Lily Brown
Lily Brown | |
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| General Secretary of the Labour Party | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2020 | |
| Monarch | Alexandra |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Jennie Formby |
| Member of Parliament for Streatham | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Majority | 29,011 (51.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lily Hedy Charles James William 2 July 1994 Littlehampton, West Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British-American |
| Political party | Labour Party |
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| Education | Bersted Green Primary School Millais Secondary School |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Lady Lily Hedy Charles James William LG GCB (born 2 July 1994) is an extended member of the British royal family, a British politician and international humanitarian. The eldest grandchildren of the famed American actress, Hedy Lamarr, William is an ideologically centre-left member of the Labour Party currently serving as both the General Secretary of the Labour Party since May 2020, and Member of Parliament for Streatham since December 2019. Through a common ancestor, King George V, Lily is the third cousin once removed of the current Queen Alexandra. Additionally, ever since the constitutional reforms of King Charles III, William is expected to become the first female holder of her grandfather's ducal title in her own right.
The eldest out of five siblings of a minor British royal, Lord James William, and former American surgeon, Samantha Austin, William first garnered public attention through her involvement in public charity and activism at the age of thirteen. Two years later, in the midst of her secondary school years, she began to transition more to a series of humanitarian-centered works, firstly revolving around disadvantaged children across England and Scotland, an effort primarily funded through the sizable wealth of her family. At the age of twenty, in a much publicised and controversial decision, she became an official member of the Labour Party, becoming the very first member of the British royal family to do so. On December 12th 2019, she was elected Member of Parliament for Streatham, succeeding her Labour turned-Liberal Democrats predecessor, Chuka Umunna. Then, on May 26th 2020, she was decisively chosen as the new General Secretary of the Labour Party, thereby becoming the office's youngest holder since fellow Labour politician, Matt Carter, whom was elected to the position at the age of thirty-one in December 2003.
In addition to her political career, William has also actively maintained her contribution in the field of humanitarianism, having participated in a number of UN-sponsored humanitarian missions to the African continent on several occasions, alongside those in her own personal capacity to other continents aswell.