1977, she published her autobiography, A Life of Contrasts, and two more biographies in the 1980s. Her appearance on the BBC's Desert Island Discs in 1989 was controversial.
She was also a regular book reviewer for Books & Bookmen and later at The Evening Standard in the 1990s. A family friend, James Lees-Milne, wrote of her beauty, "She was the nearest thing to Botticelli's Venus that I have ever seen". She was described as "unrepentant" about her previous political associations by obituary writers such as the historian Andrew Roberts.
