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Daisy Postgate (née Lansbury, 9 December 1892 – 20 April 1971) was a British political activist. Born in Bow, London, she was the sixth child of George and Bessie Lansbury. When she was born, the family were living in poverty, but their situation steadily improved, and she attended school until the age of fourteen.
Daisy Beatrice Postgate formerly Lansbury. Born 9 Dec 1892 in Bow, London, England, United Kingdom. Ancestors. Daughter of George Lansbury and Elizabeth Jane (Brine) Lansbury.
Raymond Postgate died on 29 March 1971; his wife Daisy committed suicide a month later. Postgate's younger son, Oliver Postgate, also a conscientious objector though in World War II, became a leading creator of children's television programmes in the UK including Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine and The Clangers.
Daisy increasingly worked as a secretary for her husband, it being her main job after her father's death, and she played a leading role in the first years of the Good Food Guide. From the 1960s, her health was increasingly poor, and she died in 1971, a few weeks after Raymond.
6 mai 2015 · And there are further interesting connections – Daisy Lansbury, credited by her maiden name, plays Fred’s girlfriend; off screen she was Daisy Postgate, and was married to Raymond. Perhaps even more intriguingly, Daisy’s father, George Lansbury, was the leader of the Labour party at the time.
25 avr. 2024 · Seventeen volumes of papers, photographs and other records collected by the former Labour Party leader George Lansbury and his biographer and son-in-law Raymond Postgate have now been digitized and made available online by the LSE Library. George Lansbury and his daughter Daisy Postgate. © Lansbury Archives, LSE Library.
Daisy Postgate ( née Lansbury, 9 December 1892 – 20 April 1971) was a British political activist. Born in Bow, London, she was the sixth child of George and Bessie Lansbury. When she was born, the family were living in poverty, but their situation steadily improved, and she attended school until the age of fourteen.
