Cynthia Blanche Curzon
Lady Lady Cynthia Mosley (* 23. August 1898 on Kedleston Hall in Derby ; † 16th May 1933 in London ) was a British nobleman and politician of the Labor Party .
Life
Cynthia Blanche, called Cimmie , was the second daughter of three children of the British politician and Viceroy of India George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) and his first wife, the American Mary Victoria Leiter (1870-1906 ). She attended the renowned Swiss boarding school Le Rosey .
On May 11, 1920 Lady Cynthia married the then conservative politician Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (1896–1980) in London . The wedding was then the social event of the year, to which guests from many European royal families traveled. Her father first had to be convinced of the suitability of Mosley as a husband, as he suspected Mosley of attempting the marriage mainly for reasons of social advancement and because of the high inheritance to be expected. His fears were later confirmed. Three children emerged from the joint relationship:
- Vivien Elizabeth (born February 25, 1921; † August 26, 2002) ⚭ 1949 Sir Desmond Francis Forbes Adam (1926-1958 in a car accident)
- Nicholas (June 25, 1923 - February 28, 2017), 3rd Baron Ravensdale
- ⚭ 1947–1974 Lady Rosemary Laura Salmond (1925–1991)
- ⚭ 1974 Verity Elizabeth Raymond
- Michael (born April 25, 1932)
In 1924 Lady Mosley joined the Labor Party and was elected MP for Stoke-on-Trent. Convinced of the incapacity of the Labor Party, her husband resigned from it on February 28, 1931 and founded the New Party the following day, which she also joined. As a result, the New Party took on more and more of the political content of fascism emerging in Europe . When nationwide elections were held again in 1931, the New Party could not win a single seat. After the defeat, Lady Mosley supported her husband in his fascist politics until her untimely death. She died during an operation from the effects of peritonitis .
Trivia
During their marriage, her husband had a lengthy affair with her younger sister Alexandra Naldera, as well as with her stepmother Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston . Her other sister, Mary Irene , was Oswald Mosley's mistress before she married . After her early death, Oswald Mosley married his then lover Diana Mitford , wife of the brewery heir Bryan Walter Guinness, on October 6, 1936 in Berlin . Besides the witnesses and the registrar, only Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels were present.
literature
- Anne De Courcy: The Viceroy's Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters , Weidenfeld & Nicholson history (2002) ISBN 1-8421-2619-9
- LG Pine: The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms , London, Heraldry Today (1972)
Web links
- Lady Cynthia Mosley at Hansard (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Curzon, Cynthia Blanche |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lady Cynthia Blanche Mosley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Derby |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1933 |
| Place of death | London |
- ^ Ion Trewin: Nicholas Mosley obituary . In: The Guardian . March 1, 2017, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed March 6, 2017]).