1945 Dissolution Honours

Peers

[Viscount]

• The Right Honourable Christopher, Baron Addison Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords since 1940; for political and public services.
• The Right Honourable George Lambert Member of Parliament for South Molton 1891-1924 and since 1929; for political and public services.

  [Baron]

• Captain The Right Honourable Harold Harington Balfour Minister Resident in West Africa since 1944. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air, May, 1938-1944. Member of Parliament for the Isle of Thanet since 1929.
• Colonel The Right Honourable Sir George Loyd Courthope Parliamentary Forestry Commissioner, Member of Parliament for Rye since 1906.
• Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg Minister Resident in the Middle East since 1944, Member of Parliament for Oldham, 1922-1925, and for Altrincham since-1933.
• The Right Honourable Sir Douglas Hewitt Hacking Member of Parliament for the Chorley division of Lancashire since 1918; for political and public services.
• William Frederick Jackson Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnor since 1939, for political and public services.
• David John Kinsley Quibell Member of Parliament for the Brigg division of Lincolnshire, 1929-1931 and since 1935; for political and public services.
• Alexander George Walkden Member of Parliament for South Bristol, 1929-1931 and since 1935; for political and public services.

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• Brigadier-General The Right Honourable Henry Page, Baron Croft Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War since 1940.
• John James Lawson Member of Parliament for Chester-le-Street since 1919; for political and public services.
• Major James Milner Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy-Speaker of the House of Commons, March 1943 to May 1945. Member of Parliament for South-East Leeds since 1929.
• Sir Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare Member of Parliament for Wellingborough, 1922-1923, and for Norwich since 1929; for political and public services.
• William James Thorne Member of Parliament for West Ham, South, 1906-1918, and for the Plaistow Division of West Ham since 1918; for political and public services.
• Henry Graham White Member of Parliament for Birkenhead, East, 1922-1924 and since 1929; for political and public services.

  [Baronet]cies

• Sir Reginald Blair Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley, 1912-1922, and for Hendon since 1935; for political and public services.
• Alexander Galloway Erskine-Hill Member of Parliament for North Edinburgh since 1935; for political and public services.
• Sir Ernest Whittome Shepperson Member of Parliament for Leominster since 1922; for political and public services.
• Sir Robert Workman Smith Member of Parliament for Aberdeen and Kincardine, Central division, since 1924; for political and public services.

  [Knight Bachelor]

• Major Albert Newby Braithwaite Member of Parliament for the Buckrose division of the East Riding of Yorkshire since 1926; for political and public services.
• David Owen Evans Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire since 1932; for political and public services.
• Walter Sydney Liddall Member of Parliament for Lincoln since 1931; for political and public services.
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Mayhew Member of Parliament for East Ham, North, since 1931; for political and public services.
• Arthur Conrad Reed Member of Parliament for Exeter since 1931; for political and public services.

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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

• Wing-Commander Archibald William Henry James Member of Parliament for Wellingborough since 1931; for political and public services.
• Captain Peter Drummond Macdonald Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight since 1924; for political and public services.
• The Right Honourable Ben Smith Minister Resident in Washington for Supply, 1943-1945, Member of Parliament for the Rotherhithe division of Bermondsey, 1923-1931, and since 1935.

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• The Right Honourable Clement Richard Attlee Lord President of the Council, 1943-1945, Member of Parliament for the Limehouse division of Stepney since 1922.
• The Right Honourable Arthur Greenwood Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne, 1922-1931, and for Wakefield since 1932.