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 Lady Birdwood at the Notting Hill Carnival
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| Born | May 18, 1913 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Died | June 28, 2000 (aged 87) England |
| Occupation | Politician, activist, publisher |
| Spouse | The Lord Birdwood. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Christopher Bromhead Birdwood 2nd Baron Birdwood MVO ( 22 May 1899 - 5 January 1962) was a British Hereditary peer, soldier |
Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood (May 18, 1913-June 28, 2000) was the wife of Lord Birdwood and a leading figure on the far right in the United Kingdom who took part in a number of movements. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Christopher Bromhead Birdwood 2nd Baron Birdwood MVO ( 22 May 1899 - 5 January 1962) was a British Hereditary peer, soldier Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
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Early life
She was born Joan Pollock Graham in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, after which she changed her name to Jane in order to avoid confusion with a popular radio actress of the time. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world She later became the second wife of Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. Christopher Birdwood (the son of Field Marshal William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood) and thus became Lady Birdwood in 1954 on the death of her husband's father. Please see " Field Marshal " for other countries which use this rank Field Marshal is the highest military rank of the United Kingdom Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood 1st Baron Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, CIE, DSO [1]
Political Activities
Initially serving only as a worker for her husband's passion international aid, she began to expand her political horizons after she was widowed in 1962. She first emerged as an activist in the League for European Freedom, an anti-communist group that sought to aid refugees from Eastern Europe. Anti-communism refers to opposition to Communism. Historically the word "communism" has been used to refer to several types of communal social organization and Her activities also brought her into contact with such groups as the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations and individuals such as Yaroslav Stetsko. Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN was a co-ordinating center for anti-Communist émigré political organizations from Soviet and other socialist countries Yaroslav Stetsko ( Polish Jarosław Stećko, Ukrainian Ярослав Стецько) (19 January 1912 Tarnopol Galicia - 5 July 1986 Germany [1]
Around the same time, she also became involved in campaigns to support to public decency, and was briefly associated with Mary Whitehouse. Mary Whitehouse CBE ( 13 June 1910 – 23 November 2001) was a British campaigner for values of Morality In this role, she attempted to launch a number of prosecutions against productions and writers that offended her sense of taste, including the makers of controversial nude revue Oh! Calcutta! and John Bird, the author of the play Council of Love. Oh! Calcutta! was a long-running Avant-garde theatrical Revue, created by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan. John Bird (born 22 November 1936) is an English Satirist, Actor and Comedian. [1]
Birdwood then became involved in campaigns against trade unions, setting up the Citizens Mutual Protection Society in the early 1970s, which launched a failed attempt to run a private postal service. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming She then became involved in leading a number of far right pressure groups, including the Immigration Control Association, Common Cause, the British League of Rights (of which she was General Secretary) and Self Help, the latter attempting, unsuccessfully, to charge Arthur Scargill with treason. Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group The British League of Rights is a far-right British political group Arthur Scargill (born 11 January 1938 led the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM from 1981 to 2000 [2]
Birdwood flirted with a number of political parties during her life, including briefly leading her own, British Solidarity. A member of the Conservative Party, she was active in Geoffrey Stewart-Smith's Foreign Affairs Circle but left the Tories along with a number of followers of George Kennedy Young in the mid 1970s. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. (Dudley Geoffrey Stewart-Smith ( December 28, 1933 &ndash March 13, 2004) was a British Politician. George Kennedy Young, CB, MBE, MA, (born 1911 Dumfriesshire, died 1990 London) was a deputy director of MI6, and later [1] Following this departure she became associated with the British National Front for a short spell. The British National Front (most commonly called the National Front, and often known as the NF) is a British Political party whose major political She also worked with Ross McWhirter at this time on his right wing magazine Majority, and became a vocal critic of the Provisional Irish Republican Army after his murder. Alan Ross McWhirter ( 12 August, 1925 – 27 November, 1975) known as Ross McWhirter was with his identical twin brother Norris McWhirter The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the She also devoted a lot of time to the World Anti-Communist League. The World League for Freedom and Democracy (formerly the World Anti-Communist League) is an international Right-wing political organization founded in 1966 in [1]
She stood in the 1983 by-election in Bermondsey as an independent candidate, winning 69 votes, and attacked her opponents by labelling the Tory candidate a 'multiracialist' and the NF candidate a 'socialist'. A by-election was held in the Bermondsey constituency in South London, on 24 February 1983, after the resignation of Labour Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution [1]
Accusations
In 1991, she was brought to trial at the Old Bailey for ten counts of breaching the Public Order Act 1986. The Central Criminal Court in England, commonly known as the Old Bailey, is a court The Public Order Act 1986 creates offences commonly used by United Kingdom police to deal with public disorder and Violence. She was given a three-month suspended sentence and a £500 fine after being found guilty of all charges (which related to the distribution of antisemitic material). Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility She was brought to trial for similar offences in 1994 and 1998, although the last one was suspended on health grounds. [1] Her lawyer for these trials was usually Doug Christie, a Canadian lawyer best known for defending individuals accused of Nazi war crimes or racist, antisemitic or neo-Nazi activity. Douglas Hewson Christie Jr, known as Doug Christie, (b April 1946 is a Canadian lawyer and far-right political activist based in Victoria, [3]
Birdwood continued to lead British Solidarity as a pressure group, publish Choice and run a publishing venture, Inter City Researchers, until late 1999 when she was forced to stand down for health reasons. After her retirement most of these concerns passed into the hands of her associates Martin Webster and Peter Marriner, a former NF and British Movement activist. Martin Guy Alan Webster (born May, 1943) is a former leading figure on the Far-right in British politics The British Movement ( BM) was a British neo-Nazi political party founded by Colin Jordan in 1968 [1]
Elections contested
| Date of election | Constituency | Party | Votes | % |
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| February 24 1983 | Bermondsey | 'Independent Patriot' | 69 | 0. A by-election was held in the Bermondsey constituency in South London, on 24 February 1983, after the resignation of Labour Bermondsey was a Borough constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South London. 2 |
| 1992 | Dewsbury | British National Party | 660 | 1. Results |} The turnout was 33514074 from an Electorate of 43275316 voting in a total of 651 seats Dewsbury is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The British National Party (BNP is a Far-right and whites only political party in the United Kingdom. 1 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Nick Lowles, 'A very English extremist', Searchlight
- ^ Obituary, Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2000, accessed at [http://www.focal.org/online/DTel/290600.html David Irving's website on 25th August 2007
- ^ Doug Christie, One People's Project profile
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