Oswald Mosley
Oswald Mosley Portrait of Mosley by Glyn Warren Philpot, 1925 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster In office 7 June 1929 – 19 May 1930 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald Preceded by Ronald John McNeill Succeeded by Clement Attlee Member of Parliament for Smethwick In office 21 December 1926 – 27 October 1931 Preceded by John Davison Succeeded by Roy Wise Member of Parliament for Harrow In office 14 December 1918 – 29 October 1924 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(1980-12-03) (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 Mosley (1920–1933) Diana Mitford (1936–1980) Children Vivien Mosley (deceased) Nicholas Mosley Michael Mosley (Oswald) Alexander Mosley Max Mosley Alma mater • Winchester • Sandhurst Awards Victory Medal British War Medal 1914–15 Star Military service Allegiance British Empire 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[n 1] /ɒzwɔːld.ˈmoʊzli/ (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was an English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists (BUF). He was a Member of Parliament for Harrow from 1918 to 1924, for Smethwick from 1926 to 1931 and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Labour Government of 1929–31, a position he resigned due to his disagreement with the Labour Government's unemployment policies. He then formed the New Party which merged with the BUF (which included the Blackshirts) in 1932. Although relatively well funded, Mosley often overemphasized intellectual fine points that appealed to few voters, opposed free trade and associated closely with Nazi Germany. Mosley was interned in 1940 and the BUF was proscribed. He was released in 1943, and politically disillusioned in Britain he moved abroad in 1951, spending most of the remainder of his life in France.