Clement Attlee
(1883-1967), Prime MinisterClement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee
Sitter in 49 portraits
In 1922, Attlee was elected Labour MP for Limehouse, and in 1935 he became leader of the Labour Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister under Winston Churchill in the coalition wartime Government in 1940-5. In the 1945 election, Labour held its first overall majority in the House of Commons with a landslide victory. Attlee's government laid the foundations of the Welfare State and nationalised the Bank of England, transport, communications, coal, gas and electricity, and the iron and steel industries. He stepped down when Labour lost the 1955 election and was succeeded as leader by Hugh Gaitskell.
by Unknown photographer, for Associated Press
bromide print, July 1945
NPG x134935
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, September 1945
NPG x187414
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2606
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2609
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2610
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2611
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2612
Violet Helen (née Millar), Countess Attlee; Clement Attlee
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1946
NPG x83560
Clement Attlee and Prime Ministers at the Commonwealth Conference
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 October 1948
NPG x71997
Clement Attlee and Prime Ministers at the Commonwealth Conference
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 October 1948
NPG x71998
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
Winston Churchill giving his 80th birthday speech at Westminster Hall
by Jack Esten, for Reuters
bromide press print, 30 November 1954
NPG x199077
by J.S. Lewinski
bromide print on card mount, circa 1967
NPG x13703
by Harry Lawrence Oakley
silhouette, 1920s-1950s
NPG D361
Related People
- Violet Helen (née Millar), Countess Attlee (wife)
- Christopher Sebastian Bravery Attlee (nephew)
- Lady Alison Elizabeth Davis (née Attlee) (daughter)
- Janet Helen Shipton (née Attlee) (daughter)
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