Clement Attlee

About Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee was a British politician who was best known for being the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. He was also the Leader of the Labor Party from 1935 to 1955. He is widely regarded as the greatest British Prime Minister of the 20th Century.

Career

He was elected into Parliament in 1922. He later served as the Deputy Leader of the Labor Party for three years before finally being elected the Leader on 25 October 1935.

Personal Life

He married Violet Millar in 1921 and had four children with her. The couple remained married until Violet's death in 1964.

Trivia

In 1942, he became Britain's first ever Deputy Prime Minister serving under Winston Churchill.

Clement Attlee photo gallery

Title

Lord Privy Seal Clement Attlee smiles as he shakes hands with cheering workers during a visit to ROF Hereford on Friday 11 July 1941. He is leaning over a pile of shells to greet the workers.

Author

British Government

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attlee_1941_P_75.jpg

License

Public domain

Title

Prime Minister Clement Attlee (right) and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin photographed at 10 Downing Street at midnight on 14 August 1945. They had just announced, in a speech broadcast to Britain and the Empire, the news of the Japanese surrender.

Author

British Government

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bevin_Attlee_H_42138.jpg

License

Public domain

Title

A statue of Clement Attlee outside Limehouse Library, which is boarded up. In April 2011 the statute was unveiled in its new permanent location outside the main library at Queen Mary, University of London. Photo taken 2 October 2005 by User:Edward.

Author

No machine-readable author provided. Edward assumed (based on copyright claims).

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clement_Attlee_statue_-_Limehouse_library.jpg

License

Public domain

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F.A.Q. about Clement Attlee

When is his birthday?

Clement Attlee's birthday is on January 3, 1883.

In how many days is his birthday?

Clement's birthday is in 253 days

How old was Clement when he died?

He was 84 years old.

When did he die?

He died in October 8, 1967.

How old would he be today?

Clement Attlee would be 141 years old if he was alive today.

Where was Clement from?

He was born in Putney, London, England, UK.