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Oswald Mosley

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Oswald Mosley
Born16 November 1896
Mayfair, London, England
Died3 December 1980 (aged 84)
Orsay, Essonne, France
NationalityBritish
Political orientationFascism
Political partyBritish Union of Fascists(1932–1940)


Oswald Ernald Mosley, was a British aristocrat, and politician who became a fascist, and consequently founded, and led the British Union of Fascists (BUF).

Early Life

On 16 November 1896 Mosley was born in London, as the eldest of three brothers to a wealthy aristocratic family, with his father being 5th Baronet Oswald Mosley. He was taught bigotry and privilege at a young age by his family, lessons he would carry forward in his life.[1]

Fascism

On January 2 1932 Mosley arrived in Rome, Italy with some of his compatriots, and on January 7 he met with Italy's fascist dictator Mussolini at the Palazzo Venezia. Mosley came away from the meeting with nothing but praise for the dictator, and after attending a fascist parade with Mussolini he merely continued on his way to Munich, Germany where he studied Nazism.[2]

References

  1. Stephen Dorril (2006). Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism: 'Chapter One: ‘Tommy’'.
  2. Stephen Dorril (2006). Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism: 'Chapter Eleven: The New Movement'.