1951 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
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London Gazette
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of 27 November 1951, published on 30 November 1951, to mark the resignation of Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
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...
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Baron
- David KirkwoodDavid KirkwoodDavid Kirkwood, 1st Baron Kirkwood, PC was a socialist from the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, viewed as a leading figure of the Red Clydeside era.Kirkwood was educated at Parkhead Public School and was trained as an engineer....
, MP - George Mathers, PC, MP
- James MilnerJames Milner, 1st Baron Milner of LeedsMajor James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds, MC, PC was a British Labour Party politician.Milner was educated at the University of Leeds and became a solicitor. He was a major in World War I and was wounded, awarded the Military Cross and bar for his service...
, MP - Frederick WiseFrederick Wise, 1st Baron WiseFrederick John Wise, 1st Baron Wise was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1945 to 1951....
, MP
Privy Councillor
- Arthur BottomleyArthur BottomleyArthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley, OBE, PC was a British Labour politician, Member of Parliament and minister....
, MP - Douglas JayDouglas Jay, Baron JayDouglas Patrick Thomas Jay, Baron Jay, PC was a British Labour Party politician.Educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, Jay became a Fellow of All Souls between 1930 and 1937...
, MP - George Shepherd, Chief Whip
- Robert TaylorRobert Taylor (Labour politician)Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...
, MP
Companion of the Order of the British Empire
- Carol Alfred JohnsonCarol JohnsonCarol Alfred Johnson, CBE was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament for Lewisham South from 1959 until the general election of February 1974, when the constituency was abolished by boundary changes.-References:...
, Secretary of the PLP - Arthur Moyle, MP
- Ernest PopplewellErnest PopplewellErnest Popplewell, Baron Popplewell, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, Popplewell was elected as Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne West...
, MP
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Edward Cass, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister since 1949
See also
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