1951 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

Clement Attlee in 1945

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[]

, physician

Companion of the Order of the Bath[]

, 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[]

, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister since 1949

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".

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General elections	1935 1945 1950 1951 1955
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Career	Simon Commission 1935 party leadership election Norway Debate Wartime coalition government 1940 War cabinet crisis Potsdam Conference Gen 75 Committee Operation Hurricane National Insurance Act 1946 National Health Service Act 1946 Anglo-American loan Partition of India Tanganyika groundnut scheme Agriculture Act 1947 Transport Act 1947 Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain
Family	Violet Attlee (wife) Martin Attlee (son)
Cultural depictions	The Gathering Storm (TV, 1974) Edward & Mrs. Simpson (TV, 1978) Goodnight Sweetheart (TV, 1999) Bertie and Elizabeth (TV, 2002) Dunkirk (TV, 2004) Into the Storm (TV, 2009) The Crown (TV, 2016) Darkest Hour (Film, 2017) Red Joan (Film, 2018)
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