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Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison

British statesman
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Born:
Jan. 3, 1888, London
Died:
March 6, 1965, Sidcup, Kent, Eng. (aged 77)
Political Affiliation:
Labour Party
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Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison (born Jan. 3, 1888, London—died March 6, 1965, Sidcup, Kent, Eng.) was a British Labour statesman who played a leading role in London local government for 25 years and was a prominent member of the coalition government in World War II and of the postwar Labour governments. From about 1905 Morrison was constantly engaged in socialist politics, and in December 1914 he became part-time secretary of the newly formed London Labour Party. He became mayor of the London borough of Hackney in November 1919 and in March 1922 was elected to the London county council ...(100 of 348 words)

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