The Patriotic Party was a far right

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in the

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. The group began life as the True Tories in 1962 when Major-General Richard Hilton, formerly a leading member of the

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, set up his own

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group with a membership largely made up of former military figures. The group adopted the "Patriotic Party" name for the 1964 general election and sponsored two candidates. During the campaign the party split, with the deputy chairman and former

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election candidate Major Arthur Rossi Braybrooke (1902–1989) continuing the Patriotic Party and General Hilton re-establishing the True Tories. The two candidates polled only 1,108 votes between them. In 1965, Braybrooke said that, at the next election, his party would "have the support of the New Liberals, with whose policies the Patriotic Party is in sympathy". In 1966, Braybrooke said that his party "now has the support of the New Liberals under Mr Alan Lomas, and the

".''Fulham Chronicle'', 25 February 1966. However, Braybrooke's candidacy in the 1966 general election attracted even less support than in 1964. Hilton's True Tories failed to take off and he became associated with the 1960s

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, before the remnants of both the Patriotic Party and the True Tories were absorbed by the National Front on its foundation in 1967.

Election results

1964 UK general election

1966 UK general election

References

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