Life peerages created by Harold Wilson (1974–76)
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the latter half of the 20th century. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from the Labour Party from 1964 to 1970, and again from 1974 to 1976. He emerged as Prime Minister after more general elections than any other 20th century premier. He contested five general elections and won four of them, winning in 1964, 1966, February 1974 and October 1974. He is the most recent British Prime Minister to serve non-consecutive terms.
Harold Wilson first served as Prime Minister in the 1960s, during a period of low unemployment and relative economic prosperity (though also of significant problems with the UK's external balance of payments). His second term in office occurred during the 1970s, when a period of economic crisis was beginning to hit most Western countries. On both occasions, economic concerns were to prove a significant constraint on his governments' ambitions. Wilson's own approach to socialism placed emphasis on efforts to increase opportunity within society, for example through change and expansion within the education system, allied to the technocratic aim of taking better advantage of rapid scientific progress, rather than on the left's traditional goal of promoting wider public ownership of industry. While he did not challenge the Party constitution's stated dedication to nationalisation head-on, he took little action to pursue it either.
Date of creation |
Name |
Title |
Territorial qualification |
Date of extinction (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
6 March 1974 |
Victor Grayson Hardie Feather |
Baron Feather |
of the City of Bradford |
28 July 1976 |
7 March 1974 |
Burke St. John Trend |
Baron Trend |
of Greenwich in Greater London |
21 July 1987 |
11 March 1974 |
Frederick Elwyn Jones |
Baron Elwyn-Jones |
of Llanelli in the County of Carmarthen and of Newham in Greater London |
4 December 1989 |
25 March 1974 |
Goronwy Owen Roberts |
Baron Goronwy-Roberts |
of Caernarvon and of Ogwen in the County of Caernarvon |
22 July 1981 |
26 March 1974 |
John Henry Harris |
Baron Harris of Greenwich |
of Greenwich in Greater London |
11 April 2001 |
2 May 1974 |
Duncan Edwin Sandys |
Baron Duncan-Sandys |
of the City of Westminster |
26 November 1987 |
3 May 1974 |
Michael Antony Cristobal Noble |
Baron Glenkinglas |
of Cairndow in the County of Argyll |
15 May 1984 |
6 May 1974 |
Geoffrey William Lloyd |
Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd |
of Broomfield in the County of Kent |
12 September 1984 |
7 May 1974 |
Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish |
Baron Chelwood |
of Lewes in the County of East Sussex |
6 April 1989 |
8 May 1974 |
Alfred Ernest Marples |
Baron Marples |
of Wallasey in the County of Merseyside |
6 July 1978 |
9 May 1974 |
Robert Hugh Turton |
Baron Tranmire |
of Upsall in the County of North Yorkshire |
17 January 1994 |
10 May 1974 |
George Yull Mackie |
Baron Mackie of Benshie |
of Kirriemuir in the County of Angus |
|
13 May 1974 |
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith |
Baroness Hornsby-Smith |
of Chislehurst in Greater London |
3 July 1985 |
14 May 1974 |
Inga-Stina Robson |
Baroness Robson of Kiddington |
of Kiddington in Oxfordshire |
9 February 1999 |
15 May 1974 |
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike |
Baroness Pike |
of Melton in Leicestershire |
11 January 2004 |
16 May 1974 |
Basil Thomas Wigoder |
Baron Wigoder |
of Cheetham in the City of Manchester |
12 August 2004 |
11 June 1974 |
Richard Michael Fraser |
Baron Fraser of Kilmorack |
of Rubislaw in the County of the City of Aberdeen |
1 July 1996 |
18 June 1974 |
Edward Cyril Castle |
Baron Castle |
of Islington in Greater London |
26 December 1979 |
19 June 1974 |
Samuel Fisher |
Baron Fisher of Camden |
of Camden in Greater London |
12 October 1979 |
20 June 1974 |
Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton |
Baron Houghton of Sowerby |
of Sowerby in the County of West Yorkshire |
2 May 1996 |
21 June 1974 |
Thomas Charles Pannell |
Baron Pannell |
of the City of Leeds |
23 March 1980 |
24 June 1974 |
Robert Grant Grant-Ferris |
Baron Harvington |
of Nantwich in Cheshire |
1 January 1997 |
25 June 1974 |
Phyllis Stedman |
Baroness Stedman |
of Longthorpe in the City of Peterborough |
8 June 1996 |
26 June 1974 |
Peter Lovell Davis |
Baron Lovell-Davis |
of Highgate in Greater London |
6 January 2001 |
27 June 1974 |
Harry Kissin |
Baron Kissin |
of Camden in Greater London |
22 November 1997 |
28 June 1974 |
George Wallace |
Baron Wallace of Campsie |
of Newlands in the County of the City of Glasgow |
23 December 1997 |
1 July 1974 |
Frederick Lee |
Baron Lee of Newton |
of Newton in the County of Merseyside |
4 February 1984 |
2 July 1974 |
Doris Mary Gertrude Fisher |
Baroness Fisher of Rednal |
of Rednal in the City of Birmingham |
18 December 2005 |
3 July 1974 |
George Darling |
Baron Darling of Hillsborough |
of Crewe in Cheshire |
18 October 1985 |
4 July 1974 |
Patrick Chrestien Gordon-Walker |
Baron Gordon-Walker |
of Leyton in Greater London |
2 December 1980 |
5 July 1974 |
Margaret Rosalind Delacourt-Smith, Baroness Delacourt-Smith |
Baroness Delacourt-Smith of Alteryn |
of Alteryn in the County of Gwent |
|
8 July 1974 |
Gwilym Elfed Davies |
Baron Davies of Penrhys |
of Rhondda in the County of Mid Glamorgan |
28 April 1992 |
9 July 1974 |
Nicholas Kaldor |
Baron Kaldor |
of Newnham in the City of Cambridge |
30 September 1986 |
10 July 1974 |
Alfred Walter Henry Allen |
Baron Allen of Fallowfield |
of Fallowfield in Greater Manchester |
14 January 1985 |
11 July 1974 |
Marcia Matilda Williams |
Baroness Falkender |
of West Haddon in Northamptonshire |
|
12 July 1974 |
John Frederick Wolfenden |
Baron Wolfenden |
of Westcott in the County of Surrey |
18 January 1985 |
2 September 1974 |
William Picken Alexander |
Baron Alexander of Potterhill |
of Paisley in the County of Renfrew |
8 September 1993 |
18 November 1974 |
Arthur Michael Ramsey |
Baron Ramsey of Canterbury |
of Canterbury in the County of Kent |
23 April 1988 |
19 December 1974 |
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home |
Baron Home of the Hirsel |
of Coldstream in the County of Berwick |
9 October 1995 |
2 January 1975 |
Reginald Thomas Paget |
Baron Paget of Northampton |
of Lubenham in Leicestershire |
2 January 1990 |
3 January 1975 |
Arnold Silverstone |
Baron Ashdown |
of Chelwood in the County of East Sussex |
23 July 1977 |
6 January 1975 |
Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber |
Baron Barber |
of Wentbridge in West Yorkshire |
16 December 2005 |
7 January 1975 |
Desmond Anderson Harvie Banks |
Baron Banks |
of Kenton in Greater London |
15 June 1997 |
8 January 1975 |
Hugh Kinsman Cudlipp |
Baron Cudlipp |
of Aldingbourne in the County of West Sussex |
17 May 1998 |
9 January 1975 |
Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell |
Baron Campbell of Croy |
of Croy in the County of Nairn |
26 April 2005 |
10 January 1975 |
Harmar Nicholls |
Baron Harmar-Nicholls |
of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire |
15 September 2000 |
14 January 1975 |
Alfred Wilson |
Baron Wilson of Radcliffe |
of Radcliffe in Lancashire |
25 January 1983 |
15 January 1975 |
Mary Elizabeth Henderson Stewart |
Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch |
of Fulham in Greater London |
28 December 1984 |
16 January 1975 |
Richard William Briginshaw |
Baron Briginshaw |
of Southwark in Greater London |
27 March 1992 |
17 January 1975 |
George Douglas Wallace |
Baron Wallace of Coslany |
of Coslany in the City of Norwich |
11 November 2003 |
20 January 1975 |
Donald William Trevor Bruce |
Baron Bruce of Donington |
of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire |
18 April 2005 |
21 January 1975 |
Sidney Francis Greene |
Baron Greene of Harrow Weald |
of Harrow in Greater London |
26 July 2004 |
22 January 1975 |
Braham Jack Dennis Lyons |
Baron Lyons |
of Brighton in the County of East Sussex |
18 January 1978 |
23 January 1975 |
Irene Mary Bewick Ward |
Baroness Ward |
of North Tyneside in the County of Tyne and Wear |
26 April 1980 |
24 January 1975 |
Robert Alexander Lindsay, Lord Balniel |
Baron Balniel |
of Pitcorthie in the County of Fife |
|
27 January 1975 |
Joan Helen Vickers |
Baroness Vickers |
of Devonport in the County of Devon |
23 May 1994 |
28 January 1975 |
Rudy Sternberg |
Baron Plurenden |
of Plurenden Manor in the County of Kent |
5 January 1978 |
29 January 1975 |
William Armstrong |
Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead |
of the City of Westminster |
12 July 1980 |
30 January 1975 |
Derek Wilbraham Pritchard |
Baron Pritchard |
of West Haddon in Northamptonshire |
16 October 1995 |
31 January 1975 |
Richard Patrick Tallentyre Gibson |
Baron Gibson |
of Penn's Rocks in the County of East Sussex |
20 April 2004 |
3 February 1975 |
David Thomas Pitt |
Baron Pitt of Hampstead |
of Hampstead in Greater London and of Hampstead in Grenada |
18 December 1994 |
10 July 1975 |
Leslie Maurice Lever |
Baron Lever |
of Ardwick in the City of Manchester |
26 July 1977 |
11 July 1975 |
John Gregson |
Baron Gregson |
of Stockport in Greater Manchester |
12 August 2009 |
14 July 1975 |
William Denholm Barnetson |
Baron Barnetson |
of Crowborough in the County of East Sussex |
12 March 1981 |
15 July 1975 |
Sydney Thomas Franklin Ryder |
Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings |
of Eaton Hastings in the County of Oxfordshire |
12 May 2003 |
16 July 1975 |
Sydney Jacobson |
Baron Jacobson |
of St Albans in Hertfordshire |
13 August 1988 |
17 July 1975 |
John Farquharson Smith |
Baron Kirkhill |
of Kirkhill in the District of the City of Aberdeen |
|
14 January 1976 |
Raymond Percival Brookes |
Baron Brookes |
of West Bromwich in the County of West Midlands |
31 July 2002 |
15 January 1976 |
Leonard Robert Carr |
Baron Carr of Hadley |
of Monken Hadley in Greater London |
|
16 January 1976 |
Thomas Edward Neil Driberg |
Baron Bradwell |
of Bradwell juxta Mare in the County of Essex |
12 August 1976 |
19 January 1976 |
William Edward John McCarthy |
Baron McCarthy |
of Headington in the City of Oxford |
|
20 January 1976 |
William Donald Chapman |
Baron Northfield |
of Telford in the County of Salop |
|
21 January 1976 |
Gordon Samuel David Parry |
Baron Parry |
of Neyland in the County of Dyfed |
1 September 2004 |
22 January 1976 |
Albert Edward Oram |
Baron Oram |
of Brighton in the County of East Sussex |
4 September 1999 |
23 January 1976 |
Michael Platt Winstanley |
Baron Winstanley |
of Urmston in Greater Manchester |
18 July 1993 |
26 January 1976 |
Lucy Faithfull |
Baroness Faithfull |
of Wolvercote in the County of Oxfordshire |
13 March 1996 |
27 January 1976 |
Frank Schon |
Baron Schon |
of Whitehaven in the County of Cumbria |
7 January 1995 |
29 January 1976 |
Thomas Brimelow |
Baron Brimelow |
of Tyldesley in the County of Lancashire |
2 August 1995 |
30 January 1976 |
Alan Louis Charles Bullock |
Baron Bullock |
of Leafield in the County of Oxfordshire |
2 February 2004 |
3 February 1976 |
Paul Norman Wilson |
Baron Wilson of High Wray |
of Kendal in the County of Cumbria |
24 February 1980 |
5 February 1976 |
John Edward Wall |
Baron Wall |
of Coombe in Greater London |
29 December 1980 |
8 March 1976 |
John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd |
Baron Selwyn-Lloyd |
of Wirral in the County of Merseyside |
17 May 1978 |