Oswald Mosley | |
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| Born | 16 November 1896 Mayfair, London, England |
| Died | 3 December 1980 (aged 84) Orsay, Essonne, France |
| Nationality | British |
| Political orientation | Fascism |
| Political party | British 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
- ↑ Stephen Dorril (2006). Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism: 'Chapter One: ‘Tommy’'.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril (2006). Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism: 'Chapter Eleven: The New Movement'.