The ILP elected him to Labour's National Executive Committee.[29]. Mosley, who at that time was focused on pleading for the British to accept Hitler's peace offer of March, was detained on 23 May 1940, less than a fortnight after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister. [19], Mosley was at this time falling out with the Conservatives over its Irish policy, and condemned the operations of the Black and Tans against civilians during the Irish War of Independence. He had three children by Cynthia: As the New Party gradually became more radical and authoritarian, many previous supporters defected from it. In the London County Council elections in 1937, the BUF stood in three wards in East London (some former New Party seats), its strongest areas, polling up to a quarter of the vote. Mosley agreed to be present because he mistakenly believed Diana and Unity's mother Lady Redesdale was accompanying Unity. Nevertheless, Mosley continued espousing anti-Semitism. Mosley, Sarah Elizabeth Mosley, Frances Mosley, Mary Anne Chetwynd (born Mosley), Tonman Mosley, John Mosley, Penelope Mosley, Caroline Mar 27 1785 - Rolleston Hall, near Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Mosley was born on 16 November 1896 at 47 Hill Street, Mayfair, Westminster.After his parents separated he was brought up by his mother, who went to live at Betton Hall near Market Drayton, and his paternal grandfather, Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th Baronet. We encourage you to research and examine these . Oswald Mosley Birth 1583 - Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire, England Death November 9, 1630 - Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire, England Mother Alice Webster Father Anthonie MOSLEY Quick access Family tree New search Oswald Mosley family tree Family tree Explore more family trees Parents Anthonie Mosley 1537 - 1607 Alice Webster 1539 - 1641 Spouse (s) They enjoyed each other's company for the short time they were together. Married Katherine Maud EDWARDS-HEATHCOTE. [32] Keynes also wrote, "I like the spirit which informs the document. Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet father Katharine Maud Mosley mother Major Edward Heathcote Mosley brother John Arthur Noel Mosley brother Jonathan Bryan Guinness, 3rd Bar. Mosley and his wife Cynthia were committed Fabians in the 1920s and at the start of the 1930s. As the European situation moved towards war, the BUF began to nominate Parliamentary by-election candidates and launched campaigns on the theme of Mind Britain's Business. Skip Ancestry main menu . CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Eventually he crossed the floor to sit as an Independent Member on the opposition side of the House of Commons. He died in his 67th year on 20 September 1798 and as his eldest son, Oswald Mosley of Rolleston and Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire had predeceased him he was succeeded by his grandson Oswald. [17], He was the youngest member of the House of Commons to take his seat, although Joseph Sweeney, an abstentionist Sinn Fin member, was younger. Realising the economic uncertainty that was facing the nation because of the death of its domestic industry, Mosley put forward a scheme in the "Mosley Memorandum" that called for high tariffs to protect British industries from international finance and transform the British Empire into an autarkic trading bloc, for state nationalisation of main industries, for higher school-leaving ages and pensions to reduce the labour surplus, and for a programme of public works to solve interwar poverty and unemployment. The BUF was proscribed later that year. Largely because of his family background and war service, local Conservative and Labour associations preferred Mosley in several constituencies a vacancy near the family estates seemed to be the best prospect. After the war Mosley was contacted by his former supporters and persuaded to return to participation in politics. [27] His period outside Parliament was used to develop a new economic policy for the ILP, which eventually became known as the Birmingham Proposals; they continued to form the basis of Mosley's economics until the end of his political career. We encourage you to research and examine these records to . He therefore decided to oppose Neville Chamberlain in Birmingham Ladywood. They married in secret in Nazi Germany on 6 October 1936 in the Berlin home of Germany's Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels. The tone contained in this text is more politically overt than in his nature works. Born. Husband of Sophia Anne Every At a large Mosley rally at Olympia on 7 June 1934 mass brawling broke out when hecklers were removed by Blackshirts, resulting in bad publicity. The hearing lasted for five hours. He argues that trying to "challenge the 50-year-old system of free trade exposes industry in the home market to the chaos of world conditions, such as price fluctuation, dumping, and the competition of sweated labour, which result in the lowering of wages and industrial decay. They married in secret in Germany on 6 October 1936 in the Berlin home of Germany's Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels. . Oswald Mosley, died before his father on 27 July 1789. [49] At one of his New Party meetings in Leicester in April 1935, he said, "For the first time I openly and publicly challenge the Jewish interests of this country, commanding commerce, commanding the Press, commanding the cinema, dominating the City of London, killing industry with their sweat-shops. [8][9] He was the eldest of the three sons of Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet (18731928), and Katharine Maud Edwards-Heathcote (18741950), daughter of Captain Justinian H. Edwards-Heathcote of Apedale Hall, Staffordshire. Donald asks the courts to let him tweet. He was the youngest member of the House of Commons to take his seat, though Joseph Sweeney, an abstentionist Sinn Fin member, was younger. Mosley was imprisoned in May 1940 and the BUF was banned. This may have contributed to his decision, in 1951, to leave Britain and live in Ireland. By 1924, he was growing increasingly attracted to the Labour Party, which had just formed a government, and in March he joined it. After the outbreak of war he led the campaign for a negotiated peace, a stance popularly acceptable but after the invasion of Norway and the commencement of aerial bombardment (see The Blitz) overall public opinion of him turned to hostility. He lost his seat at Smethwick in 1931. In 1924 he joined the Labour Party . The party was unable to fight the 1935 general election. It also gained the endorsement of the Daily Mail newspaper, headed at the time by Harold Harmsworth (later created 1st Viscount Rothermere). In 1961 he took part in a debate at University College London about Commonwealth immigration, seconded by a young David Irving. Born in Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire, England on 28 July 1674 to Oswald Mosley and Elizabeth Cook Mosley. [74] Mosley and his first wife, Cynthia, also lived at Savay Farm, Denham. Born: 1873 : Died: 1928 : Father: Oswald H MOSLEY (1848 - 1915) Mother: Elizabeth Constance WHITE (1852 - 1938) Timeline. He passed away on 2 JUN 1751 in St James,Bath,Somersetshire,England. Max Mosley (born 1940), who was president of the Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for 16 years. [47] This and the Night of the Long Knives in Germany led to the loss of most of the BUF's mass support. [58], After the Second World War, Mosley was contacted by former supporters and persuaded to return to participation in politics. Feminine Fascism: Women in Britain's Fascist Movement 1923-1945. Mosley reportedly struck a deal in 1937 with Francis Beaumont, heir to the Seigneurage of Sark, to set up a privately owned radio station on Sark. This led to Mosley's decision, in 1951, to leave Britain and live in Ireland. By an agreement dated 24 June 1845, he sold the manor and manorial rights to the mayor and corporation of Manchster for the sum of 200,000 ( the inhabitants of Manchester had refused to give 90,000 in 1815 and they were finally conveyed on 5 May 1846, 250 years after their purchase by Sir Nicholas Mosley for 3,500. Despite this, the organisation gained support among many Labour and Conservative politicians who agreed with his corporatist economic policy, and among these were Aneurin Bevan and Harold Macmillan. His branch of the Mosley family was the Anglo-Irish family at its most prosperous, landowners in Staffordshire seated at Rolleston Hall near Burton-upon-Trent. He stood for Parliament during the post-war era but received very little support. Mar 27 1785 - Rolleston Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Anglija, May 24 1871 - Rolleston Hall,near Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Anglija, Oswald Mosley, Elizabeth Mosley (rojena Tonman), John Mosley, Elizabeth Ashurst (rojena Mosley), Frances Gardiner (rojena Mosley). He has human sympathies, courage and brains."[24]. Research genealogy for Oswald Mosley of Stretford, Derby's, Eng, as well as other members of the Mosley family, on Ancestry. Diana Freeman-Mitford. He was determined to unite the existing fascist movements and created the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932. with Cynthia Mosley MP{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Cynthia Mosley MP", "gender": "Female" }, Alexander Mosley{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexander Mosley", "gender": "Male" }, born 1938, age 82 By the end of the First World War, Mosley had decided to go into politics as a Conservative Member of Parliament, as he had no university education or practical experience due to the War. He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Ancoats upon his father's death in 1928, which entitles the current holder to the prefix style Sir. The New Party increasingly inclined to fascist policies, but Mosley was denied the opportunity to get his party established when during the Great Depression the 1931 Election was suddenly called the party's candidates, including Mosley himself, lost the seats they held and won none. 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Despite this, the organisation gained support among many Labour and Conservative politicians who agreed with his corporatist economic policy, and among these were Aneurin Bevan and Harold Macmillan. Mosley remained popular as late as summer 1939. He chose not to defend his Smethwick constituency at the 1931 general election, instead unsuccessfully standing in Stoke-on-Trent. We encourage you to research and examine these records to . But how anyone professing and calling himself a socialist can keep away from the manifesto is a more obscure matter. In October 1936 Mosley and the BUF attempted to march through an area with a high proportion of Jewish residents, and violence resulted between local and nationally organised protesters trying to block the march and police trying to force it through, since called the Battle of Cable Street. He was close to Ramsay MacDonald and hoped for one of the Great Offices of State, but when Labour won the 1929 general election he was appointed only to the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a position without Portfolio and outside the Cabinet. Explore how the celebrity world connects. Trusted by millions of genealogists since 2003 Trusted information source for millions of people worldwide Husband of Anne (Lowe) Mosley married 22 Sep 1602 in St. Mary's, Stockport, Cheshire, England Descendants Father of Anne (Mosley) Case, Oswald Mosley, Samuel Mosley, Nicholas Mosley JP and Edward Mosley Died 9 Nov 1630 in Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire, England Profile manager: Richard Shelley [ send private message ] In January 1914, Mosley entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, but was expelled in June for a "riotous act of retaliation" against a fellow student. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 23:40. [67] He returned to politics one last time, contesting the 1966 general election at Shoreditch and Finsbury, and received 4.6% of the vote. Oswald Mosley, Elizabeth Mosley (born Tonman (Mosley)), Sophia Annie Mosley (born Every (Mosley)). He and his wife were the subject of much media attention.