Editing Max Mosley (section)

==Family and early life==
Max Mosley was born on 13 April 1940<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/max-mosley-mosley-the-grand-machinator-of-formula-one-96759.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/max-mosley-mosley-the-grand-machinator-of-formula-one-96759.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Max Mosley: Mosley the grand machinator of Formula One|last=Viner|first=Brian|date=19 July 2003|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> in London, in the early years of the [[Second World War]]. His father was Sir [[Oswald Mosley]] and his mother was [[Diana Mitford|Diana, Lady Mosley]], one of the [[Mitford family#Mitford sisters|Mitford sisters]].<ref name="Horwell">{{cite news|last=Horwell|first=Veronica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/14/guardianobituaries.thefarright|title=Obituary Diana Mosley|page=1|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=14 August 2003|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042551/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/14/guardianobituaries.thefarright|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to his older full-brother Alexander, Mosley had five older half-siblings. On his father's side, they included the novelist [[Nicholas Mosley|Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale]] (1923–2017).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Trewin |first1=Ion |title=Nicholas Mosley obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/01/nicholas-mosley-obituary |access-date=22 December 2020 |work=The Guardian Online |date=1 March 2017}}</ref> On his mother's side they were the merchant banker [[Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne]] (born 1930), and the Irish preservationist [[Desmond Guinness]] (1931–2020).<ref>Jones (2004), pp. 23, 71, 75.</ref> He was a nephew of [[Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire]], and first cousin of [[Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire]].  He was also third cousin of [[Winston Churchill (1940–2010)|Winston Churchill]] MP, the grandson of the British prime minister, and fifth cousin of [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]].<ref name="Horwell" />

Mosley's father had been a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Minister (government)|minister]], and [[Member of Parliament]] for both the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] and Labour parties in the 1920s before leaving mainstream politics and becoming leader of the [[British Union of Fascists]] (BUF) in the 1930s. The month after Max's birth, Sir Oswald, who had campaigned for a negotiated peace between the United Kingdom and [[Nazi Germany]], was [[Internment|interned]] by the British authorities under [[Defence Regulation 18B]], along with other active fascists in Britain. Max's mother was imprisoned a month later.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/11/02/smgars102.xml|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|title=Max Mosley rides out the storm|access-date=24 November 2007|first=Kevin|last=Garside|date=2 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412121709/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=%2Fsport%2F2007%2F11%2F02%2Fsmgars102.xml|archive-date=12 April 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Max and his brother Alexander were not included in their parents' internment and, as a result, were separated from them for the first few years of their lives. In December 1940, Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] asked the [[Home Secretary]] [[Herbert Morrison]] to ensure Lady Mosley was able to see Max regularly.<ref name=grandprix.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gt/gt00107.html|title=Max's finest hour and other stories|access-date=13 January 2008|date=6 November 1997|first=Joe|last=Saward|publisher=GrandPrix.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231163330/http://www.grandprix.com/gt/gt00107.html|archive-date=31 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Mosley, N. (1983), p. 201.</ref>
 
Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley were released from detention at [[Holloway (HM Prison)|HMP Holloway]] on 16 November 1943, provoking widespread public protests.<ref name="Horwell"/> Their children were refused entry to several schools, due to a combination of their wildness and their parents' reputation, and were initially tutored at home instead.<ref>Jones (2004), pp. 141–143.</ref> The family moved to a succession of [[country house]]s in England. Mosley's older half-brother [[Nicholas Mosley|Nicholas]] described the family, including Sir Oswald's children from his first marriage, spending the summer of 1945 getting the harvest in and shooting at Crowood Farm, near [[Ramsbury]], Wiltshire.<!--http://www.worldcat.org/title/proceedings-and-transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-canada-deliberations-et-memoires-de-la-societe-royale-du-canada/oclc/2247486 if location needs ref--><ref>Mosley, N. (1983), pp. 278–281.</ref> In 1950, the Mosleys bought houses in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], and in [[Orsay]], near Paris. They spent the year moving around Europe, spending the spring in France and the autumn and winter in Ireland, where Mosley was keen on riding and hunting.<ref name="Dorril 2006 p.598">Dorril (2006), p. 598.</ref><ref>Jones (2004), pp. 149–150.</ref> His aunt [[Nancy Mitford]], in letters to [[Evelyn Waugh]], recalled Sir Oswald and his family cruising the Mediterranean Sea on the family yacht. On one such trip they visited Spain and were entertained by Sir Oswald's friend [[General Franco]].<ref name=face2face>{{cite news|url=http://atlasf1.autosport.com/2000/eur/okeefe.html|title=Max Mosley: Face to Face|access-date=24 November 2007|publisher=Atlas F1|first=Thomas|last=O'Keefe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515020018/http://atlasf1.autosport.com/2000/eur/okeefe.html|archive-date=15 May 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
At the age of 13, Mosley was sent to [[Traunreut|Stein an der Traun]] in Germany for two years, where he learned to speak fluent German.<ref name=Telegraph /> On his return to England, he spent a year at [[Millfield]], an independent boarding school in [[Somerset]], after which he continued his education in London for two years. He attended [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]] at Oxford University, graduating with a degree in physics in 1961. During his time there, he was secretary of the [[Oxford Union]] where his father spoke on two occasions, once with [[Jeremy Thorpe]] on the other side. In 1960, Mosley introduced his father to [[Robert Skidelsky]], one of Mosley's contemporaries at the university, later a biographer of his father.<ref>Dorril (2006), pp. 622–623.</ref> Rejecting an early ambition to work as a physicist after "establishing that there was no money in it",<ref name=AutoMotorundSport200126>{{cite journal| title =Im Profil: FIA-Praesident Max Moseley als Redaktionsgast von Auto Motor und Sport ueber die naechste Amtszeit und die Moeglichkeiten, die Formel 1 langsamer zu machen...| series = 2001| journal=[[Auto, Motor und Sport]]| volume = Heft 26| pages = Seite 168–172|date = 12 December 2001}}</ref> Mosley studied law at [[Gray's Inn]] in London and qualified as a [[barrister]] in 1964. After a pupillage with [[Maurice Drake]], he specialised in patent and trademark law.<ref name=Telegraph/> From 1961 to 1964, Mosley was a member of the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]], [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] ([[44th Parachute Brigade (V)|44th Independent Parachute Brigade Group]]).<ref name=poacher />
 
Mosley, like many Formula One drivers, lived in [[Monaco]]. On 9 June 1960, he was married at the [[Chelsea Register Office]] to Jean Taylor, the daughter of James Taylor, a policeman from [[Streatham]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cadwalladr |first1=Carole |title=Max Mosley: 'Fifty Shades of Grey? I've heard it's very vanilla' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/14/max-mosley-interview-fifty-shades-of-grey-news-of-the-world |access-date=22 December 2020 |work=The Guardian Online |date=14 June 2015}}</ref> In 1970, their first son, Alexander, was born, and in 1972 their second son, Patrick.<ref name=Persuader>{{cite web|url=http://www.fia.com/public/Paddock-magazine.pdf|publisher=The Paddock|access-date=16 March 2008|date=1 December 2007|title=The Persuader|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111085858/http://www.fia.com/public/Paddock-magazine.pdf|archive-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> On 5 May 2009, Alexander, a [[restaurateur]], was found at his [[Notting Hill]] home by his cleaner. He had died of drug abuse at the age of 39. An inquest was held on 10 June 2009, the Westminster coroner declaring that his death was due to [[Opioid overdose|non-dependent drug abuse]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2009 |title=Mosley son died of drug abuse |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mosley-son-died-of-drug-abuse-1701809.html |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090610160916.shtml |title=ESPN F1 &#124; Formula 1 news and live F1 coverage |publisher=En.f1-live.com |access-date=4 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612205452/http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090610160916.shtml |archive-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8092976.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Mosley's son died of drug abuse | date=10 June 2009 | access-date=12 May 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174439/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8092976.stm | archive-date=4 August 2017 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>