1905 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours Explained

The 1905 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were awards announced on 9 December 1905 to mark the exit of Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour, who resigned on 5 December.^[1]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.

Viscounts

• The Lord Tredegar

Privy Councillor

• • The Solicitor General the Right Hon. Sir E. H. Carson J. S. Sandars

Baronet

• C. Morrison-Bell
  • • • • Benjamin Cohen R. P. Cooper Thomas Leigh Hare Lindsay Hogg W. B. Hulton
  • J. Grant Lawson Francis Ley
• Edward Mann
• John Davison Milburn
• Herbert Praed

Knight

• • W. J. Bull C. Kinloch-Cooke
  • Major W. E. Evans-Gordon Sir Samuel Faire
• Charles Frederick Claverhouse Graham
  • F. W. Lowe H. E. Moss
  • Col. C. Wyndham Murray Major Harry North
• Henry Edward Randall
  • J. S. Randles J. Robinson
• William Henry Vaudrey
• Edgcombe Venning

Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB)

• Malcolm G. Ramsay, Treasury
• J. J. Taylor, Irish Office

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• John Henniker Heaton,

Privy Councillor (Ireland)

To be sworn of the Privy Council in Ireland:

• • Sir R. Blennerhassett, Bt. Sir F. E. W. Macnaghten
• Sir Patrick Coll
• J. H. M. Campbell Attorney-General for Ireland

Notes and References

1. News: Resignation Honours. . . 11 . 9 December 1905 .