The 1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the London Gazette of 14 June 1979 and marked the May 1979 resignation of Prime Minister James Callaghan.
Read more about 1979 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours: Life Peers, Privy Counsellors, Order of The Companions of Honour, Knights Bachelor, British Empire Medal (BEM)
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