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Aug 25, 2019 · He frightened lots of people in real life too. During the 1930s Mosley led Britain's virulently anti-Semitic fascist movement, whose streetfighters - known as blackshirts - were notorious...
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He was the British extreme right's most feared...
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He was released in 1943 and, politically disgraced by his association with the enemy, moved abroad in 1951, spending most of the remainder of his life in Paris and two residences in Ireland. He stood for Parliament during the post-war era but received very little support.
Sep 20, 2019 · While the BBC’s Birmingham-based gangster family epic weaves fact with fiction, Oswald Mosley was a real-life character who was a Labour MP in the Midlands in the 1920s before going on to...
Sep 20, 2019 · While the BBC’s Birmingham-based gangster family epic weaves fact with fiction, Oswald Mosley was a real-life character who was a Labour MP in the Midlands in the 1920s before going on to...
- Who Was Oswald Mosley?
- Did Oswald Mosley Fight in The First World War?
- Which Political Party Did Oswald Mosley Mp Belong to?
- The Rise of The British Union of Fascists
- Who Were Oswald Mosley's Wives Lady Cynthia and Diana Mitford?
- What Happened During World War Two?
- What Happened After The Second World War?
- Who Is Oswald Mosley's Son Max Mosley?
Oswald Mosley was a British politician who rose to prominence in the 1920s as an MP. In the 1930s he founded and led the British Union of Fascists.
Born in London's Mayfair in 1869 into a wealthy family, young Oswald was raised mainly by his mother and grandparents after his parents' separation. Mosley attended prep school and Winchester College, and then joined the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst as a cadet. It was not long before war broke out. In 1914 he was commissioned into the cavalr...
Mosley was just 21 years old when he was elected as MP for Harrow in the 1918 general election. In Parliament he spoke of the need to avoid any future war, and gained a reputation as an orator and political player with extreme self-confidence. Although initially elected as a Conservative MP, he soon clashed with the Party over Irish policy and quit...
After his defeat in the 1931 election, Oswald Mosley was – yet again – no longer an MP. However, by this point he was a public figure, and the leader of his own political party: the British Union of Fascists (BUF). With its distinctive "flash and circle" flag and its charismatic leader, the BUF quickly built up a sizeable following as fascist ideas...
Oswald Mosley married his first wife in 1920. Lady Cynthia Curzon was the daughter of the famous Viceroy of India (and later Foreign Secretary), and their wedding was a society event, with guests including King George V and Queen Mary. However, as Cynthia and Oswald's eldest son Nicholas Mosley later wrote in his biography, during the following yea...
In 1940, the British Union of Fascists was banned by the government and Mosley was interned for much of the Second World War in Holloway Prison, alongside his wife and hundreds of other British fascists. By the time he was released, Mosley's political movement was dead. He had been politically disgraced by his association with fascism, Mussolini an...
After the war, Oswald Mosley formed the Union Movement, calling for a single nation-state to cover the whole continent of Europe. While many turned out at his rallies, he was also met with strong opposition and distrust. In 1951 he left the UK to live abroad – but that was not the last of it. Mosley tried to make a comeback in 1959, standing in the...
Oswald Mosley had five children: three with Lady Cynthia, and two with his second wife Diana Mitford. His youngest child, Max Mosley, was born in 1940 and will be a familiar name to many. He is the former president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body for Formula One and other international motorsports. Read mo...
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Jun 10, 2022 · Mosley's Early Life. Born into wealth on November 16, 1896, Mosley would later inherit the hereditary title of 6th Baronet. A champion fencer, he attended Winchester College, and became a...
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Sep 7, 2021 · Sir Oswald Mosley is perhaps Britain’s most notorious fascist. A member of the ruling classes by birth, Mosley lived a privileged life and used his charisma and oratory skills to court some of the biggest names in 1930s Europe and to develop a devoted following for his right-wing, authoritarian beliefs.
