Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
This article is about the British politician. For the American radio reporter, see Herbert Morrison (journalist). For the American entomologist, see Herbert Knowles Morrison.
The Right Honourable
The Lord Morrison of Lambeth
CH PC
Morrison in 1947
Leader of the Opposition
In office 25 November 1955 – 14 December 1955
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
Anthony Eden
Preceded by
Clement Attlee
Succeeded by
Hugh Gaitskell
Foreign Secretary
In office 9 March 1951 – 26 October 1951
Prime Minister
Clement Attlee
Preceded by
Ernest Bevin
Succeeded by
Anthony Eden
Lord President of the Council
In office 26 July 1945 – 9 March 1951
Prime Minister
Clement Attlee
Preceded by
The Lord Woolton
Succeeded by
The Viscount Addison
Leader of the House of Commons
In office 26 July 1945 – 16 March 1951
Prime Minister
Clement Attlee
Preceded by
Anthony Eden
Succeeded by
James Chuter Ede
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office 25 May 1945 – 2 February 1956
Leader
Clement Attlee
Preceded by
Arthur Greenwood
Succeeded by
Jim Griffiths
Home Secretary Minister of Home Security
In office 4 October 1940 – 23 May 1945
Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Preceded by
John Anderson
Succeeded by
Donald Somervell
Minister of Supply
In office 12 May 1940 – 4 October 1940
Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Preceded by
Leslie Burgin
Succeeded by
Andrew Rae Duncan
Leader of the London County Council
In office 9 March 1934 – 27 May 1940
Preceded by
William Ray
Succeeded by
Charles Latham
Minister of Transport
In office 7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931
Prime Minister
Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by
Wilfrid Ashley
Succeeded by
John Pybus
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage 2 November 1959 – 6 March 1965
Member of Parliament for Lewisham South Lewisham East (1945–1950)
In office 5 July 1945 – 18 September 1959
Preceded by
Sir Assheton Pownall
Succeeded by
Carol Johnson
Member of Parliament for Hackney South
In office 14 November 1935 – 15 June 1945
Preceded by
Marjorie Graves
Succeeded by
Herbert William Butler
In office 30 May 1929 – 7 October 1931
Preceded by
George Garro-Jones
Succeeded by
Marjorie Graves
In office 6 December 1923 – 9 October 1924
Preceded by
Clifford Erskine-Bolst
Succeeded by
George Garro-Jones
Personal details
Born
Herbert Stanley Morrison
(1888-01-03)3 January 1888 London, England
Died
6 March 1965(1965-03-06) (aged 77) London, England
Political party
Labour
Spouses
Margaret Kent
(m. 1919; died 1953)
Edith Meadowcroft
(m. 1955)
Children
1
Relatives
Peter Mandelson (grandson)
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, CH, PC (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) 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 acted as Home Secretary in the wartime coalition.
Morrison organised Labour's victorious 1945 election campaign, and was appointed Leader of the House of Commons and acted as Attlee's deputy in the Attlee ministry of 1945–51. Attlee, Morrison, Ernest Bevin, Stafford Cripps, and initially Hugh Dalton formed the "Big Five" who dominated those governments. Morrison oversaw Labour's nationalisation programme, although he opposed Aneurin Bevan's proposals for a nationalised hospital service as part of the setting up of the National Health Service. Morrison developed his social views from his work in local politics and always emphasised the importance of public works to deal with unemployment. In the final year of Attlee's premiership, Morrison had an unhappy term as Foreign Secretary. He was hailed as "Lord Festival" for his successful leadership of the Festival of Britain, a critical and popular success in 1951 that attracted millions of visitors to fun-filled educational exhibits and events in London and across the country.
Morrison was widely expected to succeed Attlee as Labour leader but Attlee, who disliked him, postponed stepping down until 1955. Morrison, who was by then nearing 70 and considered too old, came a poor third in the 1955 Labour Party leadership election.[1]
^Laybourn, Keith (2002). "Morrison, Herbert Stanley". In Ramsden, John (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century British Politics. Oxford University Press. pp. 443–444. ISBN 0198601344.
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