Charles Parker was a leading member of the British National Party in its early years and provided the group with much of its funding. This article is about the modern party. ...

A leading businessman in Brighton, Parker and his wife joined the British National Front in 1975. He soon became the leading member in the area and took charge of the Sussex branch of the party, a position he continued to hold until he joined the BNP, despite having to see off a challenge to his authority from Martin Wingfield. Statistics Population: 155,919[1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ315065 Administration District: Brighton & Hove Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: East Sussex Historic county: Sussex Services Police force: Sussex Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town... In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is a far right political party that had its heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. ... Sussex is a traditional county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... Martin Wingfield is a long-standing figure on the extreme right in British politics. ...

Parker's daughter Valerie married NF Chairman John Tyndall, who was also based in the Sussex area, in 1977 and as a result Parker became closely associated with Tyndall over the next number of years. Following Tyndall out of the NF in 1980 he became a leading member of the New National Front and provided the financial backing that enabled the fledgling movement to gain a foothold. He took a leading role in the attempts to reach out to other groups that the NNF initiated in the early 1980s and on April 7 1982 he joined Tyndall, Ray Hill of the British Movement, Capt. Kenneth McKilliam, the founder of the NF's ex-servicemen's organisation and John Peacock of the British Democratic Party at a press conference in a hotel in Victoria, London to announce the foundation of the new BNP. ^[1] John Tyndall John Hutchyns Tyndall (July 14, 1934 – July 19, 2005) was a far-right British nationalist politician best known for leading the National Front in the 1970s and for founding the British National Party in the 1980s. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Ray Hill (1939-) was a leading figure in the British far right who went on to become a well-known informant. ... The British Movement was a British neo-Nazi group. ... The British Democratic Party was a short-lived far-right party formed in 1979 when the Leicester branch of the National Front broke away from the main party under the leadership of Anthony Read Herbert. ... Victoria is a district of inner city London, lying wholly within the City of Westminster. ...

Parker became a leading figure within the BNP, continuing as head of the new group in Sussex, as well as providing much of the party's finances and acting as National Organiser. He also joined Hill in warning Tyndall against making any deals with the Official National Front, after leading member Joe Pearce approached Tyndall about the possibility of an alliance. ^[2] Advancing age meant that his role in the BNP diminished during the 1980s as he retired from politics. The Official National Front was the leading movement within the British National Front during the 1980s and stood opposed to the Flag Group. ...

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• Back cover of 'The Other Face of Terror' showing Parker flanked by Tyndall and Hill