1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

The 1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the London Gazette of 27 November 1964 and marked the October 1964 electoral defeat of Prime Minister Sir Alec-Douglas-Home.^[1]

Political list

Hereditary Peerages

Viscounts

• The Rt. Hon. The Lord Dilhorne, Conservative Member of Parliament for Daventry 1943–1950; and for South Northamptonshire, 1950–1962. Solicitor General for England and Wales, 1951–1954. Attorney General for England and Wales, 1954–1962. Lord Chancellor, 1962–1964. For political and public services.

Barons

• The Rt. Hon. Frederick James Erroll, TD, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale since 1945. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1955–1956; and to Board of Trade, 1956–1958; Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 1958–1959; Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1959–1961; President of the Board of Trade, 1961–1963; Minister of Power, 1963–1964. For political and public services.
• Sir Hugh Fraser, Bt, JP, DL, Chairman and Managing Director, House of Fraser Ltd. For political and public services.
• Sir Robert Villiers Grimston, Bt, Conservative Member of Parliament for Westbury, 1931–1964. Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, 1962–1964. For political and public services.
• John Granville Morrison, TD, DL, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Salisbury since 1942. Chairman, Conservative Members (1922) Committee, 1955–1964. For political and public services.
• Sir Robert Burnham Renwick, Bt, KBE, Partner in W. Greenwell and Co. For political and public services.
• Lt-Col Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, MC, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wandsworth Central, 1955–1964. A Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1958–1962 and Deputy Government Chief Whip, 1959–1964. Treasurer of the Household, 1962–1964. For political and public services.

Life Peerages

• Dame Barbara Muriel Brooke, DBE, Joint Vice-Chairman, Conservative Party Organisation, 1954–1964. For political and public services.
• The Hon. Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmett, JP, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for East Grinstead since 1955. Chairman, National Union of Conservatives, 1955–1956. For political and public services.

Privy Counsellors

• The Rt. Hon. The Lord Chesham, Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Transport, 1959–1964.
• Edward Dillon Lott du Cann, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Taunton since 1956. Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 1962–1963. Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1963–1964.
• Sir Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn, Bt, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Cambridge University, 1935–1950; and for Carlton since 1950. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education, 1951–1954.

Baronetcies

• Graeme Bell Finlay, ERD, Conservative Member of Parliament for Epping, 1951–1964. A Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1959–1960; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, 1960–1964. For political and public services.

Knights Bachelor

• Frederic Mackarness Bennett, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Reading North, 1951–1955; and for Torquay since 1955. For political and public services.
• W/Cdr Eric Edward Bullus, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wembley North since 1950. For political and public services.
• W/Cdr Henry Algernon Langton, DSO, DFC, For political services in Devizes and Wessex.
• George Wilton Lee, TD, For political and public services in Sheffield.
• Rupert Malise Speir, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Hexham since 1951. For political and public services.

Order of the Companions of Honour

• The Rt. Hon. Henry Brooke, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Lewisham West 1938–1945; and for Hampstead since 1950. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1954–1957; Minister of Housing and Local Government, and Minister for Welsh Affairs, 1957–1961; Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster-General, 1961–1962; Home Secretary 1962–1964. For political and public services.

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander (DBE)

• Joan Helen Vickers, MBE, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport since 1955. For political and public services.

Knights Commander (KBE)

• The Rt. Hon. David Lockhart-Mure Renton, TD, QC, MP, National Liberal Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire, 1945–1950; and National Liberal and Conservative Member for Huntingdon since 1950. Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1955–1957; to Ministry of Power, 1957–1958; Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office, 1958–1961; Minister of State, Home Office, 1961–1962. For political and public services.
• The Rt. Hon. The Earl St Aldwyn, TD, DL, Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1954–1958. Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms and Government Chief Whip, House of Lords, 1958–1964. For political and public services.

Commanders (CBE)

• Reginald Thomas Glenny, For political services in Marylebone.
• George Hutchinson, For political services.
• Joan Florence Mary, Lady Newman, For political and public services in Hitchin.
• The Rt. Hon. The Lord Tweedsmuir, OBE, Chairman, Joint East and Central African Board 1950–1952. President, Commonwealth and British Empire Chambers of Commerce 1955–1957. A Governor of the Commonwealth Institute since 1958. President, Institute of Export since 1963. For political and public services.

Officers (OBE)

• Peter Reginald George Horton, For political services.
• Brendon Straker Sewill, For political services.

Members (MBE)

• Kathleen Mary Bryant, For political services.
• Alexander Douglas Eastwood, For political services in Kingston-upon-Hull.

Personal list

Baronetcies

• Francis Fenwick Pearson, MBE, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Clitheroe since 1959. A Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1962–1964. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1963–1964. For political and public services.
• The Rt. Hon. Martin Redmayne, DSO, TD, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe since 1950. A Government Whip, 1951; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1953–1959, Deputy Government Chief Whip, 1953–1959; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip, 1959–1964. For political and public services.

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion (CMG)

• John Oliver Wright, DSC, Private Secretary to the Earl of Home when Foreign Secretary, 1960–1963 and to Sir Alec Douglas-Home when Prime Minister, 1963–1964.

Order of the British Empire

Commanders (CBE)

• John Brett Fletcher, MBE, Solicitor and Managing Trustee of the Dorneywood Trust.
• John Francis Hewitt, Secretary for Appointments to the Prime Minister since 1961.

Officers (OBE)

• John Dudley Groves, Chief Information Officer (B) in the Prime Minister's Office from 1962 to 1964.

Members (MBE)

• Mabel Ethel Dodd, Clerical Officer (Secretary) in the office of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, since 1958.
• John Thomas Marling, A member of the House of Commons staff in charge of the Conservative Chief Whip's messengers.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Alice Mable Florence Lewis, Telephonist in the Prime Minister's Office since 1951.
• Bernard Walton Pettifer, Head Government Butler since 1953.
• Robert Andrew Watt Shearer, Sir Alec Douglas-Home's official driver for many years.
• Sidney Frederick Jack Toogood, Ex-Detective Inspector, Metropolitan Police: Sir Alec Douglas-Home's detective from 1960–1964.
• Edward James Wren, Detective-Sergeant, Metropolitan Police. Sir Alec Douglas-Home's detective from 1960–1963.

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