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Hon. Peter Murray Rennell Rodd (16 April 1904 – 17 July 1968) was a British soldier, aid worker, film-maker, and idler. He was married to author Nancy Mitford from 1933–57.
May 8, 2021 · The handsome Peter Rodd, son of the first Baron Rennell, was a heavy drinker and another man incapable of showing her real affection. Their 1933 marriage was an emotional catastrophe.
May 6, 2021 · Tony Kroesig - Peter Rodd It’s easy to see the similarities between Tony Kroesig, Linda’s husband, and Peter Rodd, Mitford’s first husband. Dubbed a ‘Crasher’ by the family (‘A terrible bore’ in Mitford speak) due to his ability to wax lyrical about the dullest things, Rodd was a drunk who gambled much of Mitford’s fortune away ...
- Rebecca Cope
Dec 3, 2019 · In 1933, Nancy married the “extremely good-looking” and left-leaning Peter Rodd, dutifully following him to the south of France six years later to provide relief to refugees from Franco’s ...
- Christopher Benfey
Within a month of Erskine's departure, Mitford announced her engagement to Peter Rodd, the second son of Sir Rennell Rodd, a diplomat and politician who was ennobled that year as Baron Rennell.
May 10, 2021 · Less than a month after her breakup from Hamish St Clair Eskine, Nancy accepted a rash proposal from Peter Rodd, the son of diplomat Lord Rennell (pictured together on their wedding day)
May 7, 2021 · In 1933 she married Peter Rodd – referred to by the sisters as ‘Prod’, and very much not the knight in shining armour that Nancy was looking for.
