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Herbert Morrison

1888 - 1965

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Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth (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 served 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 prime minister in the Attlee ministry of 1945–51. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Morrison is the 17,137th most popular politician (down from 16,516th in 2024), the 5,412th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,951st in 2019) and the 623rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Herbert Morrison ranks 17,137 out of 19,576. Before him are Janusz Lewandowski, Enrique Peñalosa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, Pablo Iglesias Turrión, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. After him are Connie Hedegaard, Cajetan von Felder, François Baroin, Daniel Goldin, Ciro Gomes, and William Hooper.

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Among people born in 1888, Herbert Morrison ranks 262. Before him are William Hood Simpson, Lucien Hubbard, Joyce Cary, Florence La Badie, Axel Janse, and Tryggve Gran. After him are Willis Augustus Lee, Josef Ternström, Nils Silfverskiöld, Tris Speaker, Tor Lund, and George B. Seitz. Among people deceased in 1965, Herbert Morrison ranks 224. Before him are David Smith, Gheorghe Ciolac, Herb Drury, Hans Beyer, Robert Sjursen, and Felix Frankfurter. After him are Steve Cochran, Helen Wainwright, Lorraine Hansberry, Vasily Struve, Bessie Barriscale, and Vajiha Samadova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Morrison ranks 5,414 out of 8,785. Before him are Sean Pertwee (1964), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), Dorothy Shirley (1939), Alan Kennedy (1954), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), and Robert Del Naja (1966). After him are Stuart Taylor (1980), Monty Norman (1928), Naomi Scott (1993), Chris Dreja (1945), Sandra Chick (1947), and Valerie Davies (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Herbert Morrison ranks 623. Before him are Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Titus Oates (1649), Tom Clarke (1858), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), John Swinney (1964), and Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790). After him are Michael Portillo (1953), John Graves Simcoe (1752), Peter Mandelson (1953), Denis Healey (1917), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), and John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811).

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