Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr,13th Marquess of Lothian,Baron Kerr of Monteviot,,commonly known as Michael Ancram,was a British politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2005. He was formerly styled Earl of Ancram until he inherited the marquessate in 2004,upon the death of his father.
John Selwyn Gummer,Baron Deben,FRASE is a British Conservative Party politician,formerly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal and Lewisham West,now a member of the House of Lords. He was Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1983 to 1985 and held various government posts including Secretary of State for the Environment from 1993 to 1997.
Peter Leonard Brooke,Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville,was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he served in the Cabinet under prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major,and was a member of Parliament (MP) representing London and Westminster from 1977 to 2001.
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst,Baron Haselhurst,,is a former British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017,having previously represented Middleton and Prestwich from 1970 to February 1974. Haselhurst was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010,and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2011 and 2014.
Douglas Martin Hogg,3rd Viscount Hailsham,Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe,,is a British politician and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party,he served in John Major's second government as Minister of Agriculture,Fisheries and Food from 1995 to 1997,and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2010.
George Samuel Knatchbull Young,Baron Young of Cookham,,known as Sir George Young,6th Baronet from 1960 to 2015,is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015,having represented Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997 and North West Hampshire from 1997. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions:as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997;as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012;and as Conservative Chief Whip from 2012 to 2014.
William Michael Hardy Spicer,Baron Spicer,was a British politician and life peer who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords from 2010 until 2019. He served as Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire from 1974 to 2010 and was a minister from 1984 to 1990. He later served as chairman of the 1922 Committee from 2001 to 2010.
William Arthur Waldegrave,Baron Waldegrave of North Hill is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister from 1990 until 1997,and is a life member of the Tory Reform Group. Since 1999,he has been a life peer in the House of Lords. Lord Waldegrave was Provost of Eton College from 2009 to 2024. Additionally,he was Chancellor of the University of Reading from 2016 to 2022.
David James Fletcher Hunt,Baron Hunt of Wirral,is a British Conservative politician who served as a member of the Cabinet during the Thatcher and Major ministries,and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1990.
John Roddick Russell MacGregor,Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market,,is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Norfolk from 1974 to 2001. He served in the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1985–87),Minister of Agriculture,Fisheries and Food (1987–89),Secretary of State for Education and Science (1989–90),Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council (1990–92),and Secretary of State for Transport (1992–94). He was made a life peer in 2001.
Michael Bruce Forsyth,Baron Forsyth of Drumlean,is a British financier and Conservative politician,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 1983 to 1997 and served in the cabinet of John Major as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995 to 1997.
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.
Arthur Christopher John Soames,Baron Soames,was a British Conservative politician who served as a European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford from 1950 to 1966. He held several government posts and attained Cabinet rank.
Henry Hartley Fowler,1st Viscount Wolverhampton,was a British solicitor and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1908 when he was raised to the peerage. A member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church,he was the first solicitor and the first Methodist to enter the Cabinet or to be raised to the peerage.
Edward Watson Short,Baron Glenamara,was a British Labour Party politician and deputy leader of the Labour Party. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and served as a minister during the Labour governments under Harold Wilson,before being appointed to the House of Lords shortly after James Callaghan became Prime Minister.
Major General John Mark Lancaster,Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton,is a British Conservative Party politician,a Member of the House of Lords and a British Army reserve officer,who has served as Director Reserves since October 2023.
Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton,Baron Houghton of Sowerby,was a British Labour politician. He was the last British Cabinet minister born in the 19th century. After he retired in 1967,every Cabinet minister has been born since 1900. He was also the last veteran of World War I to serve in the Cabinet and both Houses of Parliament.
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.
