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Clement Attlee

(1883-1967), Prime Minister

Clement 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.

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Ernest Bevin; Clement Attlee, by Unknown photographer, for  Associated Press - NPG x134935

Ernest Bevin; Clement Attlee

by Unknown photographer, for Associated Press
bromide print, July 1945
NPG x134935

Clement Attlee, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x187414

Clement Attlee

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, September 1945
NPG x187414

Clement Attlee, by Howard Coster - NPG x2606

Clement Attlee

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2606

Clement Attlee, by Howard Coster - NPG x2609

Clement Attlee

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2609

Clement Attlee, by Howard Coster - NPG x2610

Clement Attlee

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2610

Clement Attlee, by Howard Coster - NPG x2611

Clement Attlee

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2611

Clement Attlee, by Howard Coster - NPG x2612

Clement Attlee

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1945
NPG x2612

Clement Attlee, by Vivienne - NPG x45165

Clement Attlee

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x45165

Clement Attlee, by Vivienne - NPG x45166

Clement Attlee

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x45166

Winston Churchill giving his 80th birthday speech at Westminster Hall, by Jack Esten, for  Reuters - NPG x199077

Winston Churchill giving his 80th birthday speech at Westminster Hall

by Jack Esten, for Reuters
bromide press print, 30 November 1954
NPG x199077

Clement Attlee, by J.S. Lewinski - NPG x13703

Clement Attlee

by J.S. Lewinski
bromide print on card mount, circa 1967
NPG x13703

Clement Attlee, by Harry Lawrence Oakley - NPG D361

Clement Attlee

by Harry Lawrence Oakley
silhouette, 1920s-1950s
NPG D361

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Clement Attlee

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 17 November 1931
NPG x127543

Web image not currently available

Clement Attlee

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 17 November 1931
NPG x127544

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