Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale, 7th Baronet of Ancoats MC is a British novelist. He is the eldest son of Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet and Lady Cynthia Mosley, a daughter of Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. Diana Mosley was his stepmother. Born in London, Mosley was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford and served in Italy during the Second World War, winning the Military Cross for bravery. He succeeded as 3rd Baron Ravensdale in 1966 on the death of Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale, his mother's sister. On the death of his father on... 3 December 1980, he also succeeded to the Baronetcy. In 1999 he lost his seat in the House of Lords due to the House of Lords Act 1999. His father, Sir Oswald Mosley, founded the British Union of Fascists in 1932 and was a supporter of Benito Mussolini. Sir Oswald was arrested in 1940 for his antiwar campaigning, and spent the majority of World War II in prison.
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