Lewis, Cecil Courtney, Active 1932 - 1945
Person
Biography
Cecil Courtney Lewis, a former Indian Army officer who retained use of the title "Captain", was the original editor of The Blackshirt. He was a solicitor, who acted as Oswald Mosley's legal adviser, and the author of two books. His Fascist convictions were acquired during a lengthy stay in Italy, and he accompanied Mosley on the latters second visit to Rome in 1933 where the British party of fascists were welcomed by Mussolini. He took a course run by the Institute of Political Secretaries, London, where "Professor" Joyce was a tutor. He remained in the British Union of Fascists until 1937.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Joyce Manuscripts
Fonds
Reference code: 166
Scope and Contents
A collection of documents related to William Joyce and Cecil Courtney Lewis, including material collected by Lewis relating to the British Union of Fascists (BUF). The collection appears to have belonged to C.C. Lewis, a solicitor who acted as Oswald Mosley's legal adviser, and is noteworthy in that it contains five letters to Lewis in the hand of William Joyce. It also includes extensive annotations to Lewis' manuscript exercises on matters of current political interest, also by...
Dates:
1930s - 1960s
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives