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Herbert Morrison (politician)

The Right Honourable
The Lord Morrison of Lambeth
CH PC
Herbert Morrison 1947.jpg
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
26 July 1945 – 26 October 1951
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
Preceded by Clement Attlee
Succeeded by Anthony Eden
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
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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 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
Home Secretary
In office
4 October 1940 – 23 May 1945
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Preceded by Sir 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
Chairman of the Labour Party
In office
5 October 1928 – 4 October 1929
Leader Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by George Lansbury
Succeeded by Susan Lawrence
Member of Parliament
for Lewisham South
Lewisham East (1945–1950)
In office
5 July 1945 – 8 October 1959
Preceded by Sir Assheton Pownall
Succeeded by Carol Johnson
Member of Parliament
for Hackney South
In office
14 November 1935 – 5 July 1945
Preceded by Marjorie Graves
Succeeded by Herbert William Butler
In office
30 May 1929 – 27 October 1931
Preceded by George Garro-Jones
Succeeded by Marjorie Graves
In office
6 December 1923 – 29 October 1924
Preceded by Clifford Erskine-Bolst
Succeeded by George Garro-Jones
Personal details
Born Herbert Stanley Morrison
3 January 1888 (1888-01-03)
37, Mordaunt Street, Stockwell, London, England
Died 6 March 1965 (1965-03-07) (aged 77)
Peckham, South London, England
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 was Minister of Transport during the 1929-31 Labour Government, then, after losing his seat in Parliament in 1931, became 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 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 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 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.


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