Herbert Morrison

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, CH, PC (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) was a British Labour politician.

The Right Honourable The Lord Morrison of Lambeth CH PC
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	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 Minister of Home Security
In office 4 October 1940 – 23 May 1945
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	John Anderson
Succeeded by	Donald Somervell (Home Secretary) Office abolished (Home Security Minister)
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
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
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 – 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 (1888-01-03)3 January 1888 London, England
Died	6 March 1965(1965-03-06) (aged 77) London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Margaret Kent ​ ​ (m. 1919; died 1953)​ Edith Meadowcroft ​ (m. 1955)​
Children	1
Relatives	Peter Mandelson (grandson)

He was Minister of Transport during the 1929–1931 Labour Government. He became Leader of the London County Council in the 1930s. He lost to Clement Attlee in the Labour leadership election that year, but later acted as Home Secretary.

Other websites

• Catalogue of the Morrison papers held at LSE Archives
• Herbert Morrison on The Blitz audiobook CD