Mitford
Americannoun
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It was probably a foregone conclusion that the six Mitford sisters would grow up to be women of distinct character, given their idiosyncratic upbringing in the English countryside between the two world wars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The matriarch of the Mitford clan has been overshadowed by the glamorous daughters who caused her no small amount of grief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Support worker Sheryl Price, 45, of Eldergreen Close in Bolton, faces 14 charges, while 42-year-old nurse Sara Coleman, of Mitford Street in Stretford, is accused of five.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
Biographies of the Mitford sisters and Scottish writer Muriel Spark are sharp and illuminating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
But he, Cecil Mitford, had had the boldness and the cleverness to do it every bit, and now, wisdom was justified of all her children.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Grant Allen
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