Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
(1888-1965), Politician; Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime MinisterSitter associated with 97 portraits
Morrison was elected to a succession of influential positions in local government, starting with Mayor of Hackney in 1920, and membership of the London County Council in 1922. He entered parliament during the first Labour government of 1924 as MP for South Hackney. Minister of Transport in Ramsay Macdonald's 1929 government; member of Churchill's War Cabinet (1942-5); as Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security (1940-5) created the National Fire Service; Foreign Secretary (1951) under Clement Attlee. He retired in 1959 and accepted a life peerage. Entering the House of Lords as Baron Morrison of Lambeth, he fought to stop the abolition of the London County Council, dying in 1969.
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Yousuf Karsh
sepia-toned bromide print, 1943
NPG P402
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1943
NPG P490(53)
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Sir David Low
pencil, 1945 or before
NPG 4529(257)
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Sir David Low
chalk, circa 1945
NPG 4559
Sir Waldron Smithers; Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Ronald Searle
pen and ink and blue crayon, 1951
NPG 6894
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Juliet Pannett
chalk, 1961
NPG 4476
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 August 1924
NPG x127858
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 August 1924
NPG x127859
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1 August 1924
NPG x83801
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 December 1930
NPG x124994
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 December 1930
NPG x124995
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1930
NPG x83802
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1936
NPG Ax136079
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Harold Tomlin
modern resin print from original negative, 11 July 1937
NPG x131104
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Harold Tomlin, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 11 July 1937
NPG x88274
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 28 November 1940
NPG x19473
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 28 November 1940
NPG x19474
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 28 November 1940
NPG x19475
by Associated Press
bromide press print, 1940s
NPG x184285
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 6 February 1942
NPG x83737
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, June 1948
NPG x90724
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, June 1948
NPG x90725
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
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
print, 1953
NPG x2044
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
print, 1953
NPG x2045
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
print, 1953
NPG x2046
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1953
NPG x2047
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
print, 1953
NPG x2048
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum)
vintage print, 1953
NPG x135065
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage print, 17 October 1962
NPG x137361
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
print
NPG x2049
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
print
NPG x2051
The Fairy Ring (Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink, 1935
NPG D9869
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13609
Possibly Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13611
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13616
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth and one unknown sitter
by Fred Roe
pencil, 12 September 1945
NPG D43257
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 30 November 1928
NPG x47436
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 30 November 1928
NPG x47437
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 December 1930
NPG x124993
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25632
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25633
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25634
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25635
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25636
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25637
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25638
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25640
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25644
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25648
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25650
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25654
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x25657
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1936
NPG x93740
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1936
NPG x93741
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1936
NPG x93742
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1936
NPG x93743
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1936
NPG x93744
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