Alan Hancock

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Alan Vivien Hancock (14th August, 1914-July, 1989)^{[citation needed]} was one of the early leaders of the Racial Preservation Society (RPS). He was formerly a member of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) which was formed in 1932 by ex-Labour government minister Sir Oswald Mosley and was a union comprised of several small, extreme nationalist parties. Hancock formed part of a three man leadership team in the RPS who came from the BUF, alongside Ted Budden and Jimmy Doyle.^[1]

Alan Hancock was involved in one of the earliest cases of Racial Discrimination when group was prosecuted under the Race Relations Act in 1968 at Lewes crown court but won the case.

He was the father of Anthony Hancock and set up a printing press called Wilson Press in Uckfield (later called The Print Factory).

Alan Hancock committed suicide in July 1989 by electrocuting himself at his place of work^{[citation needed]}.

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