TOM MITFORD BIOGRAPHY BY WILLIAM CROSS
Tom Mitford in Drag At a party in 1929 "Quite fetching, what?" TOM MITFORD : 1909-1945 SHORT TIME LINE 1904 : Tom’s parents Hon. David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford and Sydney Bowles marry in London. 1904 : Tom’s sister Nancy born 28 November. 1907 : Tom’s sister Pamela born 25 November. 1909 : Tom born 3 January at 1 Graham Street , London . 1909 : Tom baptised on 10 February as Thomas David Freeman-Mitford. 1910 : Tom’s sister Diana born 17 June. 1911 : Tom at Undercliff Road , Boscombe, Bournemouth on the Census Return. 1914 : War declared on 28 July. 1914 : Tom’s sister Unity born 8 August. 1914 : Tom’s father David goes to war with the Northumberland Fusiliers. 1915 : Death of Tom’s uncle Hon. Clement Freeman-Mitford heir to the Barony of Redesdale, eldest brother of David on 13 May. 1915 : Tom’s father David becomes heir to the Barony of Redesdale on 13 May. Tom bec...