Angela Lansbury and the late Oliver Postgate are both the grandchildren of the former leader George Lansbury.
George Lansbury had a brother called Arthur. Malcolm Turnbull, the new prime minister of Australia, is Arthur's great grandson.
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Oliver Postgate was the nephew of Margaret Cole (nee Postgate) who was married to G.D.H. Cole. The Coles were members of "The Detection Club", the 1930's society of detective-novel authors that also included Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie.
ReplyDeleteG.D.H. (Douglas) Cole was not only a novelist, he worked at The Labour Research Department and worked with both Gaitskell (who he unsuccessfully attempted to seduce) and Wilson. More interestingly, Cole was the model for Professor Yaffle from Bagpuss.