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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 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.
3 giorni fa · FILE - Clement Attlee smiles at the cheering crowd gathered at Transport House, in London on July 26, 1945, to hear Labour’s victory at the polls. His wife Violet Attlee stands at left. The upcoming general election on July 4, 2024 is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years.
Violet Helen Attlee, Countess Attlee was the wife of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Background. Helen Millar was born in Hampstead as the tenth child and youngest daughter of Henry Edward Millar, a prosperous businessman.
19 apr 2018 · What a contrast between today’s pretentious cavalcades and Violet Attlee in her battered old Hillman driving her husband to kiss hands at Buckingham Palace. Better still that Violet was notorious as the worst driver in the Home Counties.
In retirement, Attlee travelled widely and wrote regularly. He died on 8 October 1967, three years after his wife, Violet, with whom he had enjoyed a long and supportive marriage. Attlee was cremated, and his ashes placed in Westminster Abbey.
26 ott 2023 · Clement Attlee and his wife Violet wave to crowds in London on 26 July 1945 – the day he became prime minister
