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He was born on February 21, 1859, in Halesworth, United Kingdom.
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He was born on February 21, 1859, in Halesworth, United Kingdom.
Lansbury attended elementary school and began to earn his living while still a boy; at the age of twenty, he became a socialist.
During the 1880's he was influenced by Christian socialism, and he later joined (1892) the Social Democratic Federation.
In the early 1920's Lansbury fought for more generous relief for the unemployed and came into frequent conflicts with London authorities.
In 1922 Lansbury was elected again to Parliament.
A Labour member of Parliament (1910–12, 1922–40), he served as commissioner of works (1929–31) and as leader of the opposition (1931–35) against the National government of Ramsay MacDonald.
He advocated unilateral disarmament by Great Britain during the 1930th, and in 1937 visited Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in an attempt to avoid war.
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He was elected to Parliament on the Labour Party ticket in 1910, but resigned from that office two years later to take up the fight for woman suffrage.
He was married Elizabeth Brine (m. 1880–1933) and had children: Edgar Lansbury, Daisy Lansbury, Annie Lansbury, Bessie Lansbury, Dorothy Thurtle.