Sir Oswald Mosley
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Sir Oswald Mosley Bt |
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Portrait of Mosley
by Glyn Warren Philpot (1925) |
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| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 7 June 1929 – 19 May 1930 |
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| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Ronald John McNeill |
| Succeeded by | Clement Attlee |
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Member of Parliament for Smethwick |
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In office 21 December 1926 – 27 October 1931 |
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| Preceded by | John Davison |
| Succeeded by | Roy Wise |
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Member of Parliament for Harrow |
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In office 14 December 1918 – 29 October 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Mallaby-Deeley |
| Succeeded by | Sir Isidore Salmon |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Oswald Ernald Mosley 16 November 1896 Mayfair, London, England |
| Died | 3 December 1980 (aged 84) Orsay, Paris, France |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Conservative Party (1918–1922) Independent (1922–1924; 1940–1948) Labour Party (1924–1931) New Party (1931–1932) British Union of Fascists (1932–1940) Union Movement (1948–1973) |
| Other political affiliations |
National Party of Europe (1962–1980) |
| Spouse(s) |
Lady Cynthia Curzon (1920–1933) Hon.Diana Mitford (1936–1980) |
| Children | Vivien Mosley (deceased) Nicholas Mosley (deceased) Michael Mosley Alexander Mosley (deceased) Max Mosley |
| Alma mater |
Winchester College Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Awards |
 Victory Medal British War Medal 1914–15 Star
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 British Empire
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| Service/branch |
 British Army• 16th The Queen's Lancers • Royal Flying Corps |
| Years of service | 1914–1918 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars |
First World War • Second Battle of Ypres • Battle of Loos |
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (/ɒzwɔːld.ˈmoʊzli/; 16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician best remembered as leader of the pro-German British Union of Fascists (BUF) in the 1930s.
After military service in the First World War, Mosley was a very young Member of Parliament for Harrow from 1918 to 1924, first as a Conservative, then an independent, before joining the Labour Party. He returned to Parliament as Labour MP for Smethwick at a by-election in 1926, and served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Labour Government of 1929–31. He was considered a potential Labour Prime Minister, but resigned due to disagreement with the Government's unemployment policies. He then formed the New Party. He lost his seat at Smethwick in 1931. The New Party merged with the BUF (which included the Blackshirts) in 1932.
Mosley was interned in prison in 1940 and the BUF was outlawed. He was released in 1943, and, politically discredited by his association with fascism, he moved abroad in 1951, spending most of the remainder of his life in France. He stood for Parliament twice in the postwar era, achieving very little support.
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