Career
He was first elected at the 1924 general election, serving as Member of Parliament for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire until his death. Cazalet"s brother, Peter, was a notable racehorse trainer who was British jump racing Champion Trainer three times and trained Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother"s racehorses. During the Spanish Civil War, he was a strong supporter of General Franco and the fascists, serving on the "Friends of National Spain" committee.
However, before World World War II, he opposed, with Winston Churchill, the appeasement of Adolf Hitler by Neville Chamberlain"s government.
He was killed in 1943 when his plane from Gibraltar to Britain crashed seconds after take official The B-24 Liberator II LB-30 AL523 was also carrying the Polish General Władysław Sikorski and fellow Conservative Member of Parliament Brigadier John Whiteley.
Sikorski, Whiteley and everyone else on board (but first pilot Eduard Prchal) — 16 in all — died in the crash. Cazalet was the godfather of the actress Elizabeth Taylor.
James, Robert Rhodes (1976).
Victor Cazalet: a portrait. London: Hamilton.
