Penny Mordaunt is a British politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Trade Policy since 2021.
Is Penny Mordaunt related to Angela Lansbury?
Penny Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt and Jennifer Mordaunt, who was born Jennifer Snowden.
Her father served in the Parachute Regiment before retraining as a teacher. He later worked as a youth worker for Hampshire Council.
Her mother was a special needs teacher at several Purbrook schools. She passed away from breast cancer when Mordaunt was 15.
Mordaunt has a few prominent people in her family. Through her mother, she is a relative of Philip Snowden, the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer.
In addition, her grandmother’s cousin is none other than the actress Dame Angela Lansbury.
Through Lansbury, she is distantly related to the former Labour leader George Lansbury, who was Lansbury’s paternal grandfather. She also has a distant relation to actress Moyna Macgill and timber merchant and politician Edgar Lansbury.
