1951 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
The 1951 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in a supplement to the London Gazette of 27 November 1951, published on 30 November 1951, to mark the resignation of the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.[1][2]
Earl
- William Jowitt, 1st Viscount Jowitt, Lord Chancellor
Baron
- David Kirkwood, MP
- George Mathers, PC, MP
- James Milner, MP
- Frederick Wise, MP
Privy Councillor
- Arthur Bottomley, MP
- Douglas Jay, MP
- Lord Shepherd, Chief Whip
- Robert Taylor, MP
Companion of Honour
- Herbert Morrison, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Knight Bachelor
- Walter Hannay, physician
Companion of the Order of the Bath
- Denis Rickett, PPS
Companion of the Order of the British Empire
- Carol Alfred Johnson, Secretary of the PLP
- Arthur Moyle, MP
- Ernest Popplewell, MP
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Edward Cass, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister since 1949
See also
- 1945 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
- 1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
- 1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
- 1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
- 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
References
- ^ "No. 39396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 November 1951. pp. 6235–6236.
- ^ The Times, Friday, November 30, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 52172; col G: "The Resignation Honours: Earldom For Lord Jowitt".