Clement Attlee

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951

• Born: 1883-01-03 (Putney London Borough of Wandsworth) (reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
• Died: 1967-10-08 (Westminster Hospital)
• Country of citizenship: United Kingdom
• Occupation: diplomat; politician; professor
• Member of political party: Labour Party
• Member of: Royal Society
• Military rank: major
• Military branch: British Army
• Position held: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (period: 1930-05-23 through 1931-03-13; replaced by: Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede; replaces: Oswald Mosley); Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (period: 1932-10-25 through 1935-10-25; replaced by: Arthur Greenwood; replaces: John Robert Clynes); Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (period: 1942-02-19 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Herbert Morrison); Leader of the Labour Party (period: 1935-10-25 through 1955-11-25; replaced by: Hugh Gaitskell; replaces: George Lansbury); Leader of the Opposition (period: 1951-10-26 through 1955-11-25; replaced by: Herbert Morrison; replaces: Winston Churchill); Lord President of the Council (period: 1943-09-24 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton; replaces: John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley); Lord Privy Seal (period: 1940-05-12 through 1942-02-15; replaced by: Stafford Cripps; replaces: Kingsley Wood); Member of the 32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1922 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Limehouse; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1922-11-15 through 1923-11-16); Member of the 33rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1923 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Limehouse; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 33rd Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1923-12-06 through 1924-10-09); Member of the 34th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1924 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Limehouse; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 34th Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1924-10-29 through 1929-05-10); Member of the 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1929 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Limehouse; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1929-05-30 through 1931-10-07); Member of the 36th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1931 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Limehouse; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 36th Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1931-10-27 through 1935-10-25); Member of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1935 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Limehouse; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1935-11-14 through 1945-06-15); Member of the 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1945 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Limehouse; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1945-07-05 through 1950-02-03); Member of the 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1950 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Walthamstow West; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1950-02-23 through 1951-10-05); Member of the 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1951 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Walthamstow West; end cause: dissolution of parliament; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1951-10-25 through 1955-05-06); Member of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1955 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: Walthamstow West; end cause: elevation to the House of Lords; parliamentary group: Labour Party; parliamentary term: 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom; period: 1955-05-26 through 1955-12-16); Member of the House of Lords (end cause: death in office; period: 1956-01-25 through 1967-10-08); Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom (since: 1935-01-01); Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (member of cabinet: Attlee ministry; period: 1945-07-26 through 1951-10-26; replaced by: Winston Churchill; replaces: Winston Churchill); Secretary of State for Defence (period: 1945-07-27 through 1946-12-20; replaced by: A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough; replaces: Winston Churchill); Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (period: 1942-02-15 through 1943-09-24; replaced by: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury; replaces: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury)
• Employer: London School of Economics and Political Science
• Educated at: City Law School; Haileybury and Imperial Service College; University College, Oxford
• Spouse: Violet Attlee, Countess Attlee (since: 1922-01-10)
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/36926306
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000121280695
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82054997
• Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82054997