page_title: 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
hierarchical_section_title: 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
caption_attribution_description: English: British Prime Minister John Major in the Terme Hotel on Ilidza Compound in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Endeavor.
context_page_description: 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.
  A notable omission from the list was Norman Lamont, who was overlooked for a life peerage in what was seen as a snub for the former Chancellor of the Exchequer who had become one of Major's most prominent critics.
  Included in the announced list were new "working peers": 31 new Labour life peers recommended by Tony Blair to reduce the Tory majority; Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, recommended 11 new Liberal Democrat life peers; five were recommended by William Hague, the new Conservative Leader.
  The recipients of the major classes of honours are displayed below, as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour.
context_section_description: The 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in two supplements to the London Gazette of 1 August 1997 (published 2 August 1997) and marked the May 1997 resignation of the Prime Minister, John Major.
  A notable omission from the list was Norman Lamont, who was overlooked for a life peerage in what was seen as a snub for the former Chancellor of the Exchequer who had become one of Major's most prominent critics.
  Included in the announced list were new "working peers": 31 new Labour life peers recommended by Tony Blair to reduce the Tory majority; Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, recommended 11 new Liberal Democrat life peers; five were recommended by William Hague, the new Conservative Leader.
  The recipients of the major classes of honours are displayed below, as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour.
caption: John Major in 1996
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