1964 Dissolution Honours

The 1964 Dissolution Honours were officially announced on 27 November 1964 and marked the dissolution of parliament following the 1964 General Election.^[1][2]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Hereditary Peerages

Viscounts

• Rt Hon. The Lord Dilhorne, Conservative Member of Parliament for Daventry 1943–1950; and for South Northamptonshire, 1950–1962. Solicitor General for England and Wales, 1951–1954. Attorney General for England and Wales, 1954–1962. Lord Chancellor, 1962–1964. For political and public services.

Barons

• Rt Hon. Frederick James Erroll TD MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale since 1945. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1955–1956; and to Board of Trade, 1956–1958; Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 1958–1959; Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1959–1961; President of the Board of Trade, 1961–1963; Minister of Power, 1963–1964. For political and public services.
• Sir Hugh Fraser Bt JP DL, Chairman and Managing Director, House of Fraser Ltd. For political and public services.
• Sir Robert Villiers Grimston Bt, Conservative Member of Parliament for Westbury, 1931–1964. Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, 1962–1964. For political and public services.
• John Granville Morrison TD DL MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Salisbury since 1942. Chairman, Conservative Members (1922) Committee, 1955–1964. For political and public services.
• Sir Robert Burnham Renwick Bt KBE, Partner in W. Greenwell and Co. For political and public services.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young MC, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wandsworth Central, 1955–1964. A Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1958–1962 and Deputy Government Chief Whip, 1959–1964. Treasurer of the Household, 1962–1964. For political and public services.

Life Peerages

• Dame Barbara Muriel Brooke DBE, Joint Vice-Chairman, Conservative Party Organisation, 1954–1964. For political and public services.
• The Honourable Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmett JP MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for East Grinstead since 1955. Chairman, National Union of Conservatives, 1955–1956. For political and public services.

Privy Counsellors

• Rt Hon. The Lord Chesham, Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Transport, 1959–1964.
• Edward Dillon Lott du Cann MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Taunton since 1956. Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 1962–1963. Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1963–1964.
• Sir Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn Bt MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Cambridge University, 1935–1950; and for Carlton since 1950. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education, 1951–1954.

Baronetcies

• Graeme Bell Finlay ERD, Conservative Member of Parliament for Epping, 1951–1964. A Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1959–1960; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, 1960–1964. For political and public services.

Knights Bachelor

• Frederic Mackarness Bennett MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Reading North, 1951–1955; and for Torquay since 1955. For political and public services.
• Wing Commander Eric Edward Bullus MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wembley North since 1950. For political and public services.
• Wing Commander Henry Algernon Langton DSO DFC. For political services in Devizes and Wessex.
• George Wilton Lee TD. For political and public services in Sheffield.
• Rupert Malise Speir MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Hexham since 1951. For political and public services.

Order of the Companions of Honour

• Rt Hon. Henry Brooke MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Lewisham West 1938–1945; and for Hampstead since 1950. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1954–1957; Minister of Housing and Local Government, and Minister for Welsh Affairs, 1957–1961; Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General, 1961–1962; Home Secretary 1962–1964. For political and public services.

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander (DBE)

• Joan Helen Vickers MBE MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport since 1955. For political and public services.

Knights Commander (KBE)

• Rt Hon. David Lockhart-Mure Renton TD QC MP, National Liberal Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire, 1945–1950; and National Liberal and Conservative Member for Huntingdon since 1950. Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1955–1957; to Ministry of Power, 1957–1958; Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office, 1958–1961; Minister of State, Home Office, 1961–1962. For political and public services.
• Rt Hon. The Earl St Aldwyn TD DL, Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1954–1958. Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms and Government Chief Whip, House of Lords, 1958–1964. For political and public services.

Commanders (CBE)

• Reginald Thomas Glenny. For political services in Marylebone.
• George Hutchinson. For political services.
• Joan Florence Mary, Lady Newman. For political and public services in Hitchin.
• Rt Hon. The Lord Tweedsmuir OBE, Chairman, Joint East and Central African Board 1950–1952. President, Commonwealth and British Empire Chambers of Commerce 1955–1957. A Governor of the Commonwealth Institute since 1958. President, Institute of Export since 1963. For political and public services.

Officers (OBE)

• Peter Reginald George Horton. For political services.
• Brendon Straker Sewill. For political services.

Members (MBE)

• Kathleen Mary Bryant. For political services.
• Alexander Douglas Eastwood. For political services in Kingston-upon-Hull.

See also

• 1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

References