See also

Unity Valkerie Mitford (1914-1948)

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Unity Valkerie Mitford

Name: Unity Valkerie Mitford
Sex: Female
Father: David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford Lord Redesdale (1878-1958)
Mother: Sydney Bowles Lady Redesdale (1880-1963)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 8 Aug 1914 Kensington, London, England
Death 28 May 1948 (age 33)

Individual Note

She lived in Germany for many years and was notorious for her associations with leading Nazis and admired Hitler. She attempted suicide on the outbreak of war because 'she could not bear the thought of the two counties she loved being at war' and returned to Britain in January 1940.

Unity Valkyrie Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948), "Bobo" or "Boud" to her siblings. Famous for her adulation of and friendship with Adolf Hitler. Shot herself in the head days after Britain declared war on Germany,[6] but failed to kill herself and eventually died of pneumococcal meningitis at West Highland Cottage Hospital, Oban, after being transferred from Inch Kenneth.