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Esmond Marcus David Romilly (June 10, 1918–November 30, 1941) was a British socialist and anti-fascist, now remembered mainly for his marriage to Jessica Mitford, one of the Mitford sisters. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Anti-fascism is the opposition to fascist ideologies organizations governments and people The Hon Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford ( September 11, 1917 – July 22, 1996) British-born writer long resident in the United States was one The Mitford family is an aristocratic English family that traces its origins in Northumberland back to the time of the Norman Conquest.

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Life

Romilly was born in Huntingdon Park in Herefordshire, the son of Colonel Bertram Romilly, a soldier with a distinguished record in World War I and military governor of Galilee in 1919-20 under the British Mandate of Palestine. Constitution Herefordshire was reconstituted both as a new Non-metropolitan district (effective 19th July 1996 and as a new County comprising the area of the World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All "Galil" redirects here For the weapon see IMI Galil. Galilee (הגליל ha-Galil, lit the province, The Palestine Mandate, was a set of protocols or articles that formed a multilateral legal and administrative agreement The Romillys were of Huguenot (French Protestant) origin and settled in England in 1701. The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France (or French Calvinists) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth Esmond's mother was Nellie Hozier, daughter of Colonel Sir Henry Montague Hozier (1838–1907) and Lady Henrietta Blanche Hozier (1852–1925), eldest daughter of David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] Nellie's sister Clementine married Winston Churchill, making Romilly the nephew of one of Britain's most prominent politicians. Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill Baroness Spencer-Churchill, GBE, CStJ (née Hozier; 1 April 1885 &ndash 12 December Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874

It was frequently rumoured that the Hozier children were not fathered by Sir Henry, but rather by one of Henrietta's many lovers. [2] Possible candidates for the paternity of Nellie and Clementine Hozier include (according to the Dictionary of National Biography) Wilfred Scawen Blunt, poet and anti-colonialist, and (according to Clementine Churchill's biographer) Baron Redesdale, husband of Henrietta's sister Clementina and grandfather of Esmond Romilly's future wife Jessica Mitford. The Dictionary of National Biography ( DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history published from 1885 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt ( 17 August 1840 &ndash 10 September 1922) was an English Poet and Writer. Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale GCVO, KCB ( 24 February 1837 - 17 August 1916) of Batsford If Redesdale was indeed Nellie Romilly's biological father, then Esmond's mother and Jessica's father were half-siblings.

Educated at Wellington College, Romilly and his brother Giles refused to join the Officers' Training Corps, distributed pacifist leaflets, and ultimately ran away from school. Wellington College, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English Co-educational public school located in the Berkshire village Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly, ( September 19 1916 &ndash August 2 1967) was a Journalist, Nazi POW, brother They published a book about the experience, Out of Bounds: The Education of Giles and Esmond Romilly (1935). Esmond moved to London, working in a Communist bookshop and founding a centre for other boys who had "escaped" from public schools. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and His activities at such a young age, of turning his back on class privilege so ostentatiously, won the attention of the newspapers, eager to report on the doings of Winston Churchill's "red nephew". Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions (or stratification) between individuals or groups in Societies or Cultures.

As the political situation across Europe continued to polarise, and with the storm clouds of war becoming ever more visible, Romilly's anti-fascism clashed increasingly with his pacifism. The outbreak of Spanish Civil War decided him. The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of He bicycled to Marseille and joined the International Brigades, hoping he would be accepted despite his lack of military training. Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ The International Brigades were Republican Military units in the Spanish Civil War, formed of many non-state sponsored volunteers of different countries With a minimum of preparation, he and other ill-assorted volunteers were thrown into the defence of Madrid. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Almost all his companions were killed; he was invalided out with dysentery, and sent back to England to recover. Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an infection of the digestive system that results in severe Diarrhea containing mucus and blood England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland While recuperating, he met and fell in love with his second cousin, Jessica Mitford, all the more ardent an anti-fascist for her elder sisters' strong Nazi sympathies (Diana married Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, and Unity was a friend of Adolf Hitler). A cousin couple is a pair of Cousins who are involved in a romantic or Sexual relationship The Hon Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford ( September 11, 1917 – July 22, 1996) British-born writer long resident in the United States was one Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Diana Lady Mosley (née Freeman-Mitford 17 June 1910 &ndash 11 August 2003) was one of Britain's noted Mitford sisters and Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 &ndash 3 December 1980 was a British Politician, known principally as the founder of the British The British Union of Fascists (BUF was a Political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by a Labour government minister and former MP Unity Valkyrie Mitford ( 8 August, 1914 – 28 May, 1948) was one of the noted Mitford sisters. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately He had an offer from the News Chronicle to return to Spain as their correspondent and they created an elaborate plot that allowed her to accompany him. [3] Romilly took up journalism, sending back war news, along with his friend Philip Toynbee, who later wrote his memoirs. Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people Theodore Philip Toynbee ( June 25 1916 - June 15 1981) was a British writer and journalist After some legal difficulties, Romilly and Mitford, both 19, married in Bayonne, France, on 18 May 1937. Bayonne ( French: Bayonne bajɔn Gascon Occitan and Basque: Baiona) is a city and commune of southwest This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He spent his honeymoon writing Boadilla, an account of his Spanish experiences.

They returned to England, where Romilly joined the Labour Party and lived in the East End of London, then a poor working-class district. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types Their first daughter was born there, and died a few months later in an epidemic. The grieving couple decided to move to the United States, where Romilly picked up a variety of odd jobs: selling silk stockings door to door, setting up a bar in Miami. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They were perpetually short of cash. When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, he moved to Canada to volunteer. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was shot down over the North Sea in 1941 after a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers He was 23.

He had two children with Jessica:

It was rumoured during his life that Romilly was the result of an affair between his mother and Winston Churchill. The news that his plane had gone missing in action was broken to his wife by Churchill personally; Jessica Mitford took many months to accept that he had died. Missing in action is a status assigned to a member of the armed services who is reported missing following combat

Works

Esmond Romilly: Boadilla. With an introduction and notes by Hugh Thomas. London 1971. SBN 356 03534 4

References

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage and Gentry, online edition. Burke's says "7th Earl of Airlie" but this cannot be correct since the 7th Earl died in 1812.
  2. ^ "Father always came first, second and third" An interview with Mary Soames, youngest daughter of Churchill
  3. ^ Jessica Mitford, Hons and Rebels, Chapter fifteen

Further reading

Ingram, Kevin. Mary Soames Baroness Soames, LG, DBE (born 15 September 1922) is the widow of the Lord Soames. Rebel: The Short Life of Esmond ROmilly. 253 pages. E. P. Dutton, 1986.

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