1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
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London Gazette
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published...
of 1 August 1997 (published 2 August 1997) and marked the May 1997 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...
John Major
John Major
Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
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A notable omission from the list was Norman Lamont, who was overlooked for a life peerage in what was seen as a snub for the former Chancellor of the Exchequer who had become one of Major's most prominent critics.
Included in the announced list were new "working peers"
Life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as...
: 31 new Labour life peers recommended by Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
to reduce the Tory majority; Paddy Ashdown
Paddy Ashdown
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC , usually known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and diplomat....
, the Liberal Democrat leader, recommended 11 new Liberal Democrat life peers; five were recommended by William Hague
William Hague
William Jefferson Hague is the British Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. He served as Leader of the Conservative Party from June 1997 to September 2001...
, the Conservative Leader.
The recipients of the major classes of honours are displayed below, as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour.
Life Peerages
- Norman BlackwellNorman Blackwell, Baron BlackwellNorman Roy Blackwell, Baron Blackwell is a British businessman and politician.The son of Albert and Frances Blackwell, he was educated first at Latymer Upper School, and then at The Royal Academy of Music in London and graduated from Trinity College at Cambridge University with a Master of Arts in...
, former Head of the Prime Minister's Policy UnitNumber 10 Policy UnitThe Number 10 Policy Unit is a body of policymakers in 10 Downing Street in the British government. Originally set up to support Harold Wilson in 1974, it has gone through a series of guises to suit the needs of successive Prime Ministers, staffed variously by political advisers, civil servants or...
, 1995-7 (created Lord Blackwell of Woodcote) - Dame Janet FookesJanet Fookes, Baroness FookesJanet Evelyn Fookes, Baroness Fookes, DBE, DL , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, she is a Life Peer in the House of Lords. She was previously a member of the House of Commons from 1970 from 1997, representing the constituencies of Merton and Morden and Plymouth Drake...
, former Deputy Speaker and MP for Plymouth Drake (created Baroness Fookes of Plymouth) - Roger FreemanRoger Freeman, Baron FreemanRoger Norman Freeman, Baron Freeman, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major from 1995 to 1997...
, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (created Lord Freeman of Dingley) - James Douglas-HamiltonJames Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of DouglasJames Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC , briefly The 11th Earl of Selkirk and styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton until 1997, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West then Member of the Scottish Parliament for the...
, former Scottish Office Minister (created Lord Selkirk of Douglas); having briefly succeeded as Earl of SelkirkEarl of SelkirkEarl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.It was created on 4 August 1646 for Lord William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch...
in 1994 (which title he disclaimed) - Terence HigginsTerence Higgins, Baron HigginsTerence Langley Higgins, Baron Higgins KBE DL PC is a British Conservative politician.He was Member of Parliament for Worthing from 1964 to 1997, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1972 and 1974....
, former Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1972-74 (created Lord Higgins of Worthing) - David Hunt, former Secretary of State for Wales (1990-3) and Employment, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (created Lord Hunt of Wirral)
- Dame Jill Knight, former MP for Birmingham Edgbaston and former Vice-Chairperson of the 1922 Committee1922 CommitteeIn British politics, the 1922 Committee is a committee of Conservative Members of Parliament. Voting membership is limited to backbench MPs although frontbench Conservative MPs have an open invitation to attend meetings. While the party was in opposition, frontbench MPs other than the party leader...
(created Baroness Knight of Collingtree) - Ian LangIan LangIan Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton PC is a former British Conservative MP for Galloway from 1979 to 1983 and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 1983 to 1997....
, former Scottish Secretary and President of the Board of Trade (created Lord Lang of Monkton) - Tony NewtonTony NewtonAntony Harold "Tony" Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, PC, OBE , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member...
, former Social Security Secretary (1989-92) and Leader of the House of Commons (1992-7) (created Lord Newton of Braintree) - Sir Cranley OnslowCranley OnslowCranley Gordon Douglas Onslow, Baron Onslow of Woking KCMG PC was a British politician and served as the Conservative MP for Woking from 1964 to 1997....
, former Foreign Office Minister and Chairman of the 1922 Committee for backbenchBackbencherIn Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a Member of Parliament or a legislator who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition...
Tory MPs (created Lord Onslow of Woking)
Conservative "working peers"
- John CopeJohn Cope, Baron Cope of BerkeleyJohn Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, PC is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Oakham School before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983...
, former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and Paymaster-GeneralPaymaster-GeneralHM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the United Kingdom. The Paymaster General is in charge of the Office of HM Paymaster General , which held accounts at the Bank of England on behalf of Government departments and selected other public bodies...
, 1992-4 (Created Lord Cope of Berkeley) - Tristan Garel-JonesTristan Garel-JonesWilliam Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, PC is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Watford from 1979–97, before being made a life peer in 1997....
, former Minister for Europe and Whip (Created Lord Garel-Jones of Watford) - Sir Hector MonroHector Monro, Baron Monro of LangholmHector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC , was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords....
, former Scottish Office and Environment Minister (created Lord Monro of Langholm) - Michael MorrisMichael Morris, Baron NasebyMichael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, Baron Naseby, PC is a British Conservative Party politician.Born in London, he was first elected to the House of Commons in the February 1974 general election for Northampton South. His majority was just 179 votes in February 1974, and 141 in October 1974. In 1983...
, former Deputy Speaker, House of Commons (created Lord Naseby of Sandy) - Wyn Roberts, former Welsh Office Minister (created Lord Roberts of Conwy)
Labour "working peers"
- Valerie AmosValerie Amos, Baroness AmosValerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC is the eighth and current UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN, she had been British High Commissioner to Australia. She was made a Labour life peer in 1997 and served as Leader...
, director Amos Fraser Bernard - Steven Bassam, head of environmental health and consumer issues at the Local Government Association.
- Clive Brooke, joint general secretary, Public Services Tax and Commerce Union
- Tom Burlison, deputy general secretary of the GMB and Labour Party treasurer
- Bryan DaviesBryan DaviesBryan Davies can mean either:* Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham* Bryan Davies — Australian actor...
, former secretary to the Parliamentary Labour Party - Garfield DaviesGarfield Davies, Baron Davies of CoityGarfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity, CBE is a Labour Co-operative peer in the House of Lords and a former trade union leader....
CBE, general secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers - James GordonJames Gordon, Baron Gordon of StrathblaneJames Stuart Gordon, Baron Gordon of Strathblane CBE is a Scottish businessman and manager.The son of James Gordon and Elsie Riach, he was educated at the St Aloysius' College, Glasgow and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in classics in 1958...
CBE, chairman, Scottish Radio Holdings plc - Peter Hardy, former Labour MP for Wentworth
- Norman Hogg, former Deputy Chief Whip 1983 to 1987
- Robert HughesRobert Hughes-Politicians:*Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside , British Labour politician, MP for Aberdeen North*Robert Gurth Hughes , British Conservative politician, MP for Harrow West-Sportsmen:*Robert Hughes , of Stamford FC...
, former Labour spokesman on agriculture and transport - Roy Hughes, former Labour spokesman on Welsh Affairs, former member of the Council of Europe
- Philip HuntPhilip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings HeathPhilip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, PC is a former health administrator and a Labour member of the House of Lords.-Early life and career:...
OBE, chief executive, National Health Service Confederation - Greville JannerGreville JannerGreville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone is a British Labour politician, lawyer and author. A QC since 1971, he was a Labour MP from 1970 to 1997...
QC, former Labour MP for Leicester West, honorary vice- president of the World Jewish Congress - Helena Kennedy QC
- Michael Levy, director of M and G Records, president of Jewish Care
- Michael Montague CBE, chairman of Superframe plc, chairman Montague Multinational Ltd, formerly chairman English Tourist Board
- Alf MorrisAlf MorrisAlfred Morris, Baron Morris of Manchester, AO, QSO, PC is a British Labour Co-operative politician and disability campaigner.-Political career:Morris served as Member of Parliament for Manchester Wythenshawe from 1964 until 1997...
, former Minister for the Disabled - Stan Orme, former social security minister and Cabinet member (1977 to 1979), chairman Parliamentary Labour Party 1987 to 1992
- Jill Pitkeathley OBE, chief executive Carers National Association, member of the Health Advisory Service
- Sir David PuttnamDavid PuttnamDavid Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, FRSA is a British film producer. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he is not principally a politician.-Early life:...
CBE, film producer - Stuart Randall, former Labour spokesman on agriculture and home affairs
- Ruth RendellRuth RendellRuth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, , who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, is an English crime writer, author of psychological thrillers and murder mysteries....
CBE, author - Sir Robin RenwickRobin RenwickRobin William Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, KCMG is a former diplomat and is now a crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was a Labour peer but moved to the crossbenches in 2007....
KCMG, director Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd, chairman Save & Prosper Group, UK ambassador to South Africa from 1987 to 1991 and to USA from 1991 to 1995 - David Sainsbury, chairman and chief executive of J Sainsbury plc
- Patricia ScotlandPatricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of AsthalPatricia Janet, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, PC, QC is a British barrister, and served in many ministerial positions within the UK Government, most notably as the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland.-Early life and career:Baroness Scotland was born in...
QC - Barbara Scott Young, chief executive, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- George SimpsonGeorge Simpson, Baron Simpson of DunkeldGeorge Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He was made a Life peer as Baron Simpson of Dunkeld, of Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross in 1997. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Simpson gained a reputation for turning around struggling companies...
, managing director of General Electric Company plc - Andrew StoneAndrew Stone, Baron Stone of BlackheathAndrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He joined Marks and Spencer plc as a trainee in 1966 and retired his position as joint managing director of the company in 1999. He received a life peerage as Baron Stone of Blackheath in 1997...
, joint managing director, Marks and Spencer plc - Terence Thomas CBE, managing director, Cooperative Bank
- Harold Walker, former deputy speaker of the Commons
- Michael WatsonMichael WatsonMichael Watson, MBE is a retired British boxer whose career ended prematurely as a result of near-fatal injury sustained in a WBO super-middleweight title fight defeat by Chris Eubank in September 1991....
, former Labour MP for Glasgow Central
Liberal Democrat "working peers"
- Navnit Dholakia OBE, member of the Lib Dem Federal Executive and Federal Policy Committee, member of the Police Complaints Authority
- Sir William GoodhartWilliam GoodhartWilliam Howard Goodhart, Baron Goodhart QC is a Liberal Democrat politician, a leading human rights lawyer and a member of the United Kingdom House of Lords...
QC - Sir Anthony Jacobs, vice-president Social and Liberal Democrats 1988, chairman Federal Executive, Social and Liberal Democrats
- Veronica LinklaterVeronica LinklaterVeronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone , is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. Her career indicates her interests in children’s welfare, education and special needs, and prison reform...
, chairman The New School Butterstone, trustee Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust, trustee Cancer Care, Western General Hospital - Sarah Ludford, barrister, Islington councillor, European Affairs consultant
- Diana Maddock, former Lib Dem MP for Christchurch
- Richard Newby OBE, director of the Matrix Communications Consultancy Ltd, Director of External Communication, Lib Dem general election team 1996-97
- Emma Nicholson, former Tory, then Lib Dem MP for Devon West and Torridge
- Timothy Razzall CBE, Lib Dem Richmond councillor, Lib Dem treasurer
- Sir Michael SandbergMichael SandbergMichael Graham Ruddock Sandberg, Baron Sandberg was Executive Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 1977-1986.-History:Sandberg was born in Surrey and educated at St Edward's School, Oxford. In 1945 he joined the army and was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Armoured...
CBE, former chairman of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from 1977 to 1986 and the British Bank of the Middle East from 1980 to 1986 - Sir Trevor SmithTrevor SmithTrevor Smith is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He also went to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Australian team missed the medals, finishing...
, vice chancellor and honorary professor, University of Ulster
Knights Bachelor
- Robert AtkinsRobert Atkins (politician)Sir Robert James Atkins is a British Conservative politician. Educated at Highgate School, he served as a councillor for the London Borough of Haringey from 1968 to 1977. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston North and South Ribble from 1979 to 1997 and became a Member of the European...
, former Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Environment, Sport, Transport, Trade and Industry (Later MEPMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
, 1999) - Peter Brown, constituency agent to John Major
- Michael ForsythMichael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of DrumleanMichael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean PC, Kt is a British financier and politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Stirling from 1983 to 1997 and served in the cabinet of John Major as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995 to 1997...
, former Scottish Secretary, 1995-7 (later Lord Forsyth of Drumlean) - Anthony Garrett CBE, Director, Campaigning Department, Conservative Central Office
- Brian MawhinneyBrian MawhinneyBrian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney PC is a British Conservative Party politician. He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 until 1997 and a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 2005.-Early life:...
, former Transport Secretary (1994-5), Chairman of the Conservative Party (1995-7), later Shadow Home Secretary (1997-8) (later Lord Mawhinney) - Richard NeedhamRichard NeedhamRichard Francis Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey, Kt, PC usually known as Sir Richard Needham is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom...
, former Minister for Northern Ireland and Trade (inherited title of Earl of KilmoreyEarl of KilmoreyEarl of Kilmorey is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1822 for Francis Needham, 12th Viscount Kilmorey, a General in the British Army and former Member of Parliament for Newry. He was made Viscount Newry and Mourne, in the County of Down, at the same time, also in the Peerage of...
) - Neville TrotterNeville TrotterSir Neville Guthrie Trotter is a retired British Conservative politician.Trotter was elected as MP for Tynemouth at the February 1974 general election until he retired at the 1997 election. Although his majorities were not huge, he successfully held on to Tynemouth, never being defeated at the...
, former Conservative MP for Tynemouth - John Ward, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1994-97
Companion of Honour
- Michael HeseltineMichael HeseltineMichael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC is a British businessman, Conservative politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001 and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major...
, Former Deputy Prime MinisterDeputy Prime MinisterA deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some counties, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, but is significantly different, though both...
and Member of Parliament for HenleyHenley (UK Parliament constituency)Henley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It covers south Oxfordshire, including Henley-on-Thames. The constituency elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It has long been a safe Conservative...
(later Lord Heseltine)
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
- Alastair GoodladAlastair Goodlad, Baron GoodladAlastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad, KCMG, PC, is a British Conservative politician who served as the British High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 until 2005....
, Former Conservative Chief WhipChief WhipThe Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:...
and Parliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryParliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryThe Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial position in the British Government. The holder is usually the Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons. However, the office is no longer attached to the Treasury... - Jeremy HanleyJeremy HanleySir Jeremy James Hanley, KCMG , is a politician and chartered accountant from the United Kingdom. He served as the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1994-95, and as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Richmond and Barnes from 1983-97.Hanley was educated at Rugby School,...
, Former Chairman of the Conservative Party and Defence and Foreign Office Minister - Malcolm RifkindMalcolm RifkindSir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind KCMG QC MP is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Kensington. He served in various roles as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Scotland , Defence Secretary and...
, Former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Scotland, Transport and Defence. (Current Conservative MP for the constituency of Kensington and ChelseaKensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)Kensington and Chelsea was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the safest Conservative seats in the United Kingdom, and since its creation in 1997 became a prestigious seat, with MP Alan Clark, the former Defence Secretary...
)
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
- John HolmesJohn Holmes (British diplomat)Sir John Holmes, GCVO, KBE, CMG is a British diplomat who is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator-Life and career:Holmes was born in Preston, in the north of England...
, Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office (Overseas Affairs)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Jonathan Haslam, Former Chief Press Secretary, Number 10
- Howell James, Former Political Secretary, Number 10
- Professor Lord McColl of DulwichIan McColl, Baron McColl of DulwichIan McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich, CBE is a British surgeon, professor, politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. McColl was made a Life Peer for his work for disabled people in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1989. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister John...
, Former Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1995-97 - Michael TrendMichael TrendMichael St John Trend, CBE is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.-Early life:He is the son of Lord Trend, the former Cabinet Secretary. He attended the independent Westminster School, then went to Oriel College, Oxford where he gained an MA in Modern History...
, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 1995-2000.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Mark Adams, Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office (Parliamentary Affairs)
- John Bridge, Constituency chairman to John Major
- Trevor Butler, Detective Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service
- Daniel FinkelsteinDaniel FinkelsteinDaniel Finkelstein OBE is a British journalist and former politician. He is the Executive Editor of The Times, where he's also Chief Leader Writer and a weekly political columnist.-Background:...
, Director of Research, Conservative Central Office - Gina Hearn, Constituency Secretary to John Major
- Charles Lewington, Former Director of Communications, Conservative Central Office
- Eileen, Lady Strathnaver, Former Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister, Michael Heseltine
- Andrew Woods, Former agent to John Major
- Moira Wallace, Private Secretary, Number 10 (Economic Affairs)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- Deborah Ailes, Senior Personal Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
- Noelle Berney, Co-ordinator of Kurdish Life Aid (for humanitarian services)
- Maureen Bick, Cleaner, Prime Minister's Office
- James Bridge, Former Assistant Political Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
- Penelope Brook, Head of Speakers' Department, Conservative Central Office
- Christine Ferns, Switchboard Supervisor, Prime Minister's Office
- Vanessa Ford, Head of Chairman's Office, Conservative Central Office
- Sheila Gunn, Press Officer, Conservative Central Office
- Leading Wren Linda Lalley, Stewardess at Chequers (Royal Navy)
- Judy Moorhouse, Former Secretary to the Political Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
- Lorne Roper-Caldbeck, Secretary to Prime Minister's wife, Norma Major
- Robert Rumble, Driver to Prime Minister John Major
- Arabella Warburton, Former Personal Assistant in the Prime Minister's Office
- Michael York, Messenger, Prime Minister's Office
See also
- 1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours1976 Prime Minister's Resignation HonoursThe 1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were announced on 27 May 1976 to mark the resignation of Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The list of honours became known satirically as the "Lavender List".-Controversy:...
- 1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours1979 Prime Minister's Resignation HonoursThe 1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the London Gazette of 14 June 1979 and marked the May 1979 resignation of Prime Minister James Callaghan.-Life Peers:...
- 1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours1990 Prime Minister's Resignation HonoursThe 1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the London Gazette of 21 December 1990 and marked the resignation of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who had stepped down from the role on 22 November that year after more than 11 years in office and nearly 16 years as...
Sources
- The Independent, 2 August 1997