Tom Mitford

The Honourable Major Thomas David Freeman-Mitford (2 January 1909 – 30 March 1945) was the only son of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, all other children being the daughters collectively known as the Mitford Sisters. Tom Mitford was killed in action during World War II.

Personal life In July 1929, Tom Mitford took part in the "Bruno Hat" art hoax. He took the role of the imaginary reclusive artist, Bruno Hat; other people involved were Brian Howard, Evelyn Waugh, Bryan Guinness, and John Banting.

In the summer of 1930, a young Mitford met Sheilah Graham, who would later describe Mitford in her memoirs, Beloved Infidel, as "a youthful edition of his father and, at twenty-one, one of the handsomest men I had ever seen".

In the 1930's, he was a lover of Austrian-born dancer Tilly Losch, while she was married to art patron Edward James.