February 1974 Dissolution Honours

The February 1974 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 2 April 1974 following the dissolution of the United Kingdom parliament in preparation for a general election.[1]

Life Peers

Baronesses

  • Mervyn Pike, Member of Parliament for the Melton Division of Leicestershire 1956-74; Assistant Postmaster General 1959-63; Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office 1963-64.
  • Rt Hon. Dame Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith DBE, Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1950-66 and 1970–74; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health 1951-57; Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office 1957-59; Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance 1959-61.

Barons

  • Sir Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish MC DL, Member of Parliament for the Lewes Division of, East Sussex 1945-74.
  • Sir Richard Michael Fraser CBE, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party Organisation since October 1964.
  • Rt Hon. Geoffrey William Lloyd, Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Ladywood Division 1931-45, King's Norton Division 1950-55; Sutton Coldfield 1955-74; Minister of Fuel and Power 1951-55; Minister of Education 1957-59.
  • Rt Hon. Ernest Marples, Member of Parliament for Wallasey 1945-74; Postmaster General 1957-59; Minister of Transport 1959-64.
  • Rt Hon. Michael Antony Cristobal Noble, Member of Parliament for Argyllshire 1958-74; Secretary of State for Scotland 1962-64; Minister for Trade 1970-72.
  • Rt Hon. Duncan Edwin Sandys CH, Member of Parliament for Norwood 1935-45; Streatham 1950-74; Minister of Works 1944-45; Minister of Supply 1951-54; Minister of Housing and Local Government 1954-57; Minister of Defence 1957-59; Minister of Aviation 1959-60; Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations 1960-1964.
  • Rt Hon. Sir Robert Hugh Turton KBE MC DL, Member of Parliament for the Thirsk and Malton Division of Yorkshire 1929-74; Minister of Health 1955-57.

Privy Counsellors (PC)

Knights Bachelor (Kt)

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Companions (CB)

Civil division

Order of St Michael and St George

Knights Commander (KCMG)

  • Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle MP, Member of Parliament for Richmond, Surrey since 1959; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1970-74.

Order of the Companions of Honour

Companions (CH)

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander (DBE)

Commanders (CBE)

Officers (OBE)

  • Miles Matthew Lee Hudson, Political Secretary to the Rt Hon. Sir Alec Douglas-Home KT DL MP 1971-74.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel William Reeve DL, for political and public services in the East Midlands.
  • Ann Marcella Springman, for political and public services in Wessex.

Members (MBE)

  • Roger Boaden, for political services.
  • Rosemary Bushe, Personal Secretary to the Rt Hon. Edward Heath MBE MP.
  • Captain Arthur William Potter Fawcett TD, for political services in Barnet, Hertfordshire.
  • Christabel Phyllis Humphreys, for political services in Wales.
  • Kenneth Donald Bremner Pryde, Inspector, Metropolitan Police.
  • Peter Radford, Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil division
  • John Harris, Senior Messenger. Formerly Doorkeeper, No. 10 Downing Street.
  • Ivy May Moore, lately Telephonist, No. 10 Downing Street.
  • George Stanley Newell, Driver to the Rt Hon. Edward Heath MBE MP.

References

  1. "No. 46254". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 April 1974. pp. 4395–4398.
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