Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton,Baron Shackleton,was a British geographer,Royal Air Force officer and Labour Party politician.
Alan Thomas Howarth,Baron Howarth of Newport,,is a British Labour Party politician and life peer who was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2005. First elected as a Conservative before defecting to Labour in 1995,he is one of few politicians in recent years to have served as a minister in both Labour and Conservative governments. He currently sits in the House of Lords as a Labour life peer.
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington,6th Baron Carrington,Baron Carington of Upton,was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974,Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982,chairman of the General Electric Company from 1983 to 1984,and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. In Margaret Thatcher's first government,he played a major role in negotiating the Lancaster House Agreement that ended the conflict in Rhodesia and enabled the creation of Zimbabwe. Carrington later served as the Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Bilderberg Group's meetings from 1990 to 1998.
Patrick Allen McLoughlin,Baron McLoughlin,is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he first became the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Derbyshire following the 1986 by-election. The constituency became the Derbyshire Dales for the 2010 general election;McLoughlin remained the seat's MP until 2019.
Archibald Gavin Hamilton,Baron Hamilton of Epsom,is a British Conservative Party politician. A member of the House of Lords,he served as Minister of State for the Armed Forces under John Major.
John Buttifant Sewel,Baron Sewel,,is a British politician,life peer,and former academic. He served as Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords,its deputy speaker. He is also a former senior vice principal of the University of Aberdeen and a former parliamentary under-secretary of state.
Robert Edward Sheldon,Baron Sheldon PC was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton under Lyne from 1964 to 2001.
Baron Bridges,of Headley in the County of Surrey and of Saint Nicholas at Wade in the County of Kent,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 February 1957 for the prominent civil servant Sir Edward Bridges. He was Cabinet Secretary from 1938 to 1946. He was succeeded by his son,the second Baron,in 1969. He notably served as British Ambassador to Italy from 1983 to 1987. Lord Bridges was one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that remained in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,before his removal for non-attendance in 2016. As of 2017 the title is held by his son,the third Baron,who succeeded to the title in that year. He was the solicitor to,among others,Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family.
Thomas Michael Jopling,Baron Jopling,PC,DL is a British politician who sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party.
Leonard Robert Carr,Baron Carr of Hadley,was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Home Secretary from 1972 to 1974. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 26 years,and later served in the House of Lords as a life peer.
John Lawrence Whitty,Baron Whitty,,known as Larry Whitty,is a British Labour Party politician.
Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Charles Ponsonby,7th Baron de Mauley,is a British hereditary peer,former Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs and retired Territorial Army officer.
John Olav Kerr,Baron Kerr of Kinlochard is a British former diplomat and civil servant,and is a crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was a member of the European Convention that first drafted what became Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty,which came into force in December 2009. He later served for a period as Deputy Chairman of Scottish Power.
Edward Ettingdere Bridges,1st Baron Bridges,was a British civil servant.
Geoffrey Finsberg,Baron Finsberg,was a British Conservative politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampstead from 1970 to 1983,and for its successor constituency,Hampstead &Highgate,from 1983 to 1992.
Derek Ezra,Baron Ezra,MBE was a British coal industry administrator who served as Chairman of the National Coal Board for eleven years.
Charles Ian Orr-Ewing,Baron Orr-Ewing,OBE was a British Conservative politician.
Thomas Edward Bridges,2nd Baron Bridges,,was a British hereditary peer and diplomat.
Robin William Renwick,Baron Renwick of Clifton,was a British diplomat,author and a member of the House of Lords who served as British ambassador to South Africa (1987−1991) and the United States (1991−1995).
The 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in two supplements to The London Gazette of 1 August 1997 and marked the May 1997 resignation of the Prime Minister,John Major.
