Arthur Henderson
(1863-1935), Politician, leader of the Labour Party, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and iron moulderSitter associated with 15 portraits
Worked for an iron foundry from the age of twelve. In 1892 Henderson was elected to a post for the Iron Founders Union. He became an MP for the Labour Representation Committee (later the Labour Party) in 1900. In 1915 he was the first member of the Labour Party to become a member of the Cabinet, as President of the Board of Education. He was appointed to the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary in 1929. While in this post he presided over the world disarmament conference at Geneva that opened in 1932. His efforts to achieve disarmament at a time marked by rearmament in Europe and the Far East earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1934. He was leader of the Labour Party for three short terms between 1908 and 1931.
by Lilian Mary Mayer
watercolour on ivory, 1924
NPG 2067
by Ivan Opffer
brown chalk, 1930s
NPG 5441
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1903
NPG x20386
'The Labour Group in the House of Commons, Photographed Feb. 13th 1906 on the Terrace'
probably after Charles Henry Park
halftone postcard print, 1906 (13 February 1906)
NPG x193150
'Labour Members of Parliament and their wives who visited Germany in the Spring of 1909'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1909
NPG x36285
'Party of Labour Members of Parliament and their wives who visited Germany in the Spring of 1909'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1909
NPG x36245
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39094
Ramsay MacDonald and his cabinet of 1924
by Elliott & Fry
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 1924
NPG x182171
by Barratt's
bromide postcard print, 1929
NPG x197884
by Unknown artist
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D47233
by Unknown artist
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D47234
by James Russell & Sons
bromide print, May 1917
NPG x32129
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Caroline Utin
08 November 2020, 20:09
Hello I am Arthur Henderson’s Great granddaughter and I have much of his photos and memorabilia. I can tell you much .