1951 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours Explained

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]

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

• Walter Hannay, physician

Companion of the Order of the Bath

• Denis Rickett, PPS

Commander 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

• Edward Cass, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister since 1949

Notes and References

1. The Times, Friday, November 30, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 52172; col G: "The Resignation Honours: Earldom For Lord Jowitt".