Person Freeman-Mitford; John (1748 - 1830); 1st Baron Redesdale Freeman-Mitford John John Freeman Mitford 1748 - 1830 British Male Parish of St Andrew, Holborn, London, England 18 August 1748 Batsford Park, near Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire 16 January 1830 Burial: Batsford Church, Gloucestershire

Barrister Career: Barrister, Inner Temple (1777); MP for Beeralston (1788-1799); MP for East Loe (1799-1802); King's Counsel (1789); Solicitor General (1783-1799); Attorney General (1799-1801); Privy Councillor (1801); Speaker of the House of Commons (1801-1802); Lord Chancellor of Ireland (1802-1806); on 15 February 1802 created Baron Redesdale of Redesdale county of Northumberland. Honours: Kt 1793; Baron 1802 Memberships: FSA Second son of John Mitford, Barrister-at-law, of Newton House, Exbury, Hampshire, and Philadelphia, daughter of Willey Reveley of Newton Underwood, Northumberland; married (6 June 1803) Frances, daughter of John Perceval (FRS 1764) 2nd Earl of Egmont by his second marriage with his second wife, Catherine Compton. Son educated at Eton and New College Oxford. Fellow 06/03/1794 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (second edition) rules for double barrelled and compound surnames 18 Aug 1748 - 16 Jan 1830 NA2891 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes cba5a052-d1fb-40b7-b048-bd0217d7c040