Mary Hermione (née Ormsby-Gore), Lady Mayall; Unity Mitford
3 of 15 portraits of Unity Mitford
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Hermione (née Ormsby-Gore), Lady Mayall; Unity Mitford
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 15 December 1932
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x27530
Sittersback to top
- Hon. Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford (1914-1948), Nazi sympathiser; daughter of 2nd Baron Redesdale. Sitter in 15 portraits.
- Mary Hermione (née Ormsby-Gore), Lady Mayall (1914-2006), Former wife of Robin Campbell, and later wife of Sir Alexander Mayall; daughter of 4th Baron Harlech. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
Events of 1932back to top
Current affairs
Sir Oswald Mosley forms the British Union of Fascists. Mosley's party - nicknamed the Black Shirts after their uniform - was founded along the lines of Mussolini's Fascist Party in Italy and called for the replacement of parliamentary democracy with a system of elected executives. During the war Mosley was interned and the BUF was proscribed.Art and science
John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton 'split the atom'. In fact, Cockcroft and Walton's achievement was to change the nucleus of one element into another by bombarding it with protons, rather than to literally spit an atom apart. Nevertheless 'splitting the atom' has become the popular way of describing this important stage in the development of nuclear technology.International
Saudi Arabia is formed by the unification of the Kingdoms of Hijaz and Nejd under King Abdul Aziz.Iraq is granted independence from the British mandate established by the League of Nations in 1919-20.
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