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
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