Clement Attlee Siblings: A Look at the Former UK Prime Minister’s Family Tree

Clement Richard Attlee, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was born on 3 January 1883 in Putney, Surrey (now London), to Henry Attlee, a prosperous solicitor, and Ellen Bravery Watson. He was the seventh of eight children in a large, close-knit middle-class Anglican family, with siblings Robert, Bernard, Mary, Dorothy, Margaret, Thomas, and Laurence.

After the death of Clement Attlee on 8 October 1967, his siblings each followed their own paths, with some venturing abroad for missionary work or education, while others became clergy or entered politics. Throughout his life, Clement remained close to his brother Tom, who was three years older than him and trained as an architect.

Both siblings shared early socialist interests and Clement accompanied Tom on an early visit to a boys’ club in London’s East End, which influenced Clement's social conscience.