50-536: (Redirected from British Peoples Party ) British People's Party may refer to the following parties in the United Kingdom: British People's Party (1939) British Democratic Party (British People's Party (1979)) British People's Party (2005) British People's Party (2015) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
100-592: A 1920 article. After a long-simmering feud, Belloc replied with a booklet, The Case of Dr. Coulton , in 1938. Belloc's style during later life fulfilled the nickname he received in childhood, Old Thunder . Belloc's friend Lord Sheffield described his provocative personality in a preface to The Cruise of the Nona . In 1937, Belloc was invited to be a visiting professor at Fordham University in New York City by university president Robert Gannon. Belloc delivered
150-681: A distance of some 55 miles, more than double that of a marathon, in only 11½ hours. He was awarded a first-class honours degree in history in June 1895. That autumn, Elodie entered religious life and joined the Sisters of Charity at Emmitsburg, Maryland, as a postulant . She left a month later, writing to Belloc that she had failed in her religious vocation. In March 1896, having secured financing as an Oxford Extension lecturer in Philadelphia , Germantown , Baltimore and New Orleans , Belloc took
200-581: A few weeks, far shorter than the time he had spent in his journey to California, the crestfallen Belloc made his way back across the United States, after a fruitless journey of thousands of miles. His biographer Joseph Pearce compares the return to Napoleon's long, winter retreat from Moscow. When Belloc finally reached the East Coast at Montclair, New Jersey , he received a letter from Elodie on 30 April 1891, definitively rejecting him in favour of
250-421: A follower. But Belloc has broader if sourer scope. For example, with Lord Lundy (who was "far too freely moved to Tears"): It happened to Lord Lundy then as happens to so many men about the age of 26 they shoved him into politics ... leading up to "we had intended you to be the next Prime Minister but three... instead, Lundy is condemned to the ultimate political wilderness: ...The stocks were sold;
300-810: A granddaughter of Joseph Priestley . In 1867, Bessie Rayner Parkes married attorney Louis Belloc, son of Jean-Hilaire Belloc . In 1872, five years after they wed, Louis died but not before being wiped out financially in a stock market crash. The young widow then brought her children from France back to England. Belloc grew up in England; his boyhood was spent in Slindon , West Sussex. He wrote about his home in poems such as "West Sussex Drinking Song", "The South Country", and "Ha'nacker Mill"; after graduating from John Henry Newman 's Oratory School in Edgbaston , Birmingham. In September 1889, Belloc's sister Marie made
350-487: A recent French army veteran. Attending his first debate of the Oxford Union Debating Society, he saw that the affirmative position was wretchedly and half-heartedly defended. As the debate drew to its conclusion and the division of the house was called, he rose from his seat in the audience, and delivered a vigorous, impromptu defence of the proposition. Belloc won that debate from the audience, as
400-556: A religious vocation; the steamship trip home was tainted with despair. The gloomy Belloc threw himself into restless activity. Determined to fulfill the obligation of military service necessary to retain his French citizenship, Belloc served his term with an artillery regiment near Toul in 1891. While he was serving in France, Elodie's mother Ellen died, removing a significant obstacle to Belloc's hopes, but, Elodie, although torn between her affection for Hilaire and her desire to serve God in
450-656: A series of lectures at Fordham which he completed in May of that year. The experience ended up leaving him physically exhausted, and he considered stopping the lectures early. On 2 April 1941, Belloc's son Peter Gilbert Marie Sebastian Belloc died at the age of 36 of pneumonia. He fell ill while on active service with the 5th Battalion, Royal Marines in Scotland. He is buried in West Grinstead at Our Lady of Consolation and St. Francis churchyard. In 1942, Belloc suffered
500-495: A steamship to New York, and started making his way to Elodie in California. He expected to receive letters from her on his journey, but received none. To his shock and dismay, when he finally arrived in California in May, he discovered Elodie was deathly ill, worn out by the stress of the previous year. Belloc, thinking that after all their suffering, he and his beloved would be denied one another by her death, also collapsed. Over
550-623: A stroke and never recovered from its effects. On the 12 July 1953, he also suffered burns and shock after falling on his fireplace. He died on 16 July 1953 at Mount Alvernia Nursing Home in Guildford, Surrey. Belloc was buried at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis at West Grinstead, where he had regularly attended Mass as a parishioner. His estate was probated at £ 7,451. At his funeral Mass, homilist Monsignor Ronald Knox said "No man of his time fought so hard for
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#1732798202911600-592: A strong friendship, further deepened when Marie and Bessie accompanied the Hogans on their tour of France, visiting Paris with them. Hilaire was absent touring the French provinces as a correspondent for The Pall Mall Gazette , but when the Hogans stopped back in London on their return from another European trip the following year, Belloc met Elodie for the first time, and was smitten. Shortly after this meeting, Ellen Hogan
650-503: A theory that Belloc asserted had been completely discredited. Wells remarked that "Debating Mr. Belloc is like arguing with a hailstorm". Belloc's review of Outline of History observed that Wells's book was a powerful and well-written volume "up until the appearance of Man, that is, somewhere around page seven". Wells responded with the small book Mr. Belloc Objects . Not to be outdone, Belloc followed with Mr. Belloc Still Objects . G. G. Coulton wrote Mr. Belloc on Medieval History in
700-487: A walking pilgrimage from Central France across the Alps to Rome. The Path to Rome contains descriptions of the people and places he encountered, his drawings in pencil and in ink of the route, humour, poesy. In 1909, Belloc published The Pyrenees , providing many details of that region. As an essayist he was one of a small group (with Chesterton, E. V. Lucas and Robert Lynd ) of popular writers. During World War I , Belloc
750-410: A well-known yachtsman. He won many races and was on the French sailing team. In the early 1930s, he was given an old pilot cutter named Jersey . He sailed this for some years around the coasts of England, with the help of younger men. One sailor, Dermod MacCarthy, wrote a book about it, called Sailing with Mr Belloc . Belloc wrote more than 150 books, the subjects ranging from warfare to poetry to
800-441: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages British People%27s Party (1939) The British People's Party ( BPP ) was a British far-right political party founded in 1939 and led by ex- British Union of Fascists (BUF) member and Labour Party Member of Parliament John Beckett . The BPP had its roots in the journal New Pioneer , edited by John Beckett and effectively
850-559: Is in the same side chapel as the icon of Our Lady of Cambrai. At Oxford University, Belloc served as president of the Oxford Union. He went into politics after he became a naturalised British subject. A great disappointment in his life was his failure to gain a fellowship of All Souls College , Oxford in 1895. This failure may have been caused in part by his producing a small statue of the Virgin Mary and placing it before him on
900-512: The Eye-Witness . Asked once why he wrote so much, Belloc responded: "Because my children are howling for pearls and caviar." Belloc observed that "The first job of letters is to get a canon", that is, to identify those works a writer sees as exemplary of the best of prose and verse. For his own prose style, he said he aspired to be as clear and concise as " Mary had a little lamb ." In 1902, Belloc published The Path to Rome , an account of
950-612: The Feast of the Purification , 2 February 1914, likely from cancer. She was age 45, and Belloc, at age 43, had more than 40 years of life ahead of him. He wore mourning garb for the rest of his life and kept her room as she had left it. Nearly five years later, his son Louis was killed in 1918 while serving in the Royal Flying Corps in northern France. Belloc placed a memorial tablet at the nearby Cambrai Cathedral . It
1000-772: The Social Credit Party . The party was controlled by an executive committee consisting of Tavistock as Chairman, Beckett as secretary and ex-Labour Party candidate Ben Greene (a noted pacifist and member of the Peace Pledge Union ) as treasurer, with Lord Lymington and former left-wing journalist John Scanlon also added. Other early members of the party included Ronald Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron Brocket , Richard St. Barbe Baker , Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold , Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar . The party's activities were generally limited to meetings,
1050-540: The British Parliament . Belloc was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds. He was also a close friend and collaborator of G. K. Chesterton . George Bernard Shaw , a friend and frequent debate opponent of both Belloc and Chesterton, dubbed the pair the "Chesterbelloc". Belloc's writings encompassed religious poetry and comic verse for children. His widely sold Cautionary Tales for Children included "Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and
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#17327982029111100-414: The accidental acquaintance of a Catholic widow, Mrs. Ellen Hogan, who was travelling from California on a European tour with two of her children, her daughters Elizabeth and Elodie. The travellers were both devoutly Catholic and keenly interested in literature, and Marie arranged a visit with her mother, Bessie, who in turn arranged an audience with Henry Cardinal Manning . These acts of generosity cemented
1150-453: The anthropologist George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers , whilst individual members, especially Lymington, were close to ruralist Rolf Gardiner . Beckett split from his NSL ally William Joyce in 1939 after Joyce intimated to the patriotic Beckett that were war to break out between Britain and Germany he would fight for the Nazis . This, along with a feeling that Joyce's virulent anti-Semitism
1200-525: The best of Balliol loved and led me, God be with you, Balliol men. While at Oxford he was bestowed by his fellow students with a great honour: he was elected and served as President of the Oxford Union, the University debating society. He and another undergraduate, Anthony Henley, also achieved the record-breaking and amazing athletic feat of walking from Carfax Tower in Oxford, to Marble Arch in London,
1250-451: The disparate groups on the far right, although in private Oswald Mosley had a low opinion of the BPP, dismissing Beckett as a "crook", Tavistock as "woolly headed" and Greene as "not very intelligent". Beckett's internment under Defence Regulation 18B in 1940 saw the party go into hibernation, although it was not subject to any government ban. The patronage of Lord Tavistock, who succeeded to
1300-469: The division of the house then showed, and his reputation as a debater was established. He was later elected president of the Union. He held his own in debates there with F. E. Smith and John Buchan , the latter a friend. In the 1920s, Belloc attacked H. G. Wells 's The Outline of History . Belloc criticised what he termed Wells's secular bias and his belief in evolution by means of natural selection ,
1350-411: The dukedom of Bedford in 1940, ensured that the BPP was exempted from proscription. The group was briefly involved in a clandestine alliance with A.K. Chesterton's National Front After Victory in 1944, a group that also attracted the interest of J.F.C. Fuller , Henry Williamson , Jeffrey Hamm , William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield and Lymington (who had succeeded his father as Earl of Portsmouth in
1400-624: The good things". Boys from the Choir and Sacristy of Worth Preparatory School sang and served at the Mass. Recent biographies of Belloc have been written by A. N. Wilson and Joseph Pearce . Jesuit political philosopher James Schall 's Remembering Belloc was published by St. Augustine Press in September 2013. A memoir of Belloc was written by Henry Edward George Rope . During his later years, Belloc sailed when he could afford to do so and became
1450-535: The indignity of being your representative. The crowd cheered and Belloc won the election, despite his Catholic faith. He retained his seat in the first 1910 election but did not stand in December 1910. Belloc's only period of steady employment after that was from 1914 to 1920 as editor of Land and Water . Otherwise, he lived by his writing and was often financially insecure. Belloc first came to public attention shortly after arriving at Balliol College, Oxford as
1500-459: The many current topics of his day. He has been called one of the Big Four of Edwardian Letters, along with H. G. Wells , George Bernard Shaw, and G. K. Chesterton , all of whom debated with each other into the 1930s. Belloc was closely associated with Chesterton, and Shaw coined the term "Chesterbelloc" for their partnership. Belloc was co-editor with Cecil Chesterton of the literary periodical
1550-492: The meantime) amongst others. However, the movement was scuppered when it was infiltrated by the Board of Deputies of British Jews , who fed information to Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart , whose speech about the dangers of a revival of fascism led to a crackdown on such movements. The BPP name was heard again in 1945 when the party organised an unsuccessful petition for clemency for Beckett's former ally William Joyce, who
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1600-481: The more difficult by the opposition of Elodie's mother, who wished Elodie to enter the convent, and Hilaire's mother, who thought her son was too young to marry. Belloc pursued Elodie with letters, and, after her return to the United States, in 1891, he pursued her in person. The impoverished Belloc, still only twenty years old, sold nearly everything he had to purchase a steamship ticket to New York, ostensibly to visit relatives in Philadelphia . Belloc's true reason for
1650-538: The more hardline Arnold Leese . The party contested the Combined English Universities by-election on 18 March 1946 but received only 239 votes. The BPP officially disbanded in 1954. Hilaire Belloc Defunct Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc ( / h ɪ ˈ l ɛər ˈ b ɛ l ə k / , French: [ilɛːʁ bɛlɔk] ; 27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was a French-English writer, politician, and historian. Belloc
1700-661: The mouthpiece of the British Council Against European Commitments , a co-ordinating body involving the National Socialist League (NSL), English Array and League of Loyalists . The main crux of this publication was opposition to war with Nazi Germany , although it also endorsed fascism and anti-Semitism . The proprietor of this journal was Viscount Lymington , a strong opponent of war with Germany. Others involved in its production included A. K. Chesterton and
1750-594: The next few weeks, however, Elodie recovered and after a tumultuous, six-year courtship, Belloc and Elodie were married at St. John the Baptist Catholic church in Napa, California , on 15 June 1896. They settled initially in Oxford. In 1906, Belloc purchased land and a house called King's Land at Shipley, West Sussex in the United Kingdom. The couple had five children before Elodie's untimely death on
1800-465: The owners and reciting poetry. Hilaire's first letter on his arrival in San Francisco is effervescent, happy to see Elodie and full of hopes for their future, but his manifestly zealous courtship was to go unrewarded. The joy he felt at seeing Elodie soon gave way to disappointment when the apparently insurmountable opposition of her mother to the marriage manifested itself. After a stay of only
1850-467: The publication of a journal, The People's Post and the contesting of a single by-election in Hythe, Kent in 1939. The campaign for the 1939 Hythe by-election , in which former Labour Party member St. John Philby was the BPP candidate, was fought on an anti-war platform. Despite gaining the public support of the likes of Sir Barry Domvile , leader of The Link , the campaign was not a success and Philby
1900-499: The religious life, was unwilling to cross her mother's wishes so soon after her mother's untimely death and persisted in refusing Belloc's advances. After his year of service was concluded, still pining for and writing to Elodie, he took the entrance exam to Oxford University , and matriculated to Balliol College in January 1893. Belloc later wrote in a poem: Balliol made me, Balliol fed me, Whatever I had she gave me again; And
1950-511: The table during the interview for the fellowship. From 1906 to 1910, Belloc was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Salford South . During one campaign speech, he was asked by a heckler if he was a "papist". He responded: Gentlemen, I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This [taking a rosary out of his pocket] is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down and tell these beads every day. If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that He has spared me
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2050-643: The trek to America became apparent when, after spending a few days in Philadelphia, he began to make his way across the American continent. Part of his journey was by train, but when the money ran out, Belloc just walked. An athletic man who hiked extensively in Britain and Europe, Belloc made his way on foot for a significant part of the 2870 miles from Philadelphia to San Francisco. While walking, he paid for lodging at remote farm houses and ranches by sketching
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2100-595: Was a writer, activist and an advocate for women's equality, a co-founder of the English Woman's Journal and the Langham Place Group . As an adult, Belloc campaigned against women's suffrage as a member of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League . Belloc's maternal grandfather was Joseph Parkes (1796–1865). Belloc's grandmother, Elizabeth Rayner Priestley (1797–1877), was born in the United States,
2150-463: Was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist. His Catholic faith had a strong effect on his works. Belloc became a naturalised British subject in 1902 while retaining his French citizenship. While attending Oxford University , he served as President of the Oxford Union . From 1906 to 1910, he served as one of the few openly Catholic members of
2200-588: Was called back to California prematurely to take care of another of her children who was stricken with illness. She left her two daughters, who wished to remain in London, under the care of the Belloc family, and, Bessie asked her own son to squire the Hogan daughters around London. Belloc's interest in Elodie grew more fervid by the day. This was the beginning of a long, intercontinental, and star-crossed courtship, made all
2250-451: Was early cut off in dreadful agonies". A similar poem tells the story of "Rebecca, who slammed doors for fun and perished miserably". The tale of "Matilda who told lies and was burned to death" was adapted into the play Matilda Liar! by Debbie Isitt . Quentin Blake , the illustrator, described Belloc as at one and the same time the overbearing adult and mischievous child. Roald Dahl was
2300-481: Was eaten by a lion" and "Matilda, who told lies and was burned to death". He wrote historical biographies and numerous travel works, including The Path to Rome (1902). Belloc was born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud , France to a French father, Louis Belloc (1830–1872) and an English mother. His sister Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes also became a writer. Belloc's mother Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829–1925)
2350-523: Was executed for treason . Before long the BPP returned to wider activity after the war when party policy focused on monetary reform and the promotion of agriculture. With the Union Movement not appearing until 1948 the BPP initially attracted some new members, including Colin Jordan , who was invited to join in 1946 and was associated with the group for a time before concentrating his efforts on
2400-656: Was hamstringing the NSL, led Beckett to link up with Lord Tavistock , the heir to the Duke of Bedford , in founding the British People's Party in 1939. The new party supported an immediate end to the Second World War , and was vehemently opposed to usury , calling to mind some of the economic policies of Hilaire Belloc . The group also brought in elements of Social Credit , as Lord Tavistock had been an activist in
2450-628: Was perceived by soldiers as a "kept correspondent" for the Entente leadership. The Wipers Times mocked him as "Belary Helloc," a satirical persona who advanced foolish suggestions for winning the war. His 1907 Cautionary Tales for Children , humorous poems with an implausible moral, illustrated by Basil Temple Blackwood (signing as "B.T.B.") and later by Edward Gorey , are the most widely known of his writings. Supposedly for children, they, like Lewis Carroll 's works, are more to adult and satirical tastes: "Henry King, Who chewed bits of string and
2500-588: Was unable to retain his deposit . Philby claimed that he agreed with none of the BPP's views apart from their opposition to war. He was more disposed towards the Labour Party but felt they were becoming too pro-war. In Philby's mind, as well as popularly, the BPP were seen as more of a single issue anti-war party. After the outbreak of the Second World War the BPP was involved in British Union of Fascists -led initiatives to forge closer links between
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