Herbert Morrison
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The Right Honourable The Lord Morrison of Lambeth CH PC |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 26 July 1945 – 26 October 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Clement Attlee |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Eden |
| Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 25 May 1945 – 2 February 1956 |
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| Leader | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Arthur Greenwood |
| Succeeded by | Jim Griffiths |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 9 March 1951 – 26 October 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Ernest Bevin |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Eden |
| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 26 July 1945 – 9 March 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Lord Woolton |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Addison |
| Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 26 July 1945 – 16 March 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Anthony Eden |
| Succeeded by | James Chuter Ede |
| Home Secretary | |
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In office 4 October 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
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| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Sir John Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Donald Somervell |
| Minister of Supply | |
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In office 12 May 1940 – 4 October 1940 |
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| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Leslie Burgin |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Rae Duncan |
| Leader of the London County Council | |
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In office 9 March 1934 – 27 May 1940 |
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| Preceded by | William Ray |
| Succeeded by | Charles Latham |
| Minister of Transport | |
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In office 7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931 |
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| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Wilfrid Ashley |
| Succeeded by | John Pybus |
| Chairman of the Labour Party | |
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In office 5 October 1928 – 4 October 1929 |
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| Leader | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | George Lansbury |
| Succeeded by | Susan Lawrence |
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Member of Parliament for Lewisham South Lewisham East (1945–1950) |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 8 October 1959 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Assheton Pownall |
| Succeeded by | Carol Johnson |
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Member of Parliament for Hackney South |
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In office 14 November 1935 – 5 July 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Marjorie Graves |
| Succeeded by | Herbert William Butler |
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In office 30 May 1929 – 27 October 1931 |
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| Preceded by | George Garro-Jones |
| Succeeded by | Marjorie Graves |
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In office 6 December 1923 – 29 October 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Clifford Erskine-Bolst |
| Succeeded by | George Garro-Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Herbert Stanley Morrison 3 January 1888 37, Mordaunt Street, Stockwell, London, UK |
| Died |
6 March 1965 (aged 77) Peckham, South London, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Kent |
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth CH PC (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) was a British Labour politician who held a variety of senior positions in the Cabinet.
During the inter-war period he served as Minister of Transport during the 1929-31 Labour Government then, after losing his seat in Parliament in 1931, as Leader of the London County Council in the 1930s. Returning to the Commons in 1935, he was defeated by Clement Attlee in the Labour leadership election that year, but later served as Home Secretary in the wartime coalition.
Morrison organised Labour's victorious 1945 election campaign, and served as Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister in Attlee's governments 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 served 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.
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