1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

The 1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the London Gazette of 7 August 1970 and marked the June 1970 electoral defeat of the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.[1]

Harold Wilson in 1964

Life peers

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Privy Counsellors

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Knights Bachelor

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Order of the British Empire

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Dames Commander (DBE)

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Commanders (CBE)

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Officers (OBE)

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  • George Louis Gaunt, Committee Clerk, Parliamentary Labour Party.
  • Roger James Dawe, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1966–1970.
  • Alfred Richman, Journalist.
  • Miss Beryl Pauline Urquhart, Committee Clerk, Parliamentary Labour Party.

Members (MBE)

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  • Phyllis Edith Birt, Secretary and Personal Assistant, Parliamentary Labour Party.
  • Harry James Fowler, Actor.
  • Gordon Charles George Fryer, Inspector, Metropolitan Police.
  • William Henry George Green, Formerly Head of the Despatch Department, Transport House.
  • Elizabeth Guy, Formerly Head of the Bookshop, Transport House.
  • Elsie Helena Selley, Formerly Head of the Directory Department, Transport House.
  • Ruth Margaret Sharpe, Private and Constituency Secretary to James Callaghan.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

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  • Chief Wren Steward (O) Margaret Frances Fenton, formerly Chief Steward at Chequers.
  • Thora Pollard, Housekeeper to Harold Wilson and Mary Wilson.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 45165". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 August 1970. pp. 8677–8678.