Edgar Lansbury

Edgar Isaac Lansbury (1887 - 28 May 1935) was a Labour Party politician active in the Poplar area.

The son of prominent Labour politician George Lansbury he was elected to Poplar Borough Council in 1912, alongside his father.

In 1921, Lansbury was one of 29 Poplar councillors to be jailed as a result of the Poplar Rates Rebellion. From 1924 to 1925, he served as Mayor of Poplar.

He became seriously ill at the beginning of 1935 and died at his home in Mill Hill, Middlesex, in May of that year, aged 48. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.