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2 unusual facts about British Union of Fascists


Point Counter Point

Comparisons have been made between the character Everard Webley and his Brotherhood of British Freemen and Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists.

Rolleston on Dove

It is probably best known for its one-time resident Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists.


Francis Beckett

He has written a biography of his own father, John Beckett, a Labour MP from 1925 to 1931 and whip of the Independent Labour Party group of MPs; later chief propagandist for Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists and co-founder (with William Joyce) of the National Socialist League, who was interned during the second world war for his fascist activities.

Francis William Beaumont

In 1937 Beaumont reportedly met with Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists, to discuss the opening of a private radio broadcast station on Sark.

George Watters

Watters opposed the British Union of Fascists and in May 1936 "I had a front seat at the Usher Hall and my job was to get up and create a disturbance right away by challenging Sir Oswald Mosley, which I did".

Tommy Moran

Thomas P. "Tommy" Moran was a leading member of the British Union of Fascists and a close associate of Oswald Mosley.


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Hythe by-election, 1939

However, a former Labour party member did contest the election: St John Philby stood as a candidate for the newly formed British People's Party, a right-wing anti-war party that broke away from the British Union of Fascists.