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The 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in two supplements to the ''London Gazette'' of 1 August 1997 (published 2 August 1997) and marked the May 1997 resignation of Prime Minister John Major.〔 〕 A notable omission from the list was Norman Lamont, who was overlooked for a life peerage in what was seen as a snub for the former Chancellor of the Exchequer who had become one of Major's most prominent critics.〔(Daily Telegraph: "Major snubs Lamont in honours list" ).〕 Included in the announced list were new "working peers": 31 new Labour life peers recommended by Tony Blair to reduce the Tory majority; Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, recommended 11 new Liberal Democrat life peers; five were recommended by William Hague, the new Conservative Leader. The recipients of the major classes of honours are displayed below, as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour. == Life Peerages == *Norman Blackwell, former Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit, 1995-7 (created Baron Blackwell, ''of Woodcote in the County of Surrey'') *Dame Janet Fookes, former Deputy Speaker and MP for Plymouth Drake (created Baroness Fookes, ''of Plymouth in the County of Devon'') *Roger Freeman, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (created Baron Freeman, ''of Dingley in the County of Northamptonshire'') *James Douglas-Hamilton, former Scottish Office Minister (created Baron Selkirk of Douglas, ''of Cramond in the City of Edinburgh''); having briefly succeeded as Earl of Selkirk in 1994 (which title he disclaimed) *Terence Higgins, former Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1972–74 (created Baron Higgins, ''of Worthing in the County of West Sussex'') *David Hunt, former Secretary of State for Wales (1990–3) and Employment, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (created Baron Hunt of Wirral, ''of Wirral in the County of Merseyside'') *Dame Jill Knight, former MP for Birmingham Edgbaston and former Vice-Chairperson of the 1922 Committee (created Baroness Knight of Collingtree, ''of Collingtree in the County of Northamptonshire'') *Ian Lang, former Scottish Secretary and President of the Board of Trade (created Baron Lang of Monkton, ''of Merrick and the Rhinns in the County of Dumfries & Galloway'') *Tony Newton, former Social Security Secretary (1989–92) and Leader of the House of Commons (1992–7) (created Baron Newton of Braintree, ''of Coggeshall in the County of Essex'') *Sir Cranley Onslow, former Foreign Office Minister and Chairman of the 1922 Committee for backbench Tory MPs (created Baron Onslow of Woking, ''of Woking in the County of Surrey'') 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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