Ernest Bevin
(1881-1951), General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union and Labour politician; MP for Wandsworth Central and Woolwich EastSitter associated with 59 portraits
Trade unionist and politician. A farm worker from Somerset, Bevin formed a branch of the Dockers' Union in Bristol in 1910. He worked with Tillett to form the Transport and General Workers Union, and was its first General Secretary (1921-40). A leading organiser of the General Strike in 1926, Bevin was active in negotiating a settlement. In 1937 Bevin was elected chairman of the Trades Union Congress. In 1940 he became an MP and served as Churchill's Minister of Labour and National Service. As Foreign Secretary in Attlee's government (1945-51), Bevin was influential in creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in 1949, and in obtaining aid for Britain under the US Marshall Plan.
by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
oil on canvas, circa 1945
NPG 3921
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 26 August 1929
NPG x69750
George Lansbury; Ernest Bevin; Dr Adler; Thomas Johnston
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern resin print from original negative, 3 October 1932
NPG x134947
Ernest Bevin; H. Kershaw; S. Hirst
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 10 July 1933
NPG x134944
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 September 1936
NPG x104348
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 September 1936
NPG x104349
Ernest Bevin with other delegates to a conference over the London Busmen's Dispute
by Reuben Saidman, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 30 April 1937
NPG x134945
Ernest Bevin; Harold Ewart Clay
by Edward Malindine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 3 May 1937
NPG x134946
Ernest Bevin; J. Whitehouse; W. Walsh; W.P. Noonan and one other unknown man
by Reg Sayers, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 1 July 1937
NPG x134948
A.J. Chandler; Ernest Bevin; Harold Ewart Clay
by Reuben Saidman, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 30 April 1937
NPG x134949
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, August 1940
NPG x163090
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 7 November 1940
NPG x14031
by Unknown photographer, for Pictorial Press
bromide print, 1940
NPG x134934
Poster for the Export Council of the Board of Trade (Ernest Bevin)
by Unknown photographer, for Evening Standard
bromide print, 1940
NPG x134936
by Walter Stoneman
dry-plate glass negative, 1941
NPG x8764
by Walter Stoneman
dry-plate glass negative, 1941
NPG x8765
by Walter Stoneman
dry-plate glass negative, 1941
NPG x8768
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, July 1941
NPG x8767
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2831
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2937
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2938
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2939
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2940
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2941
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2942
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2943
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2944
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2945
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2946
by Unknown photographer, for Associated Press
bromide print, July 1945
NPG x134935
Clement Attlee and Prime Ministers at the Commonwealth Conference
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 October 1948
NPG x71999
Clement Attlee and Prime Ministers at the Commonwealth Conference
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 October 1948
NPG x72000
Clement Attlee and Prime Ministers at the Commonwealth Conference
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 October 1948
NPG x72001
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1944-1945
NPG D13577
by Leslie Illingworth
pen and ink and wash, published 4 September 1947
NPG D953
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