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Description: | Morrison, Herbert Stanley, Baron Morrison of Lambeth. (1888-1965). Labour Cabinet Minister. Mayor of Hackney, member of the London County Council, Labour MP, Minister of Transport, Home Secretary, created National Fire Service, Lewisham MP, Leader of the House of Commons, Foriegn Secretary, Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the London Labour Party. Left school at fourteen to be an errand boy, later shop assistant and switchboard operator. Born in Brixton, 240 Ferndale Road. The Morrison Shelters, used in World War II, were named after him.
Photograph of a pastel drawing. | License: | http://www.lambethlandmark.com/terms.html | Subjects: | Air Raid Shelters Personalities Members of Parliament Politicians | Temporal: | 1926-01-01T00:00:00/1950-12-31T23:59:00 | Source: | Lambeth Landmark | Creator: | Lambeth Libraries | Identifier: | http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_p... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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