Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth

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Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth

by Juliet Pannett
chalk, 1961
19 in. x 12 1/4 in. (483 mm x 311 mm)
Purchased, 1966
Primary Collection
NPG 4476

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  • Juliet Pannett (1911-2005), Artist. Artist or producer of 21 portraits.

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Pannett's portrayal of Morrison as the distinguished statesman glosses over the bittersweet end of his remarkable career. In 1955, he felt betrayed when the Labour party leadership passed to Hugh Gaitskill. 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.
The irony of Morrison's career concerns the paradox that his qualities as a 'fly little cockney' powered him to the top of the Labour party, but his close links to London then impeded his ability to attain its national leadership.

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Current affairs

Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published internationally, inspiring the founding of the human rights organisation, Amnesty International.
The philosopher and peace activist Bertrand Russell is imprisoned for inciting civil disobedience during a sit down demonstration at the Ministry of Defence and Hyde Park.
The farthing coin - used in Britain for the last 7 centuries - ceases to be legal tender.

Art and science

Rudolf Nureyev defects from the USSR fearing that the KGB would arrest him for being gay and for fraternising with foreigners. After seeking asylum in Paris he set up home in London at the Royal Ballet and began his famous partnership with Margot Fonteyn.
The satirical magazine, Private Eye is first published.

International

The East German government erects the Berlin Wall, ceasing free movement between East and West Berlin. The barrier prevented citizens of Soviet controlled East Germany from crossing the border into West Germany to work, or to defect.
Yuri Gagarin, the soviet cosmonaut, becomes the first man in space orbiting the earth on the 12th April.

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