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Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet, of Ancoats

Ancoats

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, (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was an English

English people

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politician

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, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists

British Union of Fascists

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. He was a Member of Parliament

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for Harrow

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from 1918 to 1924 and for Smethwick

Smethwick (UK Parliament constituency)

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from 1926 to 1931, as well as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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in the Labour Government of 1929–1931.
Mosley was the eldest of three sons of Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet, of Ancoats (29 December 1873 - 21 September 1928), and wife Katharine Maud Edwards-Heathcote (1874–1950), the second child of Captain

Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

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Justinian Edwards-Heathcote of Market Drayton

Market Drayton

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, Shropshire

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