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Violet Helen Attlee, Countess Attlee (née Millar; 20 November 1895 – 7 June 1964) was the wife of British politician and Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
Attlee met Violet Millar while on a long trip with friends to Italy in 1921. They fell in love [213] and were soon engaged, marrying at Christ Church, Hampstead , on 10 January 1922. It would come to be a devoted marriage, with Attlee providing protection and Violet providing a home that was an escape for Attlee from political turmoil.
20 nov 2018 · Tue 20 Nov 2018 09.14 EST. Clement Attlee, the Labour prime minister whose government founded the welfare state, looked after a child refugee who escaped from the Nazis in the months leading up...
Violet Helen (née Millar), Countess Attlee; Clement Attlee by Bassano Ltd., 1946 © National Portrait Gallery, London With William Beveridge and Nye Bevan , Attlee was one of a trio of non-religious figures who pioneered the modern welfare state.
Key Facts. Tenure dates. 26 Jul 1945 - 26 Oct 1951. Length of tenure. 6 years, 92 days. Party. Labour Party. Spouse. Violet Millar. Born. 3 Jan 1883. Birth place. Putney, England. Died. 8 Oct 1967 (aged 84 years) Resting place. Westminster Abbey. About Clement Attlee.
4 dic 2019 · Both had strong marriages to resourceful women, Clementine Churchill and Violet Attlee. Both also had hinterlands beyond politics: Churchill’s flamboyantly in adventurism, literature and painting; Attlee more modestly in voluntary work, cricket and as odd-job man around house and garden.
17 apr 2013 · Clement Attlee, with his wife Violet, after Labour's victory in the 1945 general election. Photograph: J. A. Hampton/Getty Images. From the Guardian archive Politics. This article is more than...
