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Mosley, Sir Oswald
Mosley, Sir Oswald (1896–1980). Labour politician, orator, and fascist. Born into the landed aristocracy and educated at Winchester, Mosley served with distinction during the Great War. From 1918 to 1924 he sat as MP for Harrow, first as a Conservative and then as an Independent. In 1924 he joined the Independent Labour Party, and was Labour MP for Smethwick 1924–31. Mosley epitomized the impatience of post-1918 youth with conventional party politics, which he felt was incapable of dealing with social and economic problems. In Labour he affected to see ‘the forces of progress’ as opposed to ‘the powers of reaction’, but as a member of the Labour government of 1929 he became disillusioned with its unwillingness to challenge Treasury orthodoxies, and was lured by the attractions of fascism as an ideology and of anti-Semitism as a device. His British Union of Fascists (formed 1932) failed to win a parliamentary seat, and was proscribed in 1940, when Mosley himself was interned.
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JOHN CANNON. "Mosley, Sir Oswald." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Mosley, Sir Oswald." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-MosleySirOswald.html JOHN CANNON. "Mosley, Sir Oswald." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-MosleySirOswald.html |
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Mosley, Sir Oswald
Mosley, Sir Oswald (1896–1980). Labour politician, orator, and fascist. Born into the landed aristocracy and educated at Winchester, Mosley served with distinction during the Great War. From 1918 to 1924 he sat as MP for Harrow, first as a Conservative and then as an Independent. In 1924 he joined the Independent Labour Party, and was Labour MP for Smethwick 1924–31. Mosley epitomized the impatience of post‐1918 youth with conventional party politics, which he felt was incapable of dealing with social and economic problems. His British Union of Fascists (formed 1932) failed to win a parliamentary seat, and was proscribed in 1940, when Mosley himself was interned.
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JOHN CANNON. "Mosley, Sir Oswald." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Mosley, Sir Oswald." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-MosleySirOswald.html JOHN CANNON. "Mosley, Sir Oswald." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-MosleySirOswald.html |
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Mosley, Sir Oswald
Mosley, Sir Oswald (1896–1980),British baronet and former member of parliament who founded and led the British Union of Fascists from 1932 (see British Union). By 1934 the membership of his party, which included his deputy, William Joyce, had swelled to about 34,000. He and his wife, along with other union members, were arrested in May 1940 and interned. Both were released in November 1943, by which time their political importance was nil.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. " Mosley, Sir Oswald." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. " Mosley, Sir Oswald." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-MosleySirOswald.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. " Mosley, Sir Oswald." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-MosleySirOswald.html |
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