1970_Prime_Minister's_Resignation_Honours

1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

Prime minister of London gazette in 1970


The 1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the London Gazette of 7 August 1970 and marked the June 1970 electoral defeat of the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.[1]

Harold Wilson in 1964

Life peers

Privy Counsellors

  • David Hedley Ennals, Member of Parliament for Dover, 1964–1970. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Army, 1966–1967. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office, 1967–1968. Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Security, 1968–1970.
  • Ernest Fernyhough, MP, Member of Parliament for Jarrow since 1947. Parliamentary Private Secretary Harold Wilson, 1964–1967. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour, 1967–1968 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Employment and Productivity, 1968–1969.

Knights Bachelor

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander (DBE)

Commanders (CBE)

Officers (OBE)

  • George Louis Gaunt, Committee Clerk, Parliamentary Labour Party.
  • Roger James Dawe, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1966–1970.
  • Alfred Richman, Journalist.
  • Miss Beryl Pauline Urquhart, Committee Clerk, Parliamentary Labour Party.

Members (MBE)

  • Phyllis Edith Birt, Secretary and Personal Assistant, Parliamentary Labour Party.
  • Harry James Fowler, Actor.
  • Gordon Charles George Fryer, Inspector, Metropolitan Police.
  • William Henry George Green, Formerly Head of the Despatch Department, Transport House.
  • Elizabeth Guy, Formerly Head of the Bookshop, Transport House.
  • Elsie Helena Selley, Formerly Head of the Directory Department, Transport House.
  • Ruth Margaret Sharpe, Private and Constituency Secretary to James Callaghan.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

  • Chief Wren Steward (O) Margaret Frances Fenton, formerly Chief Steward at Chequers.
  • Thora Pollard, Housekeeper to Harold Wilson and Mary Wilson.

References

  1. "No. 45165". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 August 1970. pp. 8677–8678.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1970_Prime_Minister's_Resignation_Honours, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.