Oswald Pirow; Oswald Mosley; Diana Mitford (later Lady Mosley)
13 of 16 portraits of Oswald Mosley
Oswald Pirow; Oswald Mosley; Diana Mitford (later Lady Mosley)
by Brenard Press Ltd
bromide press print, 8 April 1948
7 5/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (194 mm x 245 mm) image size
Transferred from Evening Standard Library, before 1983
Photographs Collection
NPG x184100
Sittersback to top
- Diana Mosley (née Freeman-Mitford, later Guinness), Lady Mosley (1910-2003), Nazi sympathiser and author; former wife of Hon. Bryan Guinness, and later wife of Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Bt; daughter of 2nd Baron Redesdale. Sitter in 24 portraits. Identify
- Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Bt (1896-1980), Founder of the British Union of Fascists and politician; MP for Harrow and Smethwick. Sitter in 21 portraits. Identify
- Oswald Pirow (1890-1959), South African lawyer and politician. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Brenard Press Ltd (active 1970s), Photographers. Artist or producer of 7 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1948back to top
Current affairs
Prince Charles is born in Buckingham Palace; he is the first son of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of EdinburghThe Secretary of State for Health, Aneurin Bevan, introduces the National Health Service. Health services in Britain were now funded from central taxation and free at the point of use for every resident of the country.
Art and science
The First Morris Minor car designed by Alec Issigonis and his team (also responsible for the Mini) takes to the road, becoming a popular and classic English design.F.R. Leavis publishes his influential study of the English novel, The Great Tradition. The book set out Leavis's ideas on the proper relationship between literary form and moral concern.
International
The policy of Apartheid is adopted in South Africa. Apartheid was a set of laws allowing racial segregation and discrimination against the black majority by the white ruling class.As part of the dispute between Western and Soviet controlled Berlin, the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin, cutting off supplies. Anxious to avoid a conflict, America, Britain and France responded by flying in food and other provisions.
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