Mitford family to "The Times" journalist Ben Macintyre, as "Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover; Nancy the Novelist; Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur". The family traces its origins in Northumberland back to the time of the Norman conquest. In the Middle Ages they had been Border Reivers based in Redesdale. The main family line had seats at Mitford Castle and Mitford Old Manor House prior to Mitford Hall in 1828. The sisters achieved notoriety for their controversial but stylish lives as young people, then for their public political divisions between communism and fascism. Nancy and
Sisters of Christian Doctrine of Nancy active in Italy since 1920, the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1948 (in spite of the 1964 murders of seven Sisters), in South Korea since 1966, Côte d'Ivoire since 1947, Chile since 1967, Romania since 1993, and, since 2010, Cambodia. On 31 December 2005 the congregation had 572 religious in 130 houses. Its motherhouse is in Nancy. Sisters of Christian Doctrine of Nancy The Sisters of the Christian Doctrine of Nancy (French: "Sœurs de la Doctrine Chrétienne de Nancy") (D.C.) is a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church for women, whose primary mission is the teaching and nursing