> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 399](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259903) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12686-1) LSID 12686-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3780721) QID Q3780721 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Freeman-Mitford, Algernon Bertram ('Bertie') (né Mitford) (1837-1916), English diplomat, writer and garden-lover, born 24 Feb 1837 in London, studied at Eton 1846-1854, afterwards at Oxford (Christ Church), entered the Foreign Office 1858, sent to St. Petersburg, later to Peking (now Beijing) 1865 and Yokohama 1866, retired from diplomatic service 1873, secretary, H.M. Office of Works 1874-1886, inherited a fortune and the name Freeman from a cousin 1886, as well as Batsford Park in the Cotwolds (Gloucs.), thenceforth known as Lord Redesdale, the 1st Baron Redesdale (Northumberland), M.P. 1892-1895, F.L.S. 1896, Victoria Medal of Honour 1904, died 17 Aug 1916 at Batsford Park, he was also a cousin of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) and grandfather of the Mitford sisters. **Abbreviated name**: *Mitford* \[standard form in IPNI: *Mitford*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – Living collections, esp. bamboos, were cultivated at Batsford Park (now Batsford Arboretum). #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 429 (as "Mitford"); Barnhart 2: 7; BB p. 117, 217 (as "Mitford"); BM 2: 616; CSP 15: 113 (as "Freeman-Mitford, A."); Desmond p. 239, 443-444 (as "Mitford"), ed. 2: 492-493 (as "Mitford"); DNB 1912-1921: 380-382, 39: 444-446 (as "Mitford"); MW p. 128; Rehder 5(index): 578 (as "Mitford"); Tucker 1: 585 (as "Redesdale of Redesdale"), 2: 58 (as "Mitford"); Zander ed. 10: 693, ed. 17: 962. #### Biofile - Cortazzi, H. (ed.), 1985. Mitford's Japan, the memoirs and recollections, 1866-1906, of Algernon Bertram Mitford, the first Lord Redesdale:... xxix, 270 p. (n.v.); rev. ed. 2002. (n.v.) - Hooker, J.D., 1 Dec 1897 \[date of printed letter to "My dear Mitford"\]. Curtis's Bot. Mag. 123: bound after t.p.; see also E. Nelmes & W. Cuthbertson, Curtis's Botanical Magazine Dedications 1827-1927: \[278\]-280. (portr., dedication) - Maxwell, H., 1917. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1916-17: 45-47. (obit.) - Redesdale, Lord, 1915. Memories, London (Hutchinson & Co.), 2 vols. (n.v.) \[at least 10 eds.\] - Redesdale, Lord, 1917. Further memories...: xxiii, 316 p. (portr.) (n.v.) ### Publications ##### n.35.437. bamboo garden **Title** The *bamboo garden*... London (Macmillan and Co., Ltd.) 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Illus*.: Parsons, Alfred William (1847-1920), British painter and illus., see TL-2/7: 639 (index). *Publ*.: 1896 (p. viii signed 24 Feb 1896, Nat. Nov. Oct (2) 1897), p. \[i\]-xii, \[errata tipped in p. \[1\]\], \[1\]-224 \[2 p. advert.\], \[note tipped in p. \[92\]\], *11 pl*. (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO, NY, US(4) (incl. 1 inscribed by author "Mai 1896"). *Microfiche*: Woodbridge, Conn. (Research Publications International), 1993, 3 microfiches, 11×15 cm (Western books on Asia. Japan; fiches "5209-5211"). *Copy*: HH (n.v.). *Note*: Original cover with gilt lettering. *Ref*.: Anon., Gard. & Forest 9(433): 239-240. 10 Jun 1896 (rev.). - Hope, F.J., Calcutta Review. Jan 1898 (rev.).