Nancy Mitford

The Honourable Nancy Mitford, CBE, (November 28, 1904 -June 30, 1973), novelist and biographer, was born in London, the eldest daughter of Baron Redesdale. She is one of the noted Mitford sisters, was an essayist in, and editor of, Noblesse Oblige (1956), in which she helped to originate the famous 'U', or upper-class, and 'non-U' classification of linguistic usage and behaviour (see U and non-U English). She is best known for her series of novels about upper-class life.

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• Literary Encyclopedia: Nancy Mitford