List of Political Families in The United Kingdom - Morrison and Mandelson

Morrison and Mandelson

  • Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), Labour MP 1920s – 1950s, held various senior positions including Chair of the Labour Party and Leader of London County Council, later Cabinet Minister 1940–1951, as Deputy Prime Minister 1945–1951 and spells as variously Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons
    • Peter Mandelson (1953 – ), Labour MP for Hartlepool 1992–2004, Cabinet Minister 1998 and as Northern Ireland Secretary 1999–2001, European Commissioner for Trade 2004 – ; grandson of Herbert Morrison

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