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Stanley Baldwin received numerous honours in recognition of his career in politics. These included:

Hereditary Peerage

Baldwin was elevated to the House of Lords on 8 June 1937, upon his standing down as Leader of the Conservative Party and from his seat in the House of Commons. He took the title of Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, with the subsidiary title of Viscount Corvedale, of Corvedale in the County of Salop. He sat with the Conservative Party.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of List of honours of Stanley Baldwin
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
A Cockatrice sejant wings addorsed Argent combed wattled and beaked Or gorged with a Crown Vallary lined and reflexed over the back Gold and charged on the shoulder with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper
Escutcheon
Argent on a Saltire Sable a Quatrefoil Or
Supporters
On either side a White Owl proper, that on the sinister holding in the beak a Sprig of Broom also proper
Motto
Per Deum Meum Transilio Murum
(With the help of my God I leap over the wall)
Symbolism
As a member of the House of Lords with a Hereditary peerage, Baldwin was entitled to use a personal coat of arms.

Commonwealth honours

Commonwealth Realms
Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom 1897 – 14 December 1947 Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcestershire JP
 United Kingdom 5 June 1920 – 14 December 1947 Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council PC
 Canada 2 August 1927 – 14 December 1947 Member of the King's Privy Council for Canada PC
 England 28 May 1937 – 14 December 1947 Knight of the Order of the Garter KG
Decorations and medals
Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom 12 May 1937 King George VI Coronation Medal

Foreign honours

Other distinctions

Scholastic

University Degrees
Location Date School Degree
 England Trinity College, Cambridge Third-class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History
 England Mason College Metallurgy
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
Location Date School Position
 Scotland 1923 – 1926 University of Edinburgh Rector
 Scotland 1928 – 1931 University of Glasgow Rector
 Scotland 1929 – 1947 University of St Andrews Chancellor
 England 1930 – 1947 University of Cambridge Chancellor
 England 1930 – 1947 Girton College, Cambridge Visitor
Honorary Degrees
Location Date School Degree
 England 12 June 1923 University of Cambridge [1]
 England 1925 University of Oxford Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) [2]
 England 26 January 1934 University of Liverpool [3]

Memberships and fellowships

Country Date Organisation Position
 United Kingdom 1927 – 14 December 1947 Royal Society Fellow (FRS)
 United Kingdom 1938 Marylebone Cricket Club President [4]

Freedom of the City

Places named after Baldwin

 Canada ( British Columbia) Mount Stanley Baldwin (1927).

References

  1. ^ "Honorary degrees at Cambridge University . Lord Grey and Mr Stanley Baldwin . 12 June 1923 | Alfieri - Europeana Collections". Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Stock Photo - 'Honorary Degree at Oxford', 1925, (1945). Creator: Unknown".
  3. ^ "Lord Derby and the University of Liverpool". Nature. 133 (3353): 168. 1 February 1934. Bibcode: 1934Natur.133S.168.. doi: 10.1038/133168c0.
  4. ^ "About MCC | MCC".
  5. ^ "Mr Baldwin Freedom of Worcester".
  6. ^ "Mr. Baldwin receives the freedom of Bewdley. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister, was made the first honorary freeman of the ancient borough of Bewdley, England, on Saturday, August 8th ... / Photo by Underwood & Underwood, New York". Library of Congress.
  7. ^ "Mr Baldwin".
  8. ^ "Mr. Baldwin".
  9. ^ "Honorary Freemen - Aberystwyth Council".
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Honours of Stanley Baldwin)

Stanley Baldwin received numerous honours in recognition of his career in politics. These included:

Hereditary Peerage

Baldwin was elevated to the House of Lords on 8 June 1937, upon his standing down as Leader of the Conservative Party and from his seat in the House of Commons. He took the title of Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, with the subsidiary title of Viscount Corvedale, of Corvedale in the County of Salop. He sat with the Conservative Party.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of List of honours of Stanley Baldwin
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
A Cockatrice sejant wings addorsed Argent combed wattled and beaked Or gorged with a Crown Vallary lined and reflexed over the back Gold and charged on the shoulder with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper
Escutcheon
Argent on a Saltire Sable a Quatrefoil Or
Supporters
On either side a White Owl proper, that on the sinister holding in the beak a Sprig of Broom also proper
Motto
Per Deum Meum Transilio Murum
(With the help of my God I leap over the wall)
Symbolism
As a member of the House of Lords with a Hereditary peerage, Baldwin was entitled to use a personal coat of arms.

Commonwealth honours

Commonwealth Realms
Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom 1897 – 14 December 1947 Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcestershire JP
 United Kingdom 5 June 1920 – 14 December 1947 Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council PC
 Canada 2 August 1927 – 14 December 1947 Member of the King's Privy Council for Canada PC
 England 28 May 1937 – 14 December 1947 Knight of the Order of the Garter KG
Decorations and medals
Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom 12 May 1937 King George VI Coronation Medal

Foreign honours

Other distinctions

Scholastic

University Degrees
Location Date School Degree
 England Trinity College, Cambridge Third-class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History
 England Mason College Metallurgy
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
Location Date School Position
 Scotland 1923 – 1926 University of Edinburgh Rector
 Scotland 1928 – 1931 University of Glasgow Rector
 Scotland 1929 – 1947 University of St Andrews Chancellor
 England 1930 – 1947 University of Cambridge Chancellor
 England 1930 – 1947 Girton College, Cambridge Visitor
Honorary Degrees
Location Date School Degree
 England 12 June 1923 University of Cambridge [1]
 England 1925 University of Oxford Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) [2]
 England 26 January 1934 University of Liverpool [3]

Memberships and fellowships

Country Date Organisation Position
 United Kingdom 1927 – 14 December 1947 Royal Society Fellow (FRS)
 United Kingdom 1938 Marylebone Cricket Club President [4]

Freedom of the City

Places named after Baldwin

 Canada ( British Columbia) Mount Stanley Baldwin (1927).

References

  1. ^ "Honorary degrees at Cambridge University . Lord Grey and Mr Stanley Baldwin . 12 June 1923 | Alfieri - Europeana Collections". Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Stock Photo - 'Honorary Degree at Oxford', 1925, (1945). Creator: Unknown".
  3. ^ "Lord Derby and the University of Liverpool". Nature. 133 (3353): 168. 1 February 1934. Bibcode: 1934Natur.133S.168.. doi: 10.1038/133168c0.
  4. ^ "About MCC | MCC".
  5. ^ "Mr Baldwin Freedom of Worcester".
  6. ^ "Mr. Baldwin receives the freedom of Bewdley. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister, was made the first honorary freeman of the ancient borough of Bewdley, England, on Saturday, August 8th ... / Photo by Underwood & Underwood, New York". Library of Congress.
  7. ^ "Mr Baldwin".
  8. ^ "Mr. Baldwin".
  9. ^ "Honorary Freemen - Aberystwyth Council".

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