John Freeman- Mitford, first baron Redesdale

(1748-1830)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Redesdale, John Mitford, Baron, 1748-1830 NRA: Mitford John Freeman- (1748-1830) 1st Baron Redesdale Lord Chancellor DNB: Mitford, John Freeman-, first Baron Redesdale (1748-1830), lord chancellor of Ireland and speaker of the House of Commons LBT ID: LdRedes1a VIAF ID: 33376589 LOC ID: n83159527	B/BAP: 1748-08-18 DIED: 1830-01-16
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Brother of the historian William Mitford; he was MP for Beeralston (1788), attorney-general (1799), speaker of the house (1801) and lord chancellor of Ireland (1802).
REFERENCES TO John Freeman- Mitford, first baron Redesdale: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 29 August 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Earl of Sefton to Thomas Creevey, 26 April 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 17: Wellesleys Found 1: ¶ 16 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XIII: 1819-20 Ch. VI: 1827-28