1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

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 the Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home.^[1]^[2]

Baronetcies

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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.

Order of St Michael and St George

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Companion (CMG)

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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.

Order of the British Empire

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Commanders (CBE)

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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)

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John Dudley Groves, chief information officer (B) in the Prime Minister's Office from 1962 to 1964.

Members (MBE)

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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)

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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 to 1964.
Edward James Wren, Detective-Sergeant, Metropolitan Police. Sir Alec Douglas-Home's detective from 1960 to 1963.

References

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^ "No. 43502". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 November 1964. pp. 10227–10229.
^ "Dissolution and Resignation Honours List". The Times. 1 December 1964. p. 6.

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Coronation Honours	1821 1831 1838 1902 1911 1937 1953 2023† † Not issued
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Demise Honours	2002 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2021 (The Duke of Edinburgh) 2023 (Queen Elizabeth II)
Dissolution Honours	1874 1885 1892 1895 1900† 1906† 1910† 1918† 1922 1923† 1924 1929 1931 1935† 1945 1950 1951† 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017† 2019 2024 † Not issued
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Special Honours	1923 1952 1972 1973 1974 1977 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1999 2001 2004 2006 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Additional Honours	1911 (Delhi Durbar) 1953 (Korea) 1969 (Investiture of The Prince of Wales) 1990 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday)
Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

v t e Alec Douglas-Home
Premiership	Ministry 1964 general election
Constituencies	Lanark Kinross and Western Perthshire
Family	Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home (father) Elizabeth Douglas-Home (wife) William Douglas Home (brother) David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home (son) Charles Douglas-Home (nephew)
See also	Earl of Home The Hirsel Peerage Act 1963 1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election 1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours D'Oliveira affair

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