George Lansbury
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George Lansbury was a British politician and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Apart from a brief period of ministerial office during the Labour government of 1929–31, he spe
1935 portrait
Plaque on the assumed birthplace of George Lansbury in Halesworth, Suffolk. It incorrectly records Lansbury's death year as 1947.
Migrants disembarking from a ship in Brisbane, c. 1885
The Metropolitan Board of Works building in Spring Gardens near Trafalgar Square, original headquarters of the London County Council
Edgar Lansbury (politician)
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Edgar Isaac Lansbury was a British Communist politician. His daughter was the actress Angela Lansbury.
George Lansbury
…would not budge; early in September, Lansbury and 29 fellow-councillors were imprisoned for contempt of court. Among those sentenced were his son Edgar and Edgar's wife, Minnie. The defiance of the Poplar councillors generated widespread interest and sympathy, and the publicity embarrassed the government…
Lansbury in 1924