The 1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were awards announced on 22 December 1916 to mark the exit of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, who resigned in early December.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.
Viscounts Lord Sandhurst Lord Cowdray Right Hon. Lewis Harcourt
Barons The Right Hon. Joseph A. Pease Sir John A. Dewar Sir Thomas Roe Sir Edward Partington
Privy Councillor
John W. Gulland Thomas Wiles Leif Jones
Baronet Right Hon. James H. Campbell for Dublin University John S. Ainsworth Member for Argyllshire James Hill Member for Central Bradford Sir Jesse Boot, Chairman of Boots Cash Chemists, knighted in 1909
Knight
Arthur Carkeek, an Alderman of the Cornwall County Council and a large employer of labour. Hugh Fraser, LL.D. Reader and Examiner in Common Law to the Inns of Court William Gundry, member of the firm of Ashby, Morris, City Merchants The Very Rev. John Herkless, D.D., Principal of St. Andrews University Edward Smith, Chairman of the Standing Joint Committee of the Justees for London, Member of the L.C.C. and the County of London Appeal Tribunal Evan Spicer, Alderman of the first London County Council and chairman of the council in 1906–7
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Civil Division The Right Hon. Sir Samuel Evans, President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Civil Division Maurice Bonham-Carter, Private Secretary to Mr. Asquith
Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) The Hon. Theophilus Russell Diplomatic Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Hon. Eric Drummond Private secretary to Mr. Balfour, former private secretary to Mr. Asquith from 1912
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