She wrote many novels, including the semi-autobiographical The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate. She lived in France for much of her adult life. Nancy Mitford (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973) married Peter Rodd, whom she subsequently divorced, and had a longstanding relationship with French politician and statesman Gaston Palewski.The main line had its family seat first at Mitford Castle, then Mitford Old Manor House, prior to building Mitford Hall in 1828 all three are near Mitford, Northumberland. In the Middle Ages they had been Border Reivers based in Redesdale. The family traces its origins in Northumberland back to the time of the Norman Conquest. They were celebrated and at times scandalous figures, who were described by The Times journalist Ben Macintyre as " Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover Nancy the Novelist Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur". The family became particularly known in the 1930s and later for the six Mitford sisters, great-great-great-granddaughters of William Mitford, and the daughters of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and his wife Sydney Bowles. A junior line, with seats at Newton Park, Northumberland, and Exbury House, Hampshire, descends via the historian William Mitford (1744–1827) and were twice elevated to the British peerage, in 18, under the title Baron Redesdale. Several heads of the family served as High Sheriff of Northumberland. The Mitford family is an aristocratic English family, whose principal line had its seats at Mitford, Northumberland.
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