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1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

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The 1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the London Gazette of 27 November 1964 and marked the October 1964 electoral defeat of Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home.

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Baronetcies

  • Francis Fenwick Pearson, MBE, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Clitheroe since 1959. A Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1962–1964. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1963–1964. For political and public services.
  • The Rt. Hon. Martin Redmayne, DSO, TD, MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe since 1950. A Government Whip, 1951; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1953–1959, Deputy Government Chief Whip, 1953–1959; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip, 1959–1964. For political and public services.

    • Companion (CMG)

  • John Oliver Wright, DSC, Private Secretary to the Earl of Home when Foreign Secretary, 1960–1963 and to Sir Alec Douglas-Home when Prime Minister, 1963–1964.

    • Commanders (CBE)

  • John Brett Fletcher, MBE, Solicitor and Managing Trustee of the Dorneywood Trust.
  • John Francis Hewitt, Secretary for Appointments to the Prime Minister since 1961.

    • Officers (OBE)

  • John Dudley Groves, Chief Information Officer (B) in the Prime Minister's Office from 1962 to 1964.

    • Members (MBE)

  • Mabel Ethel Dodd, Clerical Officer (Secretary) in the office of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, since 1958.
  • John Thomas Marling, A member of the House of Commons staff in charge of the Conservative Chief Whip's messengers.

    • British Empire Medal (BEM)

  • Alice Mable Florence Lewis, Telephonist in the Prime Minister's Office since 1951.
  • Bernard Walton Pettifer, Head Government Butler since 1953.
  • Robert Andrew Watt Shearer, Sir Alec Douglas-Home's official driver for many years.
  • Sidney Frederick Jack Toogood, Ex-Detective Inspector, Metropolitan Police: Sir Alec Douglas-Home's detective from 1960–1964.
  • Edward James Wren, Detective-Sergeant, Metropolitan Police. Sir Alec Douglas-Home's detective from 1960–1963.

    • References

    1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours Wikipedia
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