List of honours of Clement Attlee
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Clement Attlee received numerous honours in recognition of his career in politics. These included:
Hereditary Peerage
Attlee was elevated to the House of Lords on 16 December 1955, upon his standing down as leader of the Labour Party and from his seat in the House of Commons. He took the title Earl Attlee, with the subsidiary title of Viscount Prestwood, of Walthamstow in the County of Essex. He sat with the Labour Party benches.
Coat of Arms
As a peer of the realm, Attlee was entitled to use a personal coat of arms.
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Commonwealth Honours
- Commonwealth Realms
Country | Date | Decoration | Post-nominal letters |
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United Kingdom | 1935 – 8 October 1967 | Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council | PC |
Commonwealth realms | 8 June 1945 – 8 October 1967 | Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour | CH |
Commonwealth realms | 5 November 1951 – 8 October 1967 | Member of the Order of Merit | OM |
England | 1956 – 8 October 1967 | Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter | KG |
United Kingdom | Unknown – 8 October 1967 | Knight of Justice of the Order of St John | KStJ [2] |
- Decorations and Medals
Country | Date | Decoration | Post-nominal letters |
---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 1919 | 1914–15 Star | |
United Kingdom | 26 July 1919 | British War Medal | |
United Kingdom | 1 September 1919 | WWI Victory Medal |
Other Distinctions
Country | Date | Organisation | Position |
---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 1961 – 1962 | Association of Municipal Corporations | President |
United Kingdom | Unknown – 8 October 1967 | Worshipful Company of Innholders | Freeman and Liveryman [2] |
Scholastic
- University Degrees
Location | Date | School | Degree |
---|---|---|---|
England | 1904 | University College, Oxford | Second-Class Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Modern History |
England | March 1906 | Inner Temple | Called to the Bar [3] |
- Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
Location | Date | School | Position |
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England | 15 December 1948 – 8 October 1967 | Queen Mary College | Honorary Fellow |
England | unknown – 8 October 1967 | University College, Oxford | Honorary Fellow |
England | unknown – 8 October 1967 | London School of Economics | Honorary Fellow [2] |
- Honorary Degrees
Location | Date | School | Degree |
---|---|---|---|
England | 1946 | University of Cambridge | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [4] |
England | 1946 | University of Oxford | Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) [5] |
Wales | 1949 | University of Wales | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [6] |
Scotland | 21 June 1951 | University of Glasgow | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2][7] |
England | 1953 | University of Nottingham | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [8] |
Ceylon | Unknown | University of Ceylon | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2] |
India | Unknown | University of Madras | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2] |
England | Unknown | University of Reading | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) [2] |
England | Unknown | University of London | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2] |
Scotland | Unknown | University of Aberdeen | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2] |
England | Unknown | University of Hull | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2] |
England | Unknown | University of Bristol | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2] |
Memberships and Fellowships
Country | Date | Organisation | Position |
---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 1946 – 8 October 1967 | Inner Temple | Honorary Bencher [3] |
United Kingdom | 1947 – 8 October 1967 | Royal Society | Fellow (FRS) |
United Kingdom | Unknown – 8 October 1967 | Royal Institute of British Architects | Honorary Fellow (FRIBA) [2] |
Freedom of the City
- 18 October 1947: Birmingham.
- 18 December 1951: Leeds.[2][9]
- 20 November 1953: London.[10]
- 1953: Manchester.[2]
- 16 January 1956: Oxford.[11]
- 5 June 1956: Aberdeen.[2]
- Unknown: Bristol.[2]
Places named after Attlee
- Attlee A Level Academy at the New City College.[12]
- Attlee Way, Leicester (52.5974212, -1.1350528)
Limerick
Attlee referred to his many honours in a limerick he composed about his career:[13]
There were few who thought him a starter,
Many who thought themselves smarter.
But he ended PM,
CH and OM,
an Earl and a Knight of the Garter.
References
- ^ Cracroft's Peerage. "Attlee, Earl (UK, 1955)". Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Bridges, Edward Ettingdean (1968). "Clement Richard Attlee, First Earl Attlee, 1883-1967". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 14: 15–36. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1968.0002. S2CID 72489518.
- ^ a b "Bio" (PDF). www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk. 2017.
- ^ Pathé, British. "Notable British Leaders Receive Honourary Cambridge Degrees". www.britishpathe.com.
- ^ Pathé, British. "Oxford University Awards Honourary Degrees". www.britishpathe.com.
- ^ Pathé, British. "Wales Honours Princess And Duke". www.britishpathe.com.
- ^ "Fifth Centenary Commemoration Oration by Clement Attlee (1951)". 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Honours list" (PDF). www.nottingham.ac.uk. 2018.
- ^ "CLEMENT ATTLEE BEING PRESENTED FREEDOM CITY Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image".
- ^ British Pathé (13 April 2014). "City Honours Mr. Attlee (1953)" – via YouTube.
- ^ Council, Oxford City. "Freedom of the City". www.oxford.gov.uk.
- ^ Carruthers, Allan. "Legacy Of Clement Attlee Honoured In Naming Of New A Level Academy".
- ^ Source: Kenneth Harris, Attlee (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982)
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