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Algernon Freeman-mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale




Mitford was educated at Eton College and then at Christ Church, Oxford . He entered the foreign office in 1858, and was appointed third secretary of Embassy in St Petersburg. After service in the Diplomatic Corps in Peking , Mitford went to Japan as second secretary to the British Legation. There he met Ernest Satow and wrote ''Tales of Old Japan'' (1871). He resigned in 1873.

From 1874-86 he acted as secretary to H. M. Office of Works and in 1882 he was elected Companion of Bath. From 1887 he was a member of the Royal Commission on Civil Services. From 1892 to 1895 he was Member Of Parliament for the Stratford-on-Avon division of Warwickshire , and he was created Baron Redesdale in 1902.

He was a great-grandson of .


SEE ALSO


  • Hugh Cortazzi , ''Mitford's Japan : Memories and Recollections, 1866-1906'', Format: Paperback, Published: January 2003, ISBN 1903350077




BIBLIOGRAPHY


  • ''Tales of Old Japan'' (1871)

  • ''The Bamboo Garden'' (1896)

  • ''The Attaché at Peking'' (1900)

  • ''Memoirs'' (1915)

  • ''Little Memories'' (1917)



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