Clement Attlee

@Former British Prime Minister, Facts and Facts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Clement Richard Attlee was a British Labour Party politician and Britain’s first post-World War II Prime Minister British Leaders Political Leaders Prime Ministers Capricorn Celebrities Clement Attlee, was a British Labour Party politician and the country’s first post-World War II Prime Minister. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and the leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. After receiving his primary education from schools in London, he graduated from Oxford University with a BA in Modern History. Initially conservative in his political views, he underwent a change while working as a manager for the Haileybury House. After witnessing the poverty and misery prevailing in the society, he became more inclined towards Socialism. In order to make a difference in the local politics he joined the Independent Labour Party. Attlee was given a commission in the South Lancashire Regiment in 1914 and he served in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and France during World War I. When the war ended, he held the rank of Major. He was first elected to the Parliament in 1922 as the MP for Limehouse. From there he gradually moved up the political ladder and became the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, eventually becoming the leader of the party itself. The Labour Party under him registered a landslide victory in the general elections after the World War II and he became the Prime Minister.

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Birthday: January 3, 1883 Died on: October 8, 1967 Nationality: British Famous: Former British Prime Minister, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers Spouses: Countess Attlee, Violet Attlee Siblings: Thomas Attlee Known as: Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS Information Detail Birthday January 3, 1883 Died on October 8, 1967 Nationality British Famous Former British Prime Minister, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers Spouses Countess Attlee, Violet Attlee Siblings Thomas Attlee Known as Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS Childrens 2nd Earl Attlee, Alison Elizabeth Attlee, Janet Helen Attlee, Lady Felicity Ann Attlee, Martin Attlee Universities Haileybury and Imperial Service College 1904 - University College Oxford University of Oxford Birth Place Putney Political Ideology Political party - Labour Religion Anglicanism, Atheism, Church of England, Agnosticism Gender Male Father Henry Attlee Mother Ellen Bravery Watson Sun Sign Capricorn Born in Putney Famous as Former British Prime Minister Died at Age 84

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Clement Attlee married Violet Millar on January 10, 1922 and together they had four children, namely, Lady Janet Helen, Lady Felicity Ann, Martin Richard and Lady Alison Elizabeth. Unsplash Personal Life

Clement succumbed to pneumonia on October 8, 1967 at the age of 84. Unsplash Personal Life

Clement Attlee was born on January 3, 1883 in Putney, Surrey to Henry Attlee and Ellen Bravery Watson. His father was a solicitor. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Clement Attlee received his schooling from Northaw School and then went to the Haileybury College. In 1904, he graduated from University College, Oxford, with a Second Class Honors BA in Modern History. After completing his graduation, he trained as a lawyer. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1906, he started working as manager of Haileybury House, a charitable club for working-class boys. There he witnessed the terrible living standards of the slum children which deeply affected his political views. Unsplash Career

He developed a view that private charities would do no good for the poor people and income redistribution by the state was the only way out. Thus, he joined the Independent Labour Party in 1908 in order to become actively involved in the country’s politics. Unsplash Career

In 1911, Clement Attlee was employed as the UK Government's official explainer. He toured Essex and Somerset on a bicycle, explaining Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George's National Insurance Act at public meetings.. Unsplash Career

He was a lecturer at the London School of Economics from 1912 to 1914 before being commissioned in the World War I. After the war he came back to the London School and held his position till 1923. Unsplash Career

He became the mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in 1919. The council issued and executed orders and directives against slum-lords who didn’t maintain habitable conditions in their slums. The council also appointed visitors and sanitary inspectors and dealt with the rising issue of infant mortality. Unsplash Career

Clement Attlee and his government are accredited with the creation of a publicly funded healthcare system, the National Health Service and the nationalization of public utilities and major industries. Unsplash Major Works

Under his tenure the British government finally granted British India, Burma and Ceylon their independence. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 3, 1883
Died on	October 8, 1967
Nationality	British
Famous	Former British Prime Minister, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers
Spouses	Countess Attlee, Violet Attlee
Siblings	Thomas Attlee
Known as	Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS
Childrens	2nd Earl Attlee, Alison Elizabeth Attlee, Janet Helen Attlee, Lady Felicity Ann Attlee, Martin Attlee
Universities	Haileybury and Imperial Service College 1904 - University College Oxford University of Oxford
Birth Place	Putney
Political Ideology	Political party - Labour
Religion	Anglicanism, Atheism, Church of England, Agnosticism
Gender	Male
Father	Henry Attlee
Mother	Ellen Bravery Watson
Sun Sign	Capricorn
Born in	Putney
Famous as	Former British Prime Minister
Died at Age	84

Clement Attlee

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Jan 3, 1883

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