1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
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The 1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the London Gazette
London Gazette
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of 14 June 1979 and marked the May 1979 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...

 James Callaghan
James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

.

Life Peers

  • Lena May Jeger
    Lena Jeger, Baroness Jeger
    Lena May Jeger, Baroness Jeger was a British Labour MP, during two periods. She followed her husband as Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras South, holding the seat from 1953 to 1959...

    , lately Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     for Holborn and St Pancras South
    Holborn and St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)
    Holborn and St Pancras South was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holborn district of Central London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.The constituency was created for...

    .
  • John Edward Brooks
    John Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa
    John Edward Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa DL is a Welsh politician and boxing functionary.The son of Edward George Brooks and Rachel White, he was educated at Coleg Harlech. Having been vice-chairman of the British Boxing Board of Control between 1999 and 2000, he is its steward since 1986 and...

    , Chairman of the Labour Party, Wales
    Labour Party (UK)
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    ; former Leader of the Labour Group, South Glamorgan
    South Glamorgan
    South Glamorgan is a preserved county of Wales.It was originally formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a county council area...

    .
  • Sir Myer Galpern
    Myer Galpern
    Myer Galpern, Baron Galpern, DL was a British Labour Party politician.Galpern was educated at Glasgow University and was a house furnisher. He was a councillor on the Glasgow Corporation and Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1958 to 1959...

    , lately Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     for Glasgow Shettleston
    Glasgow Shettleston (UK Parliament constituency)
    Glasgow Shettleston was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. The Shettleston area is represented is now covered by Glasgow Central and Glasgow East.-Boundaries:...

    ; lately First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
    Chairman of Ways and Means
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    , House of Commons
    British House of Commons
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    .
  • The Rt. Hon. Cledwyn Hughes, CH
    Cledwyn Hughes
    Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, CH, PC, , was a Welsh Labour politician.Born in Holyhead and educated at the Holyhead Grammar School and at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, he served in the RAFVR in the Second World War. He became a solicitor and a town clerk of Holyhead...

    , lately Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     for Anglesey
    Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)
    Ynys Môn is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

    . Secretary of State for Wales
    Secretary of State for Wales
    The Secretary of State for Wales is the head of the Wales Office within the British cabinet. He or she is responsible for ensuring Welsh interests are taken into account by the government, representing the government within Wales and overseeing the passing of legislation which is only for Wales...

     1966–1968; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
    Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
    The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The post was originally named President of the Board of Agriculture and was created in 1889...

     1968–1970.
  • The Rt. Hon. Sydney Irving
    Sydney Irving
    Sydney Irving, Baron Irving of Dartford was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Irving was educated at Pendower School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the London School of Economics...

    , lately Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     for Dartford
    Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)
    -Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:-Notes and references:...

    . Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons 1968–70.
  • The Rt. Hon. Norman Harold Lever, MP
    Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester
    Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester, PC was a barrister and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom....

    , Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     for the Manchester Central
    Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)
    Manchester Central is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat...

    ; lately Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
    Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
    The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster...

    .
  • The Rt. Hon. William Ross, MBE
    William Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock
    William 'Willie' Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock MBE was the longest serving Secretary of State for Scotland, holding office from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976, throughout the Prime Ministership of Harold Wilson....

    , lately Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Kilmarnock
    Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency)
    Kilmarnock was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

    . Formerly Secretary of State for Scotland
    Secretary of State for Scotland
    The Secretary of State for Scotland is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office , a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was...

    .
  • The Rt. Hon. Robert Maitland Michael Stewart, CH
    Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham
    Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, CH, PC was a British Labour politician and Fabian Socialist who served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson.- Early life :...

    , lately Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     for Fulham
    Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)
    Fulham was a borough constituency based around the London district of Fulham. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918 and from 1955 to 1997....

    . Formerly Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
    Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
    The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a senior member of Her Majesty's Government heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and regarded as one of the Great Offices of State...

    .
  • The Rt. Hon. George Russell Strauss
    George Strauss
    George Russell Strauss, Baron Strauss PC was a long-serving British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament for 46 years and was Father of the House of Commons from 1974 to 1979....

    , lately Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Vauxhall
    Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)
    -Elections in the 1980s:-Elections in the 1970s:-Elections in the 1960s:-Notes and references:...

    . Minister of Supply
    Minister of Supply
    The Minister of Supply was the minister in the British Government responsible for the Ministry of Supply, which existed to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to the national armed forces...

     1947–51.
  • Henry Reginall Underbill, CBE
    Henry Underhill, Baron Underhill
    Henry Reginall Underhill, Baron Underhill CBE , also known as Reg Underhill, was a British party worker and Labour politician.-Background:...

    , National Agent of the Labour Party.

Privy Counsellors

  • Ernest Armstrong, MP
    Ernest Armstrong
    Ernest Armstrong was a British Labour Party politician.Armstrong was educated at Wolsingham Grammar School and City of Leeds Teacher Training College, and ultimately became a headmaster...

    . Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     for North West Durham. Lately Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
    Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
    A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the government of the United Kingdom, junior to both a Minister of State and a Secretary of State....

    , Department of the Environment
    Secretary of State for the Environment
    The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment . This was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15...

    .
  • Jack Ashley, CH, MP. Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Stoke-on-Trent South.
  • Trevor Alec Jones, MP
    Alec Jones
    Alec Jones was a British Labour Party politician.Jones was Member of Parliament for Rhondda West from the Rhondda West by-election, 1967 until the constituency was abolished in 1974, and for Rhondda from 1974 until he died in office shortly before the 1983 general election at the age of 58...

    , Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Rhondda
    Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency)
    Rhondda is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

    . Lately Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
    Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
    A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the government of the United Kingdom, junior to both a Minister of State and a Secretary of State....

    , Welsh Office
    Welsh Office
    The Welsh Office was a department in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Wales. It was established in April 1965 to execute government policy in Wales, and was headed by the Secretary of State for Wales, a post which had been created in October 1964...

    .
  • Gordon James Oakes, MP
    Gordon Oakes
    Gordon James Oakes was a British Labour Party politician.Oakes was educated at Wade Deacon grammar school, Widnes and at Liverpool University...

    , Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Widnes
    Widnes (UK Parliament constituency)
    Widnes was a county constituency in England, based on the town of Widnes, in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.-History:...

    . Lately Minister of State
    Minister of State
    Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister...

    , Department of Education and Science.
  • Harold Walker, MP. Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Doncaster
    Doncaster (UK Parliament constituency)
    Doncaster was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Doncaster in England. The constituency was created in 1885 and abolished in 1983.- Boundaries :...

    . Lately Minister of State
    Minister of State
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    , Department of Employment.

Order of the Companions of Honour

  • The Rt. Hon. Denis Winston Healey, MBE, MP
    Denis Healey
    Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...

    . Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Leeds East
    Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)
    Leeds East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

    . Lately Chancellor of the Exchequer
    Chancellor of the Exchequer
    The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...

    .

Knights Bachelor

  • Frank Herbert Barlow, CBE, Secretary, Parliamentary Labour Party.
  • John McFarlane Boyd, CBE, General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers
    Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union
    The Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union was a British trade union. It merged with the MSF to form Amicus in 2001.The history of the union can be traced back to the formation of the "Old Mechanics" of 1826, which grew into the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in 1851...

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  • Montague Bernard Levine, Personal Physician to James Callaghan.
  • Thomas Daniel McCaffrey. Formerly Chief Press Secretary
    Press secretary
    A press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage....

    , 10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....

  • Joseph Percival William Mallalieu
    Joseph Mallalieu
    Sir Joseph Percival William Mallalieu was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author.Mallalieu was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Cheltenham College, Trinity College, Oxford and the University of Chicago. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1930 and a Rugby blue. He...

    , lately Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Huddersfield East
    Huddersfield East (UK Parliament constituency)
    Huddersfield East was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.-Member of Parliament:...

    . Minister of Defence (Royal Navy
    Royal Navy
    The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

    ) 1966–67. Minister of State
    Minister of State
    Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister...

    , Board of Trade
    Board of Trade
    The Board of Trade is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions...

    , 1967–68. Minister of Technology
    Minister of Technology
    The Minister of Technology was a position in the government of the United Kingdom, sometimes abbreviated as "MinTech". The Ministry of Technology was established by the incoming government of Harold Wilson in October 1964 as part of Wilson's ambition to modernise the state for what he perceived to...

     1968–69.
  • Thomas Gwilym Morris, CBE, QPM, Chief Constable
    Chief Constable
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    , South Wales Constabulary.
  • Raphael Herman Tuck
    Raphael Tuck
    Sir Raphael Herman Tuck was a British Labour Party politician and an academic and lawyer.Born in Cricklewood, London in 1910, Tuck was the son of David Lionel Tuck and a great-grandson of Raphael Tuck, founder of Raphael Tuck & Sons, an art publishing company which became a leading publisher of...

    , lately Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     for Watford
    Watford (UK Parliament constituency)
    Watford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

    .

Dames Commander (DBE)

  • The Rt. Hon. Judith Constance Mary Hart, MP
    Judith Hart
    Judith Hart, Baroness Hart of South Lanark DBE PC was a British Labour Party politician...

    . Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
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     for Lanark
    Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)
    Lanark was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post voting system....

    . Lately Minister for Overseas Development.

Commanders (CBE)

  • Donald Richard Coleman, MP
    Donald Coleman
    Donald Richard Coleman, CBE, JP, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991....

    . Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Neath
    Neath (UK Parliament constituency)
    Neath is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election and one Assembly Member by the first past the post system of election.- The Constituency of Neath :The constituency...

    . Lately Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
    Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
    The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is usually a junior government whip in the British House of Commons and is an officer of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He or she is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household. The Vice-Chamberlain's main role is to compile...

    .
  • Gordon Kenneth Denniss, Farmer, Lewes
    Lewes
    Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and historically of all of Sussex. It is a civil parish and is the centre of the Lewes local government district. The settlement has a history as a bridging point and as a market town, and today as a communications hub and tourist-oriented town...

    , Sussex
    Sussex
    Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...

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  • Derek Oliver Gladwin, OBE, Regional Secretary, Southern Region, General and Municipal Workers Union.
  • James Hamilton, MP
    James Hamilton (Scottish politician)
    James Hamilton, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.Hamilton was a construction engineer and was on the national executive of the Constructional Engineering Union and on the Scottish Board for Industry...

    . Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Bothwell
    Bothwell (UK Parliament constituency)
    Bothwell was a county constituency in Lanarkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire constituency.- Boundaries :...

    . Lately Comptroller of the Household
    Comptroller of the Household
    The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household, currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department, and often a cabinet member. He was an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth, until that body was abolished in the reform of the local...

    .
  • John Emrys Jones, Secretary/Organiser, Labour Party, Wales.
  • Ruth Margaret Sharpe, MBE, Private and Constituency Secretary to James Callaghan.
  • Roger Stott, MP
    Roger Stott
    Roger Stott, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.-Biography:Stott was born in Rochdale, the first child of Richard and Edith Stott. He went to school in Rochdale and when he was 15 he joined the Merchant Navy...

    . Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     for Westhoughton
    Westhoughton (UK Parliament constituency)
    Westhoughton was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, England. Centred on the former mining and cotton town of Westhoughton, it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

    . Lately Parliamentary Private Secretary
    Parliamentary Private Secretary
    A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; this role is junior to that of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, which is a ministerial post, salaried by...

     to James Callaghan.
  • Derek Adrian Webster, Chairman, Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail
    Sunday Mail (Scotland)
    The Sunday Mail is a Scottish tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. It is the sister paper of the Daily Record and is owned by Trinity Mirror and as such has a left-wing outlook which in turn tends to guide Scottish political debate in that direction.The Sunday Mail is read by over one million...

    .
  • Nigel Leonard Wicks. Formerly Private Secretary
    Private Secretary
    In the United Kingdom government, a Private Secretary is a civil servant in a Department or Ministry, responsible to the Secretary of State or Minister...

    , Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....

    .

Officers (OBE)

  • Gavyn Davies
    Gavyn Davies
    Gavyn Davies, OBE was the chairman of the BBC from 2001 until 2004, a former Goldman Sachs banker and a former economic advisor to the British Government...

    , Policy Adviser to James Callaghan.
  • David John Wise, National Secretary, Co-operative Party
    Co-operative Party
    The Co-operative Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom committed to supporting and representing co-operative principles. The party does not put up separate candidates for any UK election itself. Instead, Co-operative candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party as "Labour...

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  • Philip Wood. Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....

    .

Members (MBE)

  • Margaret Dougan, Private Secretary to Members of Parliament.
  • David Evans, Chairman, Cardiff South East Labour Party.
  • John David Fletcher Holt. Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....

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  • Albert Henry Lonq, Chief Clerk Superintendent, Whips Office, House of Commons
    British House of Commons
    The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

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  • Peter Ronald McClellan Taylor, BEM, Office Manager, Prime Minister's Officer, 10 Downing Street.
  • Eva Florence Thomas, Secretary, Ely Labour Party, Cardiff.
  • Annabel Urqhuart, Assistant Scottish Organiser, Labour Party, Scotland.
  • John Bretnall Warwicker, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police
    Metropolitan police
    Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...

    .

British Empire Medal (BEM)

  • Charles Edward Barton, Messenger, Prime Minister's Officer, 10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....

    .
  • Pamela Iris Brough, Telephonist, Prime Minister's Officer, 10 Downing Street.
  • Joseph Robert Hazard, Driver to James Callaghan.
  • F/Sgt Colin Brian Holden, the Chef at Chequers
    Chequers
    Chequers, or Chequers Court, is a country house near Ellesborough, to the south of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills...

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  • Daisy Elizabeth Riley, Cleaner, Prime Minister's Officer, 10 Downing Street.
  • Leading Wren Dorothy Woodcock, Stewardess at Chequers.
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