Arnold Leese

Arnold Spencer Leese
Leese at an unspecified date
Born	Arnold Spencer Leese 16 November 1878 Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
Died	18 January 1956 (aged 77) London, England
Alma mater	Giggleswick School
Occupation	Veterinarian
Known for	Antisemitic writer and activist
Notable work	A Treatise on the One-Humped Camel in Health and in Disease. (1927) My Irrelevant Defence (1938) Out of Step: Events in the Two Lives of an Anti-Jewish Camel Doctor (1951)
Political party	British Fascists (1923–1925) National Fascisti (1925–1929) Imperial Fascist League (1929–1932)
Spouse	May Winifred King

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Arnold Spencer Leese (16 November 1878 – 18 January 1956) was a British fascist politician. Leese was initially prominent as a veterinary expert on camels. A virulent anti-Semite, he led his own fascist movement, the Imperial Fascist League, and was a prolific author and publisher of polemics both before and after the Second World War.