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Oswald Mosley

British aristocrat and fascist politician (1896–1980)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1896-01-01
Died: 1630
Works: 11

Top works

My life
Natural History of Tutbury
Fascism For The Million
Manchester Sessions
History of the Castle, Priory, and Town of Tutbury, in the County of Stafford

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Type: Person
Country: GB
Active from: 1896-11-16
Active to: 1980-12-03

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 94
Total plays: 316

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease
· 2013 · cited 4,069x
Status and Ecological Effects of the World’s Largest Carnivores
· 2014 · cited 3,095x
Sequence Variations in <i>PCSK9,</i> Low LDL, and Protection against Coronary Heart Disease
· 2006 · cited 2,835x
Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing
· 2019 · cited 2,775x
STUDIES ON THE CHEMICAL NATURE OF THE SUBSTANCE INDUCING TRANSFORMATION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL TYPES
· 1944 · cited 2,573x

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Key facts

Preceded by: Office established
Succeeded by: Office abolished
Prime minister: Ramsay MacDonald
Constituency: Smethwick
Born: Oswald Ernald Mosley , ( 1896-11-16 ) 16 November 1896, Mayfair , London, England
Died: 3 December 1980 (1980-12-03) (aged 84), Orsay , Essonne , France
Party: Conservative (1918–1922), Labour (1924–1931), New Party (1931–1932), British Union of Fascists (1932–1940), Union Movement , (1948–1973), National Party of Europe (1962–1980)
Spouse s: Lady Cynthia Curzon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1920 ; died 1933 ) , Hon. Diana Mitford ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 )
Children: 5, including Nicholas and Max
Parent: Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet
Relatives: Ivo Mosley (grandson), Louis Mosley (grandson), Daniel Mosley (great-grandson)

Key dates

Born: 1 January 1896
Died: 1 January 1980

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Oswald
Family name: Mosley
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Westminster
Place of death: Orsay
Spouse: Cynthia Mosley
Child: Max Mosley
Occupation: aircraft pilot

Article

Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980), was a British politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when, disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow from 1918 to 1924 and for Smethwick from 1926 to 1931. He founded the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932 and led it until its forced disbandment in 1940.

After military service during the First World War, Mosley became the youngest sitting member of Parliament, representing Harrow from 1918, first as a member of the Conservative Party, then an independent, and finally joining the Labour Party. At the 1924 general election he stood in Birmingham Ladywood against the future Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, coming within 100 votes of defeating him. Mosley returned to Parliament as the Labour MP for Smethwick at a by-election in 1926 and served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Labour government of 1929–1931. In 1928 he succeeded his father as the sixth Mosley baronet, a title in his family for over a century. Some considered Mosley a rising star and a possible future prime minister. He resigned in 1930 over discord with the government's unemployment policies. He chose not to defend his Smethwick constituency at the 1931 general election, instead unsuccessfully standing in Stoke-on-Trent.