Honours of Clement Attlee

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.

Coat of arms of Honours of Clement Attlee
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
On a Mount Vert two Lions addorsed Or
Escutcheon
Azure, on a Chevron Or between three Hearts of the Last winged Argent as many Lions rampant Sable
Supporters
On either side a Welsh Terrier sejant Proper
Motto
Labor vincit omnia (Labour conquers all)[1]

Commonwealth honours
Commonwealth Realms
CountryDateDecorationPost-nominal letters
 United Kingdom1935 – 8 October 1967Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy CouncilPC
Commonwealth realms8 June 1945 – 8 October 1967Order of the Companions of HonourCH
Commonwealth realms5 November 1951 – 8 October 1967Order of MeritOM
 England1956 – 8 October 1967Knight of the Order of the GarterKG
 United KingdomUnknown – 8 October 1967Knight of Justice of the Order of St JohnK.StJ [2]
Decorations and medals
CountryDateDecorationPost-nominal letters
 United Kingdom19191914–15 Star
 United Kingdom26 July 1919British War Medal
 United Kingdom1 September 1919WWI Victory Medal
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Foreign honours
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Other distinctions
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CountryDateOrganisationPosition
 United Kingdom1961 – 1962Association of Municipal CorporationsPresident
 United KingdomUnknown – 8 October 1967Worshipful Company of InnholdersFreeman and Liveryman [2]


Scholastic
University Degrees
LocationDateSchoolDegree
 England1904University College, OxfordSecond-Class Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Modern History
 EnglandMarch 1906Inner TempleCalled to the Bar [3]
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
LocationDateSchoolPosition
 England15 December 1948 – 8 October 1967Queen Mary CollegeHonorary Fellow
 Englandunknown – 8 October 1967University College, OxfordHonorary Fellow
 Englandunknown – 8 October 1967London School of EconomicsHonorary Fellow [2]
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Honorary Degrees
LocationDateSchoolDegree
 England1946University of CambridgeDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [4]
 England1946University of OxfordDoctor of Civil Law (DCL) [5]
 Wales1949University of WalesDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [6]
 England1953University of NottinghamDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [7]
 CeylonUnknownUniversity of CeylonDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2]
 IndiaUnknownUniversity of MadrasDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2]
 EnglandUnknownUniversity of ReadingDoctor of Letters (D.Litt.) [2]
 EnglandUnknownUniversity of LondonDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2]
 ScotlandUnknownUniversity of GlasgowDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2]
 ScotlandUnknownUniversity of AberdeenDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2]
 EnglandUnknownUniversity of HullDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2]
 EnglandUnknownUniversity of BristolDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [2]
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Memberships and fellowships
CountryDateOrganisationPosition
 United Kingdom1946 – 8 October 1967Inner TempleHonorary Bencher [3]
 United Kingdom1947 – 8 October 1967Royal SocietyFellow (FRS)
 United KingdomUnknown – 8 October 1967Royal Institute of British ArchitectsHonorary Fellow (FRIBA) [2]
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Freedom of the City
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  • 18 October 1947: Birmingham.
  • 20 November 1953: London. [8]
  • 16 January 1956: Oxford. [9]
  • 5 June 1956: Aberdeen. [2]
  • Unknown: Manchester. [2]
  • Unknown: Leeds. [2]
  • Unknown: Bristol. [2]

Places named after Attlee
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  • Attlee Way, Leicester (52.5974212, -1.1350528)

Limerick

Attlee referred to his many honours in a limerick he composed about his career:[11]

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
  1. Cracroft's Peerage. "Attlee, Earl (UK, 1955)". Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1968.0002
  3. "Bio" (PDF). www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk. 2017.
  4. Pathé, British. "Notable British Leaders Receive Honourary Cambridge Degrees". www.britishpathe.com.
  5. Pathé, British. "Oxford University Awards Honourary Degrees". www.britishpathe.com.
  6. Pathé, British. "Wales Honours Princess And Duke". www.britishpathe.com.
  7. "Honours list" (PDF). www.nottingham.ac.uk. 2018.
  8. British Pathé (13 April 2014). "City Honours Mr. Attlee (1953)" – via YouTube.
  9. Council, Oxford City. "Freedom of the City". www.oxford.gov.uk.
  10. Carruthers, Allan. "Legacy Of Clement Attlee Honoured In Naming Of New A Level Academy".
  11. Source: Kenneth Harris, Attlee (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982)
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