Earl Attlee is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 16 December 1955 for Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

, the former Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 Prime Minister

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. He was made Viscount Prestwood, of Walthamstow in the County of Essex, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Earl, who succeeded his father in 1991. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999

House of Lords Act 1999

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. In contrast to his father and grandfather, the current Lord Attlee is a member of the Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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Earls Attlee (1955)

• Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee
  Clement Attlee
  Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...
  
   (1883–1967)
• Martin Richard Attlee, 2nd Earl Attlee
  Martin Attlee, 2nd Earl Attlee
  Martin Richard Attlee, 2nd Earl Attlee was a British politician, son of former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, the first Earl Attlee. Martin inherited the title on his father's death in 1967...
  
   (1927–1991)
• John Richard Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee
  John Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee
  John Richard Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee is a British peer, a member of the House of Lords and the grandson of Clement Attlee, the British Labour Prime Minister, who was 1st Earl Attlee. He is a trustee of the Attlee Foundation....
  
  (b. 1956)

There is currently (November 2010) no heir to the title.