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'''Margaret Christian "Peggy" Jay''' (née '''Garnett''') (4 January 1913 – 21 January 2008) was an English [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[councillor]].
'''Margaret Christian "Peggy" Jay''' (née '''Garnett''') (4 January 1913 – 21 January 2008) was an English [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[councillor]].


==Education and professional life==
As a young girl, Peggy Garnett attended [[St Paul's Girls' School]] in London, where she befriended [[Shiela Grant Duff]]. She went up to [[Somerville College, Oxford]] in 1931, but left two years later to marry [[Douglas Jay, Baron Jay|Douglas Jay]]. Joining the Labour Party, she was recruited by [[Herbert Morrison]] to be a candidate for the [[London County Council]] (LCC); from 1934, she represented [[Hackney South (London County Council constituency)|Hackney South]], then [[Battersea South (London County Council constituency)|Battersea South]], and finally [[Battersea North (London County Council constituency)|Battersea North]]. Later, she was elected to the new [[Greater London Council]] before losing her seat in 1967.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3232453.ece Obituary], timesonline.co.uk; accessed 2 April 2014.</ref>
As a young girl, Peggy Garnett attended [[St Paul's Girls' School]] in London, where she befriended [[Shiela Grant Duff]]. She studied economics at [[Somerville College, Oxford]] from 1931 to 1933, when she married [[Douglas Jay, Baron Jay|Douglas Jay]], who had tutored her in preparation for her Oxford University entrance exams.<ref name=ODNB>{{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/60481|title=Jay, Douglas Patrick Thomas, Baron Jay}}</ref> Joining the Labour Party, she was recruited by [[Herbert Morrison]] to be a candidate for the [[London County Council]] (LCC); from 1934, she represented [[Hackney South (London County Council constituency)|Hackney South]], then [[Battersea South (London County Council constituency)|Battersea South]], and finally [[Battersea North (London County Council constituency)|Battersea North]]. Later, she was elected to the new [[Greater London Council]] before losing her seat in 1967.<ref name="Times obituary">{{cite news |title=Peggy Jay |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peggy-jay-6gbp0tzt6xh |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 January 2022 |work=[[The Times]] |date=23 January 2008}}</ref> She remained involved in local politics, as chair of the Heath and Old Hampstead Society from 1967 to 1989, and president from 1993-2004, work she described as "the most worthwhile and satisfying in my life."<ref>{{cite web |title=Peggy Jay: A tribute |url=https://www.heathandhampstead.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Peggy_Jay_tribute.pdf |publisher=The Heath & Hampstead Society |access-date=2 January 2022 |date=May 2008}}</ref> On her death, she was described by a local newspaper as the "uncrowned queen of Hampstead".<ref name="Ham & High obituary">{{cite news |title=Thank you Peggy, for keeping Hampstead such a special place |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/thank-you-peggy-for-keeping-hampstead-such-a-special-place-7642058 |access-date=2 January 2022 |work=Ham & High |date=24 January 2008}}</ref>


She left the Labour Party in 1981 for the newly formed [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]], not returning until shortly before her death. She was the last survivor of the "[[Hampstead]] middle-class Labour grandes dames" whom Morrison had groomed to take over the LCC.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/22/labour.uk Obituary], guardian.co.uk; accessed 6 February 2016.</ref>
She left the Labour Party in 1981 for the newly formed [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]], rejoining only after [[Gordon Brown]] became Prime Minister.<ref name=ODNB/> She was the last survivor of the "[[Hampstead]] middle-class Labour grandes dames" whom Morrison had groomed to take over the LCC.<ref name="Guardian obituary">{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Illtyd |author1-link=Illtyd Harrington |title=Peggy Jay |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/22/labour.uk |access-date=2 January 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=22 January 2008}}</ref>


==Family==
==Family==
She married politician Douglas Jay in 1933, aged 20. They had four children, but the marriage ended in divorce. A son, [[Peter Jay (diplomat)|Peter Jay]], is a journalist, leading economist and a former [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the United States|British Ambassador to the United States]]. Peter Jay was married [[Margaret Callaghan]], the daughter of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party [[Jim Callaghan]], who went onto become [[Leader of the House of Lords]] and [[Minister for Women and Equalities]] under Tony Blair. Their twin daughters, Helen and Catherine, achieved a fashionable profile in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite news |author=Lesley Garner |title=Twin faces of a fast decade | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/twin-faces-fast-decade-1612908.html |accessdate=2021-02-15 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=26 March 1995}}</ref>, and at one time her son-in-law, married to Helen, was [[Rupert Pennant-Rea]], a former [[Governor of the Bank of England|deputy Governor of the Bank of England]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080719181418/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peggy-jay-longserving-labour-member-of-the-london-county-council-and-guardian-of-hampstead-and-its-heath-775214.html Obituary], independent.co.uk; accessed 2 April 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2244604,00.html Obituary], guardian.co.uk; accessed 2 April 2014. </ref>
She married politician Douglas Jay in 1933, aged 20. They had four children, but the marriage ended in divorce. A son, [[Peter Jay (diplomat)|Peter Jay]], is a journalist, leading economist and a former [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the United States|British Ambassador to the United States]]. Peter Jay was married [[Margaret Callaghan]], the daughter of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party [[Jim Callaghan]], who went onto become [[Leader of the House of Lords]] and [[Minister for Women and Equalities]] under Tony Blair. Their twin daughters, Helen and Catherine, achieved a fashionable profile in the 1960s.<ref name="Independent obituary">{{cite news |title=Peggy Jay: Long-serving Labour member of the London County Council and guardian of Hampstead and its heath |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peggy-jay-longserving-labour-member-of-the-london-county-council-and-guardian-of-hampstead-and-its-heath-775214.html |access-date=2 January 2022 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=29 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719181418/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peggy-jay-longserving-labour-member-of-the-london-county-council-and-guardian-of-hampstead-and-its-heath-775214.html |archive-date=19 July 2008}}</ref> At one time her son-in-law, married to Helen, was [[Rupert Pennant-Rea]], a former [[Governor of the Bank of England|deputy Governor of the Bank of England]].<ref name="Independent obituary"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"/>


Her niece is [[Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone]], a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and life peer.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/23/db2301.xml Obituary]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 2 April 2014.</ref> Her nephew is [[Julian Hunt, Baron Hunt of Chesterton|Lord Hunt of Chesterton]], and her great-nephew is [[Tristram Hunt]], former [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Stoke-on-Trent Central]] and [[Shadow Secretary of State for Education]], and now [[Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum]].<ref name="Stewart">{{Cite news|last=Stewart|first=Heather|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/13/tristram-hunt-to-quit-as-mp-to-become-va-director?CMP=share_btn_tw|title=Tristram Hunt to quit as MP to become V&A director|work=The Guardian|date=13 January 2017|access-date=15 February 2021|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
Her niece is [[Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone]], a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and life peer.<ref name="Telegraph obituary">{{cite news |title=Peggy Jay |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1576280/Peggy-Jay.html |access-date=2 January 2022 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=23 January 2008}}</ref> Her nephew is [[Julian Hunt, Baron Hunt of Chesterton|Lord Hunt of Chesterton]], and her great-nephew is [[Tristram Hunt]], former [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Stoke-on-Trent Central]] and [[Shadow Secretary of State for Education]], and now [[Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum]].<ref name="Stewart">{{Cite news|last=Stewart|first=Heather|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/13/tristram-hunt-to-quit-as-mp-to-become-va-director|title=Tristram Hunt to quit as MP to become V&A director|work=The Guardian|date=13 January 2017|access-date=15 February 2021|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 15:51, 2 January 2022

Margaret Christian "Peggy" Jay (née Garnett) (4 January 1913 – 21 January 2008) was an English Labour councillor.

Education and professional life

As a young girl, Peggy Garnett attended St Paul's Girls' School in London, where she befriended Shiela Grant Duff. She studied economics at Somerville College, Oxford from 1931 to 1933, when she married Douglas Jay, who had tutored her in preparation for her Oxford University entrance exams.[1] Joining the Labour Party, she was recruited by Herbert Morrison to be a candidate for the London County Council (LCC); from 1934, she represented Hackney South, then Battersea South, and finally Battersea North. Later, she was elected to the new Greater London Council before losing her seat in 1967.[2] She remained involved in local politics, as chair of the Heath and Old Hampstead Society from 1967 to 1989, and president from 1993-2004, work she described as "the most worthwhile and satisfying in my life."[3] On her death, she was described by a local newspaper as the "uncrowned queen of Hampstead".[4]

She left the Labour Party in 1981 for the newly formed Social Democratic Party, rejoining only after Gordon Brown became Prime Minister.[1] She was the last survivor of the "Hampstead middle-class Labour grandes dames" whom Morrison had groomed to take over the LCC.[5]

Family

She married politician Douglas Jay in 1933, aged 20. They had four children, but the marriage ended in divorce. A son, Peter Jay, is a journalist, leading economist and a former British Ambassador to the United States. Peter Jay was married Margaret Callaghan, the daughter of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party Jim Callaghan, who went onto become Leader of the House of Lords and Minister for Women and Equalities under Tony Blair. Their twin daughters, Helen and Catherine, achieved a fashionable profile in the 1960s.[6] At one time her son-in-law, married to Helen, was Rupert Pennant-Rea, a former deputy Governor of the Bank of England.[6][5]

Her niece is Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, a Conservative politician and life peer.[7] Her nephew is Lord Hunt of Chesterton, and her great-nephew is Tristram Hunt, former Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central and Shadow Secretary of State for Education, and now Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jay, Douglas Patrick Thomas, Baron Jay". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60481. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Peggy Jay". The Times. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Peggy Jay: A tribute" (PDF). The Heath & Hampstead Society. May 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Thank you Peggy, for keeping Hampstead such a special place". Ham & High. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b Harrington, Illtyd (22 January 2008). "Peggy Jay". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Peggy Jay: Long-serving Labour member of the London County Council and guardian of Hampstead and its heath". The Independent. 29 January 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Peggy Jay". The Daily Telegraph. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  8. ^ Stewart, Heather (13 January 2017). "Tristram Hunt to quit as MP to become V&A director". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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