1979 Dissolution Honours
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The 1979 Dissolution Honours List was issued in June 1979 following the general election of that year . [1] [2]
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour.
Life Peers (all Labour)
Baroness
- Lena May Jeger , lately Member of Parliament for Camden, Holborn and St. Pancras South .
Baron
- John Edward Brooks , Chairman of the Labour Party, Wales ; former Leader of the Labour Group, County of South Glamorgan
- Sir Myer Galpern , lately Member of Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston ; lately First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means , House of Commons .
- Rt Hon. Cledwyn Hughes CH , lately Member of Parliament for Anglesey . Secretary of State for Wales 1966–1968; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1968–1970.
- Rt Hon. Sydney Irving , lately Member of Parliament for Dartford . Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons 1968-70
- Rt Hon. Norman Harold Lever MP , Member of Parliament for Manchester Central ; lately Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Rt Hon. William Ross MBE , lately Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock . Formerly Secretary of State for Scotland .
- Rt Hon. Robert Maitland Michael Stewart CH , lately Member of Parliament for Fulham . Formerly Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs .
- Rt Hon. George Russell Strauss , lately Member of Parliament for Vauxhall . Minister of Supply 1947-51
- Henry Reginall Underhill CBE , National Agent of the Labour Party
Privy Councillor
The Queen appointed the following to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:
- Ernest Armstrong MP , Member of Parliament for the North West Durham . Lately Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State , Department of the Environment
- Jack Ashley CH MP , Member of Parliament for the Stoke-on-Trent South
- Trevor Alec Jones MP , Member of Parliament for Rhondda . Lately Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State , Welsh Office
- Gordon James Oakes MP , Member of Parliament for Widnes . Lately Minister of State , Department of Education and Science
- Harold Walker MP , Member of Parliament for Doncaster . Lately Minister of State , Department of Employment
Knight Bachelor
- Frank Herbert Barlow CBE , Secretary, Parliamentary Labour Party
- John McFarlane Boyd CBE , General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers [3]
- Montague Bernard Levine , Personal Physician to the Rt Hon. James Callaghan
- Thomas Daniel McCaffrey, Formerly Chief Press Secretary, 10 Downing Street
- Joseph Percival William Mallalieu , lately Member of Parliament for the East Division of Huddersfield East . Minister of Defence ( Royal Navy ) 1966–1967. Minister of State , Board of Trade , 1967–1968. Minister of Technology 1968–1969.
- Thomas Gwilym Morris CBE QPM , Chief Constable , South Wales Constabulary
- Raphael Herman Tuck , lately Member of Parliament for Watford
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
- Rt Hon. Denis Winston Healey MBE MP , Member of Parliament for the Leeds East . Lately Chancellor of the Exchequer .
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
- Rt Hon. Judith Constance Mary Hart MP , Member of Parliament for Lanark . Lately Minister for Overseas Development .
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Donald Richard Coleman MP , Member of Parliament for Neath . Lately Vice-Chamberlain of the Household .
- Gordon Kenneth Dennis, Farmer, Lewes , Sussex
- Derek Oliver Gladwin OBE , Regional Secretary, Southern Region, General and Municipal Workers Union
- James Hamilton MP , Member of Parliament for the Bothwell Division of Lanarkshire. Lately Comptroller of the Household
- John Emrys Jones, Secretary/Organiser, Labour Party, Wales
- Ruth Margaret Sharpe MBE , Private and Constituency Secretary to the Rt Hon. James Callaghan
- Roger Stott MP , Member of Parliament for the Westhoughton . Lately Parliamentary Private Secretary
- Derek Adrian Webster, Chairman, Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd.
- Nigel Leonard Wicks , Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Gavyn Davies, Policy Adviser to the Rt Hon. James Callaghan
- David John Wise, National Secretary, Co-operative Party
- Philip Wood, Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Member of the Order of the British Empire (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 Long, Chief Clerk Superintendent, Whips Office, House of Commons
- Peter Ronald McClellan Taylor BEM , Office Manager, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
- Eva Florence Thomas, Secretary, Ely Labour Party, Cardiff
- Annabel Urquhart, Assistant Scottish Organiser, Labour Party, Scotland
- John Bretnall Warwicker, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police
British Empire Medal (BEM)
- Civil Division
- Charles Edward Barton, Messenger, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
- Pamela Broughton, Telephonist, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
- Joseph Robert Hazard, Driver to the Rt Hon. James Callaghan
- Colin Brian Holden, the Chef at Chequers
- Daisy Elizabeth Riley, Cleaner, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
- Wren Dorothy Woodcock, Stewardess at Chequers
References
- ↑ "No. 47868" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1979. pp. 7599–7600.
- ↑ "Peerage creations 1958-2008" (PDF) . House of Lords Library . Retrieved 16 July 2016 . Peerage creations are identified as being Dissolution Honours, not Resignation Honours.
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AEU: Amalgamated Engineering Union
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Very quickly he had that problem under control and in 1975 was awarded a CBE, being knighted in Jim Callaghan's dissolution honours of 1979