Herbert Morrison

Herbert Morrison

Politics
🇬🇧United Kingdom

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth was a British politician who held a variety of senior positions in the Cabinet as a member of the Labour Party. During the inter-war period, he was Minister of Transport during the Second MacDonald ministry, then after losing his parliamentary seat in the 1931 general election, he became Leader of the London County Council in the 1930s. After returning to the Commons, he was defeated by Clement Attlee in the 1935 Labour Party leadership election but later served as Home Secretary in the wartime coalition.

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1888 – 1965
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London
Awards
🏆 Order of the Companions of Honour

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  • 1888

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  • 1965

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