British Fascists | |
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| Founded | 6 May 1923 |
| Dissolved | 1934 |
| Merged into | British Union of Fascists (majority) |
| Membership (1926) | 200,000 (claimed) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
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The British Fascists (originally called the British Fascisti) were the first political organisation in the United Kingdom to claim the label of fascism, formed in 1923. The group had lacked much ideological unity apart from anti-socialism for most of its existence, and was strongly associated with British conservatism. William Joyce, Neil Francis Hawkins, Maxwell Knight and Arnold Leese were amongst those to have passed through the movement as members and activists.