Editing Diana Mosley (section)

==Early life==
Diana Mitford was the fourth child and third daughter of [[David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale]] (1878–1958), and his wife Sydney (1880–1963).<ref>{{cite news |last=Peek |first=Laura |title=Diana Mosley's death ends link to 1930s Fascism |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/france/paris/diana-mosleys-death-ends-link-to-1930s-fascism-pd8p2lb32q9 |access-date=11 April 2022 |work=[[The Times]] |date=13 August 2003}}</ref> She was a first cousin once removed of [[Clementine Churchill]],{{sfn|Dalley|1999|p=49}} second cousin of Sir [[Angus Ogilvy]], and first cousin, twice removed, of [[Bertrand Russell]].{{sfn|de Courcy|2003|p=3}} She was raised in the country estate of [[Batsford Park]], Gloucestershire, then from the age of 10 at the family home, [[Asthall Manor]] in Oxfordshire, and later at Swinbrook House, a home her father had built in the nearby village of [[Swinbrook]].<ref>{{cite news |title=From Chatsworth to Temple de la Gloire, the grandest houses that were once home to the Mitford sisters |url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/the-grandest-homes-lived-in-by-mitford-sisters-chatsworth-asthall-manor |access-date=11 April 2022 |work=[[Tatler]] |date=6 May 2021}}</ref>

She was educated at home by a series of governesses, except for a six-month period in 1926, when she was sent to a day school in Paris.<ref name="Tele-obit">{{cite news |title=Lady Mosley |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/celebrity-obituaries/1438660/Lady-Mosley.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location= London |date=13 August 2003}}</ref> In childhood, her younger sisters [[Jessica Mitford]] ("Decca") and [[Deborah Mitford|Deborah]] ("Debo", <!-- not until 1950. -->later the Duchess of Devonshire), were particularly devoted to her. At the age of 18, shortly after her [[Queen Charlotte's Ball|presentation at Court]], she became secretly engaged to [[Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne|Bryan Guinness]]. In her youth, Mitford was considered part of the social set known as 'The [[Bright young things|Bright Young Things']].