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List of awards and honours received by Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee received numerous honours in recognition of his career in politics. These included:

Hereditary peerage

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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

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As a peer of the realm, Attlee was entitled to use a personal coat of arms.

Coat of arms 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

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Commonwealth realms

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Decorations and medals

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Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom19191914–15 Star
 United Kingdom26 July 1919British War Medal
 United Kingdom1 September 1919WWI Victory Medal

Other distinctions

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Country Date Organisation Position
 United Kingdom1961–1962Association of Municipal CorporationsPresident
 United KingdomUnknownWorshipful Company of InnholdersFreeman and Liveryman[3]

Scholastic

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University degrees

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Location Date School Degree
 England1904University College, OxfordSecond-class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Modern History
 EnglandMarch 1906Inner TempleCalled to the bar[4]

Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships

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Location Date School Position
 England15 December 1948Queen Mary CollegeHonorary Fellow
 EnglandUnknownUniversity College, OxfordHonorary Fellow
 EnglandUnknownLondon School of EconomicsHonorary Fellow[3]

Honorary degrees

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Location Date School Degree
 England1946University of CambridgeDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[5]
 England1946University of OxfordDoctor of Civil Law (DCL)[6]
 Wales1949University of WalesDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[7]
 Scotland21 June 1951University of GlasgowDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[3][8][user-generated source?]
 England1953University of NottinghamDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[9]
 CeylonUnknownUniversity of CeylonDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[3]
 IndiaUnknownUniversity of MadrasDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[3]
 EnglandUnknownUniversity of ReadingDoctor of Letters (D.Litt.)[3]
 EnglandUnknownUniversity of LondonDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[3]
 ScotlandUnknownUniversity of AberdeenDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[3]
 EnglandUnknownUniversity of HullDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[3]
 EnglandUnknownUniversity of BristolDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)[3]

Memberships and fellowships

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Country Date Organisation Position
 United Kingdom1946Inner TempleHonorary Bencher[4]
 United Kingdom1947Royal SocietyFellow (FRS)
 United KingdomUnknownRoyal Institute of British ArchitectsHonorary Fellow (FRIBA)[3]

Freedom of the city

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  • England 18 October 1947: Birmingham
  • England 18 December 1951: Leeds[3]
  • England 20 November 1953: London[10]
  • England 1953: Manchester[3]
  • England 16 January 1956: Oxford[11]
  • Scotland 5 June 1956: Aberdeen[3]
  • England Unknown: Bristol[3]

Places named after Attlee

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Limerick

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Attlee referred to his many honours in a limerick he composed about his career:[14]

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

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  1. ↑ "Attlee, Earl (UK, 1955)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ↑ List of Knights of the Garter
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bridges, Edward Ettingdean (1968). "Clement Richard Attlee, First Earl Attlee, 1883-1967". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 14: 15–36. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1968.0002. S2CID 72489518.
  4. 1 2 "Bio" (PDF). Inner Temple Library. 2017.
  5. ↑ "Notable British Leaders Receive Honourary [sic] Cambridge Degrees". Pathé.
  6. ↑ "Oxford University Awards Honourary [sic] Degrees". Pathé.
  7. ↑ "Wales Honours Princess And Duke". Pathé.
  8. ↑ "Fifth Centenary Commemoration Oration by Clement Attlee (1951)". 21 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Honours list" (PDF). University of Nottingham. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "City Honours Mr. Attlee (1953)". British Pathé. 13 April 2014 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Freedom of the City". Oxford City Council.
  12. ↑ Carruthers, Allan. "Legacy Of Clement Attlee Honoured In Naming Of New A Level Academy".
  13. ↑ "Clem Attlee Estate - Hammersmith & Fulham Filming Locations". Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  14. ↑ Kenneth Harris, Attlee (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982)
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