James Norwich Arbuthnot,Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom,,is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wanstead and Woodford from 1987 to 1997,and then MP for North East Hampshire from 1997 to 2015.
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr,13th Marquess of Lothian,Baron Kerr of Monteviot,,commonly known as Michael Ancram,is a Scottish 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.
John Selwyn Gummer,Baron Deben,is a British Conservative Party politician,formerly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal and 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.
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst,Baron Haselhurst,,is a 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. The oldest Conservative MP to stand down at the 2017 general election,he was created a life peer on 22 June 2018,sitting in the House of Lords as Baron Haselhurst.
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. Since 8 February 2009,Lord Waldegrave has been the Provost of Eton College. Additionally,he was inaugurated as Chancellor of the University of Reading on 9 December 2016.
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 politician from the United Kingdom. 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.
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.
John Colin Campbell Davidson,1st Viscount Davidson,,known before his elevation to the peerage as J. C. C. Davidson,was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician,best known for his close alliance with Stanley Baldwin. Initially a civil servant,Davidson was private secretary to Bonar Law between 1915 and 1920. After entering parliament in 1920,he served under Baldwin as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1923 and 1924 and as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty between 1924 and 1926. From 1926 to 1930 he was Chairman of the Conservative Party. He was once again Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1931 and 1937,firstly under Ramsay MacDonald and from 1935 onwards under Baldwin. On Baldwin's retirement in 1937,Davidson left the House of Commons and was ennobled as Viscount Davidson. Despite being only 48,he never took any further active part in politics. His wife Frances,Viscountess Davidson,succeeded him as MP for Hemel Hempstead. Lord Davidson died in London in 1970.
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.
