Identity area
Reference code
THS 47.231
Title
Letter from Rt. Hon. C.R. Attlee, Prime Minister.
Date(s)
- 1948 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Letter.
Context area
Name of creator
(1883-1967)
Biographical history
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. He was Deputy Prime Minister during the wartime coalition government under Winston Churchill, and served twice as Leader of the Opposition from 1935 to 1940 and from 1951 to 1955.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter of thanks for the Oxford book.