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Saunders, Robert, 1910 - 1993

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1910 - 1993

Biography

Robert Saunders (1910-1993) was a leading member of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists, and was the District Treasurer for Dorset West before he became District Officer in 1936. As a working farmer, he was particularly concerned about the depressed state of agriculture during the Depression. In common with many other high-ranking members of the British Union, Saunders was interned for a period during World War II.

At the end of 1951 Saunders resigned as local constituency organiser of the Union Movement in order to devote more time to wider agricultural and local community matters, taking up office in the National Farmers' Union, for example. However, although giving up public involvement in local Union Movement activities, and formally resigning from it in 1963, he continued to maintain a close interest in the movement, advising and corresponding with Mosley and other National Headquarters officials, mainly on agricultural and food policy matters, until 1970.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Robert Saunders Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 119
Scope and Contents This collection is rare in that it comprises an almost complete series of administrative files, covering the work and activities of the Dorset West District of the British Union of Fascists. These files, which were compiled by Robert Saunders, contain correspondence with local members of the movement, and officials involved in the administration and organisation of the National Headquarters. Later files, include correspondence sent and received by Robert Saunders, concerning his...
Dates: 1933 - 1970
Found in: Special Collections and Archives

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