Colin Jordan
| Colin Jordan | |
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Jordan and Françoise Dior on their wedding day
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| 3rd Leader of the World Union of National Socialists | |
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In office 1968 – 9 April 2009 (41 years) |
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| Preceded by | Matt Koehl |
| Succeeded by | Matt Koehl |
| Leader of the British Movement | |
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In office 1962 – 1975 (13 years) |
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| Preceded by | Position established (Was formerly the National Socialist Movement) |
| Succeeded by | Michael McLaughlin |
| Leader of the National Socialist Movement in the United Kingdom | |
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In office 1962 – 1968 (6 years) |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished (Succeeded by the British Movement) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Colin Campbell Jordan 19 June 1923 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 9 April 2009 (aged 85) Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England |
| Political party |
British Peoples Party None |
| Spouse(s) |
Françoise Dior (m. 5 October 1963; div. October 1967) Julianna Safrany (dates unknown) |
| Residence | Pateley Bridge |
| Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Teacher, politician, activist, writer |
| Religion | Esoteric Hitlerism |
John Colin Campbell Jordan (19 June 1923 – 9 April 2009) was a leading figure in postwar Neo-Nazism in Britain. In the far-right nationalist circles of the 1960s, Jordan represented the most explicitly 'Nazi' inclination in his open use of the styles and symbols of the Third Reich.
Through organisations such as the National Socialist Movement and the World Union of National Socialists, Jordan advocated a pan-Aryan "Universal Nazism".
Although later unaffiliated with any political party, Jordan remained an influential voice on the British far right.
The son of a postman, Jordan was educated at Warwick School from 1934 to 1942. During the Second World War he attempted to enlist in the Fleet Air Arm and the Royal Air Force, but, after failing the tests for membership of both, enlisted in the Royal Army Educational Corps. Demobilised in 1946, he went on to study at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating in 1949 with 2nd class honours in history. The same year he became a teacher at Stoke Secondary Modern Boys School, Coventry. He joined the League of Empire Loyalists and became their Midlands organiser.
At Cambridge Jordan had formed a "Nationalist Club", from which he was invited to join the short-lived British Peoples Party, a group of former British Union of Fascists members led by Lord Tavistock, heir to the Duke of Bedford. Jordan soon became associated with Arnold Leese and was left a house in Leese's will, which became the Notting Hill base of operations when Jordan launched the White Defence League in 1956. Jordan would later merge this party with the National Labour Party to form the British National Party in 1960, although he would split from this party after a quarrel with John Bean, who was opposed to Jordan's advocacy of National Socialism.
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