This name ATTLEE was derived from the Old English word LEAH 'the dweller at the meadow or pasture'. Local names usually denoted where a man held his land, and indicated where he actually lived. The name has numerous variants which include LEA, LAYE, LYE, ATLEE, ATLEY, ATLAY and ATTLE. Early records of the name mention Henry de la Lee, County Cambridge, 1273. Johannes del Lee of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Ann, daughter of Walter Lee was baptised at St. James's, Clerkenwell, London in 1565. Henry, son of William Lea, was baptised at the same church in the year 1682. John Lea and Elizabeth Baker were married at St. George's, Hanover Square, London in the year 1799. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter which served a function on the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield and embroidered on his surcoat, the flowing and draped garment worn over the armour. Since the dawn of civilisation the need to communicate has been a prime drive of all higher mankind. The more organised the social structure became, the more urgent the need to name places, objects and situations essential to the survival and existence of the social unit. From this common stem arose the requirements to identify families, tribes and individual members evolving into a pattern in evidence today. Clement Richard, Ist Earl ATTLEE (1883-1967) was the English Labour statesman, born in Putney. He was educated at Haileybury and University College, Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1905. Through Hauleybury House, a boy's club in the Stepney slums, he developed a practical interest in social problems, which converted him to socialism. In 1919 he became secretary of Toynbee Hall, and his lectureship at the newly founded London School of Economics (1913-23) was interrupted by service in the war. He became deputy leader in 1935, and accompanied Eden to San Francisco and Potsdam conferences (1945). He was leader of the Opposition from 1951 to 1955, when he resigned and accepted an earldom.