John Beckett Collection 1914-1998

National Socialist League (U.S.)

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British Peoples Party

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British Council Against European Commitments

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Beckett Francis Journalist

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John William Warburton Beckett, 1894-1964

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The collection consists of books, journals and some documents formerly belonging to the politician John Beckett, together with research materials assembled by his son, the journalist Francis Beckett, during the writing of his biography of his father The Rebel Who Lost His Cause, published in 1999. This book makes clear that most of John Beckett's correspondence and other documents then extant were lost at the time of his arrest in May 1940, although his unpublished autobiography 'Af...

Beckett, John William Warburton, 1894-1964.

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Independent Labour Party 1855 - 1975

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British union of fascists

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The following information was taken from the British Online Archives in March 2009: 'Action' Ran from nos. 1-222 (1936-1940). First published on February 21 1936, this fascist weekly newspaper became the official organ of the British Union, continuing in publication until shortly after the internment of Sir Oswald Mosley on Thursday the 23rd of May 1940. The front page of the last available issue (no. 222, June 6 1940) states: "We regret to announce that furt...