[[File:AlfredHaighton.jpg|thumb|[[Alfred Haighton]] (1896-1943), financier of [[Union of Actualists]].]]
In January 1923, notinspired long afterby [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[March on Rome]], the first fascist party was founded in the Netherlands; [[Union of Actualists]] ({{lang-nl|Verbond van Actualisten}}, VvA). The party was founded by, amongst others, [[Hugo Sinclair de Rochemont]] and [[Alfred Haighton]]. The party participated in the [[1925 Dutch general election|Dutch general election]], but received only 0.07% of the votes. Internal divisions between moderates and more extreme fascists lead to a split in 1926 and the dissolution in 1928.
[[File:Gerretson, prof dr. F.C. van - SFA002019202.jpg|thumb|[[Carel Gerritson]] (1884-1958), founder of the [[National Union (Netherlands)|National Union]].]]
