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Rupert Bruce-Mitford: A Case Study
His early life
Bruce-Mitford was born of Anglo-Canadian parents at the beginning of the Great War. His father died when he was only four years of age. He was the youngest of four boys and went to school at Christ's Hospital in London. He gained a history scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford, in 1933.
What was he like? Rupert Bruce-Mitford New Bodleian Collection
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