Herbert Morrison

**Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth**,  (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) was a British Labour politician.

He was Minister of Transport during the 1929–1931 Labour Government. He became Leader of the London County Council in the 1930s. He lost to Clement Attlee in the Labour leadership election that year, but later acted as Home Secretary.

## Other websites

- Catalogue of the Morrison papers held at LSE Archives
- Herbert Morrison on _The Blitz_ audiobook CD

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office**: Member of the House of Lords
- **status**: Lord Temporal
- **termlabel**: Life peerage
- **term start**: 2 November 1959
- **term end**: 6 March 1965
- **office1**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency), Lewisham South

- **term start1**: 5 July 1945
- **term end1**: 8 October 1959
- **predecessor1**: Assheton Pownall, Sir Assheton Pownall
- **successor1**: Carol Johnson (British politician), Carol Johnson
- **office2**: Member of Parliament
for Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency), Hackney South
- **term start2**: 14 November 1935
- **term end2**: 5 July 1945
- **predecessor2**: Marjorie Graves
- **successor2**: Herbert William Butler
- **term start3**: 30 May 1929
- **term end3**: 27 October 1931
- **predecessor3**: George Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, George Garro-Jones
- **successor3**: Marjorie Graves
- **term start4**: 6 December 1923
- **term end4**: 29 October 1924
- **predecessor4**: Clifford Erskine-Bolst
- **successor4**: George Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, George Garro-Jones


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: The Lord Morrison of Lambeth
- **birthname**: Herbert Stanley Morrison
- **honorific-suffix**: Companion of Honour, CH Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC
- **image**: Herbert Morrison M.P. LCCN2014717312 crop.jpg
- **office1**: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition
- **monarch1**: Elizabeth II
- **primeminister1**: Anthony Eden
- **term start1**: 25 November 1955
- **term end1**: 14 December 1955
- **predecessor1**: Clement Attlee
- **successor1**: Hugh Gaitskell
- **office2**: Foreign Secretary
- **term start2**: 9 March 1951
- **term end2**: 26 October 1951
- **primeminister2**: Clement Attlee
- **predecessor2**: Ernest Bevin
- **successor2**: Anthony Eden
- **office3**: Lord President of the Council
- **primeminister3**: Clement Attlee
- **term start3**: 26 July 1945
- **term end3**: 9 March 1951
- **predecessor3**: Lord Woolton
- **successor3**: Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, The Viscount Addison
- **office4**: Leader of the House of Commons
- **primeminister4**: Clement Attlee
- **term start4**: 26 July 1945
- **term end4**: 16 March 1951
- **predecessor4**: Anthony Eden
- **successor4**: James Chuter Ede
- **office5**: Home Secretary
Minister of Home Security
- **primeminister5**: Winston Churchill
- **term start5**: 4 October 1940
- **term end5**: 23 May 1945
- **predecessor5**: John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, John Anderson
- **successor5**: Donald Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow, Donald Somervell
 _Office abolished_
- **office6**: Minister of Supply
- **primeminister6**: Winston Churchill
- **term start6**: 12 May 1940
- **term end6**: 4 October 1940
- **predecessor6**: Leslie Burgin
- **successor6**: Andrew Rae Duncan
- **office7**: London County Council#Leaders of the London County Council, Leader of the London County Council
- **term start7**: 9 March 1934
- **term end7**: 27 May 1940
- **predecessor7**: William Ray (British politician), William Ray
- **successor7**: Charles Latham, 1st Baron Latham, Charles Latham
- **office8**: Secretary of State for Transport, Minister of Transport
- **primeminister8**: Ramsay MacDonald
- **term start8**: 7 June 1929
- **term end8**: 24 August 1931
- **predecessor8**: Wilfrid Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple, Wilfrid Ashley
- **successor8**: John Pybus
- **office9**: Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
- **term start9**: 25 May 1945
- **term end9**: 2 February 1956
- **leader9**: Clement Attlee
- **predecessor9**: Arthur Greenwood
- **successor9**: Jim Griffiths
- **birth place**: London, England
- **death place**: London, England
- **party**: Labour Party (UK), Labour
- **spouse**:

- **children**: 1
- **relatives**: Peter Mandelson (grandson)