Earl Attlee

Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee

Coat of arms of the Earls of Attlee

Earl Attlee is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was awarded on December 16, 1955 to the former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee . With the earliest title he was also the subordinate title Viscount Prestwood , of Walthamstow in the County of Essex , bestowed. This is used by the heir to the title as a courtesy title .

List of Earls Attlee (1955)

• Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967)
• Martin Richard Attlee, 2nd Earl Attlee (1927-1991)
• John Richard Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee (* 1956)

There is currently no title inheritance.

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Attlee, Earl (UK, 1955) at Cracroft's Peerage