Michael Howard,Baron Howard of Lympne is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major,including Secretary of State for Employment,Secretary of State for the Environment and Home Secretary.
John Charles Baron is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon and Billericay,previously Billericay,since 2001. A member of the Conservative Party,he has rebelled against his party relatively frequently,specifically in his calling for a referendum on the European Union (EU) before the 2015 election and in opposing military intervention in Iraq,Libya and Syria.
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.
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.
Alexander Charles Carlile,Baron Carlile of Berriew,is a British barrister and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire from 1983 to 1997.
Colin Michael Maurice Cashman,Baron Cashman,is a British actor,dancer,politician,and LGBT rights activist. A member of the Labour Party,he served as a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands from 1999 to 2014. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2014.
Michael David Bishop,Baron Glendonbrook is a British-Australian businessman and life peer who rose to prominence as owner of the airline BMI. He sold his stake in the airline to Lufthansa on 1 July 2009 and had an estimated personal fortune of £280 million. He was one of the UK's first openly gay senior executives.
Peter Spencer Bowness,Baron Bowness,is a British politician,solicitor,and life peer. Since 1996,he has been a member of the House of Lords.
David Alliance,Baron Alliance,is an Iran-born British-Israeli businessman and Liberal Democrat politician.
Michael John Brougham,5th Baron Brougham and Vaux,,was a British peer and a member of the House of Lords from 1968 until his death.
General John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton,Baron Houghton of Richmond,is a retired senior British Army officer and former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the British Armed Forces. He was appointed CDS in July 2013,following the retirement of General Sir David Richards. He served as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion,the Green Howards in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and later became Commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland. He deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General,Multi-National Force –Iraq during the Iraq War. Later,he became Chief of Joint Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters and served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff until assuming the position of CDS. Houghton retired from the British Army in July 2016,and was succeeded as CDS by Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach.
General Francis Richard Dannatt,Baron Dannatt,is a retired senior British Army officer and member of the House of Lords. He was Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2009.
Ernest Emil Darwin Simon,1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe was a British industrialist,politician and public servant. Lord Mayor of Manchester in 1921–1922,he was a member of parliament for two terms between 1923 and 1931 before being elevated to the peerage and serving as the Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors.
Alfred Walter Henry Allen,Baron Allen of Fallowfield,CBE was a British trade unionist and governor of the BBC.
Daniel William Finkelstein,Baron Finkelstein,is a British journalist and politician. He is a former executive editor of The Times and remains a weekly political columnist. He is a former chairman of Policy Exchange who was succeeded by David Frum in 2014. He is chair of the think tank Onward. He was made a member of the House of Lords in August 2013,sitting as a Conservative.
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.
Jonathan Hopkin Hill,Baron Hill of Oareford,is a British Conservative politician and former European Commissioner for Financial Stability,Financial Services and Capital Markets Union. Hill was Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 2013 to 2014. Prior to that,he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools from 2010 to 2013 in the Conservative-Lib Dem Government.
Nicholas Edward True,Baron True,,is a British Conservative politician serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal since September 2022. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2011.
Richard Michael Fraser,Baron Fraser of Kilmorack,CBE was a British Conservative Party political administrator. The Conservative historian Lord Blake wrote that Fraser "will go down to history as a figure comparable only to Gorst under Disraeli or the famous Captain Middleton under Salisbury".
