1951 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
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 of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.''The Times'', Friday, November 30, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 52172; col G: "The Resignation Honours: Earldom For Lord Jowitt". Earl *William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, William Jowitt, 1st Viscount Jowitt, Lord Chancellor Baron *David Kirkwood, MP *George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers, George Mathers, PC, MP *James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds, James Milner, MP *Frederick Wise, 1st Baron Wise, Frederick Wise, MP Privy Councillor *Arthur Bottomley, MP *Douglas Jay, Baron Jay, Douglas Jay, MP *George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd, Lord Shepherd, Chief Whip *Robert Taylor (Labour politician), Robert Taylor, MP Companion of Honour *Herbert Morrison, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Knight Bachelor *Walter Hannay, physici ...
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Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. He was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Deputy Prime Minister during the Churchill war ministry, wartime coalition government under Winston Churchill, and served twice as Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition from 1935 to 1940 and from 1951 to 1955. Attlee remains the longest serving Labour leader. Attlee was born into an upper-middle-class family, the son of a wealthy London solicitor. After attending the public school (United Kingdom), public school Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Haileybury College and the University of Oxford, he practised as a Barristers in England and Wales, barrister. The volunteer work he carried out in East End of London, London's East End exposed him to p ...
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