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John Hutchyns Tyndall (14 July 1934 – 19 July 2005) was a leading figure in British nationalism who...

John Hutchyns Tyndall (14 July 1934 – 19 July 2005) was a leading figure in British nationalism who led the National Front in the 1970s and founded the British National Party in 1982. John Tyndall was born in Exeter in Devon, England on July 14, 1934. The son of the warden of St George's House, a YMCA hostel at Southwark, he grew up in London. He was related to the early English translator of the Bible, William Tyndale, his ancestors having moved to County Waterford in Ireland in the 16th century. Tyndall was first politically active in the League of Empire Loyalists, a right-wing pressure group, led by A.K. Chesterton. In 1957, feeling that the League was not sufficiently active, he and John Bean left to form the National Labour Party. The Labour Party prevented the use of this name, and in 1960 it merged with the White Defence League of Colin Jordan to form the old British National Party (BNP) which was led by John Bean. At rallies Tyndall argued "What we need is a few machine guns" and "Hitler was right". Tyndall became deputy national organiser of the party and deputy commander of a private army set up by Colin Jordan called Spearhead, based on the SA of Nazi Germany. In 1962,