Honours of Stanley Baldwin

Stanley Baldwin received numerous honours in recognition of her career in politics. These included:

Hereditary Peerage

Baldwin was elevated to the House of Lords on 8 June 1937, upon his Standing Down as Leader of the Conservative Party and from his seat in the House of Commons. He Took the Title Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, with the Subsidiary title of Viscount Corvedale, of Corvedale in the County of Salop. He sat with the Conservative Party Benches.

Coat of arms

As a member of the House of Lords with a Hereditary peerage, Baldwin was entitled to use a personal coat of arms.


Commonwealth honours
Commonwealth Realms
Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom1897 – 14 December 1947Justice of the Peace for the County of WorcestershireJP
 United Kingdom1920 – 14 December 1947Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy CouncilPC
 Canada2 August 1927 – 14 December 1947Member of the King's Privy Council for CanadaPC
 England28 May 1937 – 14 December 1947Knight of the Order of the GarterKG
Decorations and medals
Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom12 May 1937King George VI Coronation Medal
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Foreign honours
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Other distinctions
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Scholastic
University Degrees
Location Date School Degree
 EnglandTrinity College, CambridgeThird-class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History
 EnglandMason CollegeMetallurgy
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
Location Date School Position
 Scotland1923 – 1926University of EdinburghRector
 Scotland1928 – 1931University of GlasgowRector
 Scotland1929 – 1947University of St AndrewsChancellor
 England1930 – 1947University of CambridgeChancellor
 England1930 – 1947Girton College, CambridgeVisitor
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Honorary Degrees
Location Date School Degree
 England12 June 1923University of Cambridge[1]
 England1925University of OxfordDoctor of Civil Law (DCL) [2]
 England26 January 1934University of Liverpool[3]
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Memberships and fellowships
Country Date Organisation Position
 United Kingdom1927 – 14 December 1947Royal SocietyFellow (FRS)
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Freedom of the City
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Places named after Baldwin
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 Canada (British Columbia) Mount Stanley Baldwin (1927).

References
  1. https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2024904/photography_ProvidedCHO_TopFoto_co_uk_EU004878.html
  2. "Stock Photo - 'Honorary Degree at Oxford', 1925, (1945). Creator: Unknown".
  3. "Lord Derby and the University of Liverpool". Nature. 133 (3353): 168. 1 February 1934. Bibcode:1934Natur.133S.168.. doi:10.1038/133168c0.
  4. "Mr Baldwin Freedom of Worcester".
  5. "Mr. Baldwin receives the freedom of Bewdley. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister, was made the first honorary freeman of the ancient borough of Bewdley, England, on Saturday, August 8th ... / Photo by Underwood & Underwood, New York".
  6. "Mr Baldwin".
  7. "Mr. Baldwin".
  8. "Honorary Freemen - Aberystwyth Council".
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