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| Affiliation | Labour |
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| Name | Mary Mandelson |
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, England , United Kingdom |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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May 30, 1921
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| Died | February 14, 2006
(84 years)
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Modifed | New Jerusalem
Nov 12, 2011 08:49pm |
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| Info | Mary Mandelson was the only child of Herbert Morrison, Deputy Prime Minister in Clement Attlee's government. She was also the earliest - and most important - political influence on her son Peter Mandelson, the former cabinet minister, close ally of Tony Blair and now European Commissioner for Trade.
Although a lifelong Labour Party member of strong political views, particularly as a champion of civil liberties and anti-racism, Mary inherited the distaste of her own mother, Margaret, for the exposure that went with public life.
To both Mandelson brothers, she was, for all her public reticence, a strong personality. Peter would talk of her "tremendous steel" and say that while there were no "histrionics" if "you incurred her disapproval you would be aware of it". His older brother Miles put it slightly differently: "The moral authority came from my mother; she taught us manners. My father taught us how to break the rules."
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