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, Clement Attlee.

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