List of honours of Clement Attlee explained

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.

Clement Attlee
Crest:	On a Mount Vert two Lions addorsed Or
Coronet:	A coronet of an Earl
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

Country	Date	Decoration	Post-nominal letters
	1935		PC
Commonwealth realms	8 June 1945		CH
Commonwealth realms	5 November 1951		OM
	1956		KG
	Unknown		KStJ^[2]

Decorations and medals

Country	Date	Decoration	Post-nominal letters
	1919
	26 July 1919
	1 September 1919

Other distinctions

Country	Date	Organisation	Position
	1961–1962		President
	Unknown		Freeman and Liveryman

University degrees

Location	Date	School	Degree
	1904		Second-class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Modern History
	March 1906		Called to the bar^[3]

Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships

Location	Date	School	Position
	15 December 1948		Honorary Fellow
	Unknown		Honorary Fellow
	Unknown		Honorary Fellow

Honorary degrees

Location	Date	School	Degree
	1946		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)^[4]
	1946		Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)^[5]
	1949		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)^[6]
	21 June 1951		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)^[7]
	1953		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)^[8]
	Unknown		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
	Unknown		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
	Unknown		Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)
	Unknown		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
	Unknown		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
	Unknown		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
	Unknown		Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)

Memberships and fellowships

Country	Date	Organisation	Position
	1946		Honorary Bencher
	1947		Fellow (FRS)
	Unknown		Honorary Fellow (FRIBA)

Freedom of the city

• 18 October 1947: Birmingham
• 18 December 1951: Leeds^[2]
• 20 November 1953: London^[9]
• 1953: Manchester^[2]
• 16 January 1956: Oxford^[10]
• 5 June 1956: Aberdeen^[2]
• Unknown: Bristol^[2]

Places named after Attlee

• Attlee A Level Academy at the New City College^[11]
• Attlee Way, Leicester 52.5974°N -1.1351°W
• The Clement Attlee Estate, Fulham^[12]

Limerick

Attlee referred to his many honours in a limerick he composed about his career:^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Attlee, Earl (UK, 1955). Cracroft's Peerage. 26 June 2017.
2. Clement Richard Attlee, First Earl Attlee, 1883-1967. 10.1098/rsbm.1968.0002. 1968. Bridges. Edward Ettingdean. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 14. 15–36. 72489518. free.
3. Web site: Bio . 2017 . Inner Temple Library .
4. Web site: Notable British Leaders Receive }} Cambridge Degrees]. Pathé.
5. Web site: Oxford University Awards }} Degrees]. Pathé.
6. Web site: Wales Honours Princess And Duke. Pathé.
7. Web site: Fifth Centenary Commemoration Oration by Clement Attlee (1951). 21 August 2014.
8. Web site: Honours list . 2018 . University of Nottingham .
9. Web site: City Honours Mr. Attlee (1953). British Pathé. 13 April 2014. YouTube.
10. Web site: Freedom of the City. Oxford City Council.
11. Web site: Legacy Of Clement Attlee Honoured In Naming Of New A Level Academy. Allan. Carruthers.
12. https://lbhf.locationshub.com/location_detail_content.aspx?id=999-10316&page=8&parent=search_results
13. Kenneth Harris, Attlee (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982)