In the summer of 1921, she went with her mother to Italy; joining them on the trip were her brother Cedric and a former Oxford friend, Clement Attlee.

[4] A kind, unassuming woman who was not, by her own admission, "a political wife", Violet Attlee assisted in personal matters, for instance arranging annual Boxing Day parties at Chequers for the children of her husband's ministerial colleagues.

[1] She was constantly at Clement's side at party conferences, at innumerable gatherings overseas, and in the detailed chores of his political career.

Since 1915, she had had considerable experience with the British Red Cross Society, having led a detachment for a number of years.

[1] Frequently in poor health, Violet Attlee took ill suddenly, and was admitted to Amersham Hospital on 7 June 1964.