Earl Attlee

British peerage title created in 1955 for Clement Attlee

Earldom Attlee

Blazon

Arms: Azure, on a Chevron Or, between three Hearts Or, winged Argent, three Lions rampant Sable. Crest: On a Mount Vert, two Lions rampant addorsed Or. Supporters: On either side a Welsh Terrier sejant proper.

Creation date| 16 December 1955
Created by| Queen Elizabeth II
Peerage| Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder| Clement Attlee
Present holder| John Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee
Heir apparent| None
Remainder to| the 1st Earl's heirs male lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles| Viscount Prestwood
Status| Extant
Motto| LABOR VINCIT OMNIA
(Labour conquers all)

Earl Attlee is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 16 December 1955 for Clement Attlee, the former Labour prime minister. At the same time he was made Viscount Prestwood, of Walthamstow in the County of Essex, which serves as the subsidiary title to the earldom and is also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

As of 2022, the titles are held by his grandson, the third Earl, who succeeded his father in 1991. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. In contrast to his father and grandfather, the current Lord Attlee is a member of the Conservative Party.

Air Vice-Marshal Donald Laurence Attlee, CB, LVO, DL (2 September 1922 – 28 April 2021), was a nephew of the 1st Earl Attlee.[2][3]

## Earls Attlee (1955)

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* Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883–1967)
* Martin Richard Attlee, 2nd Earl Attlee (1927–1991)
* John Richard Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee (born 1956)

There is no heir to the earldom.

## References

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1. ^ "No. 40656". The London Gazette. 16 December 1955. p. 7071.
2. ^ "Air Vice-Marshal Donald Attlee, CB (B & L 36) - commander of Queen's Flight who was arrested in Mali". hailsoc.org.
3. ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (4 May 2021). "Air Vice-Marshal Don Attlee, commander of the Queen's Flight who helped gather intelligence on a Soviet jet that crashed into a Berlin lake – obituary". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.

## Bibliography

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* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]

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Extant earldoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

England |

* Shrewsbury
* Derby
* Huntingdon
* Pembroke
* Devon
* Lincoln
* Suffolk
* Montgomery
* Denbigh
* Westmorland
* Berkshire
* Lindsey
* Winchelsea
* Sandwich
* Essex
* Carlisle
* Shaftesbury
* Nottingham
* Abingdon
* Portland
* Scarbrough
* Albemarle
* Coventry
* Jersey

Scotland |

* Sutherland
* Crawford
* Mar
* Erroll
* Caithness
* Morton
* Rothes
* Buchan
* Eglinton
* Moray
* Mar
* Home
* Perth
* Strathmore and Kinghorne
* Kellie
* Haddington
* Galloway
* Lauderdale
* Lindsay
* Loudoun
* Kinnoull
* Elgin
* Wemyss
* Dalhousie
* Airlie
* Leven
* Dysart
* Selkirk
* Northesk
* Kincardine
* Balcarres
* Newburgh
* Dundee
* Annandale and Hartfell
* Dundonald
* Kintore
* Dunmore
* Melville
* Orkney
* March
* Seafield
* Stair
* Rosebery
* Glasgow

Great Britain |

* Ferrers
* Dartmouth
* Tankerville
* Aylesford
* Macclesfield
* Waldegrave
* Harrington
* Portsmouth
* Brooke
* Buckinghamshire
* Guilford
* Hardwicke
* Ilchester
* Warwick
* De La Warr
* Radnor
* Spencer
* Bathurst
* Clarendon
* Mansfield
* Talbot
* Mount Edgcumbe
* Fortescue
* Mansfield
* Carnarvon
* Cadogan
* Malmesbury

Ireland |

* Waterford
* Cork
* Westmeath
* Meath
* Desmond
* Cavan
* Orrery
* Drogheda
* Granard
* Darnley
* Bessborough
* Carrick
* Shannon
* Arran
* Courtown
* Mexborough
* Winterton
* Kingston
* Roden
* Lisburne
* Clanwilliam
* Antrim
* Longford
* Portarlington
* Mayo
* Annesley
* Enniskillen
* Erne
* Lucan
* Belmore
* Castle Stewart
* Caledon
* Donoughmore
* Limerick
* Clancarty
* Rosse
* Gosford
* Normanton
* Kilmorey
* Listowel
* Norbury
* Ranfurly

United Kingdom |

* Rosslyn
* Craven
* Onslow
* Romney
* Chichester
* Wilton
* Powis
* Nelson
* Grey
* Lonsdale
* Harrowby
* Harewood
* Minto
* Cathcart
* Verulam
* St Germans
* Morley
* Bradford
* Eldon
* Howe
* Stradbroke
* Temple of Stowe
* Cawdor
* Lichfield
* Durham
* Granville
* Effingham
* Ducie
* Yarborough
* Leicester
* Gainsborough
* Strafford
* Cottenham
* Cowley
* Winton
* Dudley
* Russell
* Cromartie
* Kimberley
* Wharncliffe
* Cairns
* Lytton
* Selborne
* Iddesleigh
* Cranbrook
* Cromer
* Plymouth
* Liverpool
* Midlothian
* St Aldwyn
* Beatty
* Haig
* Iveagh
* Balfour
* Oxford and Asquith
* Jellicoe
* Inchcape
* Peel
* Strathmore and Kinghorne
* Baldwin of Bewdley
* Halifax
* Gowrie
* Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
* Mountbatten of Burma
* Alexander of Tunis
* Swinton
* Attlee
* Woolton
* Snowdon
* Stockton

Italics: This title is held by a peer who holds another earldom of higher precedence.

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Clement Attlee

Premiership|

* Attlee ministry

General elections|

* 1935
* 1945
* 1950
* 1951
* 1955

Constituencies|

* Limehouse
* Walthamstow West

Career|

* Simon Commission
* 1935 party leadership election
* Norway Debate
* Wartime coalition government
* 1940 War cabinet crisis
* Potsdam Conference
* Gen 75 Committee
* Operation Hurricane
* National Insurance Act 1946
* National Health Service Act 1946
* Anglo-American loan
* Partition of India
* Tanganyika groundnut scheme
* Agriculture Act 1947
* Transport Act 1947
* Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain

Family|

* Violet Attlee (wife)
* Martin Attlee (son)

Cultural depictions|

* The Gathering Storm (TV, 1974)
* Edward & Mrs. Simpson (TV, 1978)
* Goodnight Sweetheart (TV, 1999)
* Bertie and Elizabeth (TV, 2002)
* Dunkirk (TV, 2004)
* Into the Storm (TV, 2009)
* The Crown (TV, 2016)
* Darkest Hour (Film, 2017)
* Red Joan (Film, 2018)

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* Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Earl Attlee
* Honours
* Toynbee Hall
* 1950 Dissolution Honours
* 1951 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

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