Tom Mitford

Personal life In July 1929, Mitford took part in the "Bruno Hat" art hoax. He took the role of the imaginary reclusive artist, Bruno Hat; other Bright Young Things involved were Brian Howard, Evelyn Waugh, Bryan Guinness, and John Banting.

Mitford had relationships with both Hamish Erskine and James Lees-Milne at Eton.

In the summer of 1930, Mitford met Sheilah Graham, who would later describe him in her memoirs, Beloved Infidel, as "a youthful edition of his father and, at twenty-one, one of the handsomest men I had ever seen".

In the 1930s, he was a lover of Austrian-born dancer Tilly Losch, while she was married to art patron Edward James.

In media Mitford was portrayed by Toby Regbo in the UKTV series Outrageous (2025).