Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
(1885-1965), Labour and Co-operative politician, First Lord of the Admiralty and Minister of DefenceSitter in 31 portraits
Albert Victor Alexander was a Labour and Co-operative politician. In 1920 he was made secretary to the Co-operative Congress, the national conference for the British Co-operative Movement; he held this post until 1946. Alexander was elected to Parliament as a Co-operative Party MP in 1922. When Labour formed its first government in 1924, Ramsay Macdonald made Alexander Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the Board of Trade. He went on to serve three times as First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and as Minister of Defence under Clement Attlee.
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1943
NPG P490(4)
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1929
NPG x163473
by Barratt's
bromide postcard print, 1929
NPG x197884
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, November 1940
NPG x163474
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, November 1940
NPG x163475
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, October 1942
NPG x163476
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2553
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2555
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
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1940
NPG x533
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Walter Stoneman
negative, October 1942
NPG x164529
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Walter Stoneman
negative, October 1942
NPG x164530
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2554
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2556
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2557
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2558
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2559
Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1942
NPG x2560
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