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    Herbert Morrison

    British politician (1888–1965)

    This article is about the British politician. For the American radio reporter, see Herbert Morrison (journalist). For the American entomologist, see Herbert Knowles Morrison.

    Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, CH, PC (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 in the Attlee ministry 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 th

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    Herbert Morrison

    (b. 3 Jan. 1888, d. 6 Mar. 1965).

    British Labour politician Born in Brixton, he left school at 14, and held a variety of jobs, ranging from shop assistant to telephone operator. The loss of sight in his right eye prevented him from serving in World War I, although he was in any case a staunch pacifist. Morrison became part-time secretary of the London Labour Party in 1915, and Mayor of Hackney in 1920. He was elected to the London County Council (LCC) in 1922, and to parliament as MP for Hackney South in 1923. As MacDonald's Minister for Transport (1929–31) he created the London Passenger Transport Board, but when he lost his seat in 1931, he became prominent in London politics. As leader of the LCC (1934–40) he worked tirelessly to improve the city's education and sanitary conditions, which led, for example, to the creation of a Green Belt around the capital. He regained Hackney South in 1935 but remained unacceptable for the leadership as sections of the party continued to be suspicious of his domination and drive.

    His energy was rewarded when he became Minister of Supply and then Home Secretary in Churchill's wartime coalition government (1940–5). During this time, he drafted Labour's proposals for nationalization and the social services in the 1945 elec