1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

The 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.^[1]

Life Peers

• Lena May Jeger, lately Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras South.
• John Edward Brooks, Chairman of the Labour Party, Wales; former Leader of the Labour Group, South Glamorgan.
• Sir Myer Galpern, lately Member of Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston; lately First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons.
• The Rt. Hon. Cledwyn Hughes, CH, lately Member of Parliament for Anglesey. Secretary of State for Wales 1966–1968; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1968–1970.
• The Rt. Hon. Sydney Irving, lately Member of Parliament for Dartford. Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons 1968–70.
• The Rt. Hon. Norman Harold Lever, MP, Member of Parliament for the Manchester Central; lately Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
• The Rt. Hon. William Ross, MBE, lately Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock. Formerly Secretary of State for Scotland.
• The Rt. Hon. Robert Maitland Michael Stewart, CH, lately Member of Parliament for Fulham. Formerly Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
• The Rt. Hon. George Russell Strauss, lately Member of Parliament for Vauxhall. Minister of Supply 1947–51.
• Henry Reginall Underbill, CBE, National Agent of the Labour Party.

Privy Counsellors

• Ernest Armstrong, MP. Member of Parliament for North West Durham. Lately Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment.
• Jack Ashley, CH, MP. Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South.
• Trevor Alec Jones, MP, Member of Parliament for Rhondda. Lately Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office.
• Gordon James Oakes, MP, Member of Parliament for Widnes. Lately Minister of State, Department of Education and Science.
• Harold Walker, MP. Member of Parliament for Doncaster. Lately Minister of State, Department of Employment.

Order of the Companions of Honour

• The Rt. Hon. Denis Winston Healey, MBE, MP. Member of Parliament for Leeds East. Lately Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Knights Bachelor

• Frank Herbert Barlow, CBE, Secretary, Parliamentary Labour Party.
• John McFarlane Boyd, CBE, General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers.
• Montague Bernard Levine, Personal Physician to James Callaghan.
• Thomas Daniel McCaffrey. Formerly Chief Press Secretary, 10 Downing Street
• Joseph Percival William Mallalieu, lately Member of Parliament for Huddersfield East. Minister of Defence (Royal Navy) 1966–67. Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1967–68. Minister of Technology 1968–69.
• Thomas Gwilym Morris, CBE, QPM, Chief Constable, South Wales Constabulary.
• Raphael Herman Tuck, lately Member of Parliament for Watford.

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander (DBE)

• The Rt. Hon. Judith Constance Mary Hart, MP. Member of Parliament for Lanark. Lately Minister for Overseas Development.

Commanders (CBE)

• Donald Richard Coleman, MP. Member of Parliament for Neath. Lately Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.
• Gordon Kenneth Denniss, Farmer, Lewes, Sussex.
• Derek Oliver Gladwin, OBE, Regional Secretary, Southern Region, General and Municipal Workers Union.
• James Hamilton, MP. Member of Parliament for Bothwell. Lately Comptroller of the Household.
• John Emrys Jones, Secretary/Organiser, Labour Party, Wales.
• Ruth Margaret Sharpe, MBE, Private and Constituency Secretary to James Callaghan.
• Roger Stott, MP. Member of Parliament for Westhoughton. Lately Parliamentary Private Secretary to James Callaghan.
• Derek Adrian Webster, Chairman, Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail.
• Nigel Leonard Wicks. Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.

Officers (OBE)

• Gavyn Davies, Policy Adviser to James Callaghan.
• David John Wise, National Secretary, Co-operative Party.
• Philip Wood. Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.

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.
• Albert Henry Lonq, Chief Clerk Superintendent, Whips Office, House of Commons.
• 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.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

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

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