- 1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
The 1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the "
London Gazette " of14 June 1979 and marked the May 1979 resignation of Prime MinisterJames Callaghan . [LondonGazette|issue=47868|supp=yes|startpage=7599|endpage=7603|date=14 June 1979 |accessdate=2008-08-24]Life Peers
*Lena May Jeger, lately
Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras South.
*John Edward Brooks, Chairman of the Labour Party, Wales; former Leader of the Labour Group,South Glamorgan .
*Sir Myer Galpern, latelyMember of Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston; lately First DeputyChairman of Ways and Means , House of Commons.
*The Rt. Hon. Cledwyn Hughes, CH, latelyMember of Parliament for Anglesey.Secretary of State for Wales 1966–1968;Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1968–1970.
*The Rt. Hon. Sydney Irving, latelyMember of Parliament for Dartford. Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons 1968–70.
*The Rt. Hon. Norman Harold Lever, MP,Member of Parliament for the Manchester Central; latelyChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster .
*The Rt. Hon. William Ross, MBE, latelyMember of Parliament for Kilmarnock. FormerlySecretary of State for Scotland .
*The Rt. Hon. Robert Maitland Michael Stewart, CH, latelyMember of Parliament for Fulham. FormerlySecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs .
*The Rt. Hon. George Russell Strauss, latelyMember of Parliament for Vauxhall.Minister of Supply 1947–51.
*Henry Reginall Underbill, CBE, National Agent of the Labour Party.Privy Counsellors
*Ernest Armstrong, MP.
Member of Parliament for North West Durham. LatelyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State ,Department of the Environment .
*Jack Ashley, CH, MP.Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South.
*Trevor Alec Jones, MP,Member of Parliament for Rhondda. LatelyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State ,Welsh Office .
*Gordon James Oakes, MP,Member of Parliament for Widnes. LatelyMinister of State ,Department of Education and Science .
*Harold Walker, MP.Member of Parliament for Doncaster. LatelyMinister of State ,Department of Employment .Order of the Companions of Honour
*The Rt. Hon. Denis Winston Healey, MBE, MP.
Member of Parliament for Leeds East. LatelyChancellor of the Exchequer .Knights Bachelor
*Frank Herbert Barlow, CBE, Secretary, Parliamentary Labour Party.
*John McFarlane Boyd, CBE, General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers.
*Montague Bernard Levine, Personal Physician to James Callaghan.
*Thomas Daniel McCaffrey. Formerly ChiefPress Secretary ,10 Downing Street
*Joseph Percival William Mallalieu, latelyMember of Parliament for Huddersfield East.Minister of Defence (Royal Navy ) 1966–67.Minister of State ,Board of Trade , 1967–68.Minister of Technology 1968–69.
*Thomas Gwilym Morris, CBE, QPM,Chief Constable ,South Wales Constabulary .
*Raphael Herman Tuck, latelyMember of Parliament for Watford.Order of the British Empire
Dames Commander (DBE)
*The Rt. Hon. Judith Constance Mary Hart, MP.
Member of Parliament for Lanark. LatelyMinister for Overseas Development .Commanders (CBE)
*Donald Richard Coleman, MP.
Member of Parliament for Neath. LatelyVice-Chamberlain of the Household .
*Gordon Kenneth Denniss, Farmer,Lewes ,Sussex .
*Derek Oliver Gladwin, OBE, Regional Secretary, Southern Region,General and Municipal Workers Union .
*James Hamilton, MP.Member of Parliament for Bothwell. LatelyComptroller of the Household .
*John Emrys Jones, Secretary/Organiser, Labour Party, Wales.
*Ruth Margaret Sharpe, MBE, Private and Constituency Secretary to James Callaghan.
*Rogert Stott, MP.Member of Parliament for Westhoughton. LatelyParliamentary Private Secretary to James Callaghan.
*Derek Adrian Webster, Chairman, "Scottish Daily Record " and "Sunday Mail ".
*Nigel Leonard Wicks. FormerlyPrivate Secretary , Prime Minister's Office,10 Downing Street .Officers (OBE)
*
Gavyn Davies , Policy Adviser to James Callaghan.
*David John Wise, National Secretary,Co-operative Party .
*Philip Wood. Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office,10 Downing Street .Members (MBE)
*Margaret Dougan, Private Secretary to Members of Parliament.
*David Evans, Chairman, Cardiff South East Labour Party.
*John David Fletcher Holt. Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office,10 Downing Street .
*Albert Henry Lonq, Chief Clerk Superintendent, Whips Office, House of Commons.
*Peter Ronald McClellan Taylor, BEM, Office Manager, Prime Minister's Officer, 10 Downing Street.
*Eva Florence Thomas, Secretary, Ely Labour Party, Cardiff.
*Annabel Urqhuart, Assistant Scottish Organiser, Labour Party, Scotland.
*John Bretnall Warwicker, Superintendent,Metropolitan Police .British Empire Medal (BEM)
*Charles Edward Barton, Messenger, Prime Minister's Officer,
10 Downing Street .
*Pamela Iris Brough, Telephonist, Prime Minister's Officer, 10 Downing Street.
*Joseph Robert Hazard, Driver to James Callaghan.
*F/Sgt Colin Brian Holden, the Chef atChequers .
*Daisy Elizabeth Riley, Cleaner, Prime Minister's Officer, 10 Downing Street.
*Leading Wren Dorothy Woodcock, Stewardess at Chequers.References
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