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Canonical name

Mitford, Diana

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Date of death

Burial location

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Swinbrooks kyrkogård, Swinbrook, England, Storbritannien

Gender

female

Nationality

England

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Belgravia, Westminster, England

Place of death

Paris, France

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London, England, UK

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Mitford, Nancy (sister)

Mitford, Jessica (sister)

Devonshire, Deborah (sister)

Guinness, Desmond (son)

Mosley, Oswald (husband)

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Short biography

Diana, Lady Mosley, born Diana Freeman-Mitford, was the third of the famous Mitford sisters. She and her younger sister Unity were avid fans of Adolf Hitler. Diana left Bryan Guinness, her first husband, for Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, and married him in 1936 at the home of Joseph Goebbels.

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