The 1923 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were a set of honours gazetted on 25 May 1923,to The London Gazette, Supplement No. 32827, Page No. 3739, 25 May 1923
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Bonar Law Andrew Bonar Law (; 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Law was born in the British colony of New Brunswick (now a Canadi ...

's resignation as

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister Advice (constitutional law), advises the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, sovereign on the exercise of much of the Royal prerogative ...

. At the time Bonar Law was seriously ill with cancer of the throat, and his honours list included two physicians who were involved in his care: Sir Thomas Horder and Dr Gould May. The honours list was comparatively short; in addition to the above two physicians there were just four recipients: his private secretary, his parliamentary private secretary and his two principal private secretaries.

Baronet

* Sir Thomas Jeeves Horder

Knight

*Chichester Gould May,

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

*Lieutenant-colonel Ronald Dockray Waterhouse

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Geoffrey Storrs Fry Sir Geoffrey Storrs Fry, 1st Baronet, (27 July 1888 – 1960) was private secretary to prime ministers Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin, and a member of the Fry family. Early life Geoffrey Storrs Fry was born on 27 July 1888. He was the younger son ...

, Esq.

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John Colin Campbell Davidson John Colin Campbell Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson, (23 February 1889 – 11 December 1970), known before his elevation to the peerage as J. C. C. Davidson, was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician, best known for his c ...

, Esq.,

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Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

* Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower, Esq.,

References

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