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 Kingdom1897 – 14 December 1947Justice of the Peace for the County of WorcestershireJP
 United Kingdom5 June 1920 – 14 December 1947Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy CouncilPC
 Canada2 August 1927 – 14 December 1947Member of the King's Privy Council for CanadaPC
 England28 May 1937 – 14 December 1947Knight of the Order of the GarterKG
Decorations and medals
Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom12 May 1937King George VI Coronation Medal

Foreign honours

Other distinctions

Scholastic

University Degrees
Location Date School Degree
 EnglandTrinity College, CambridgeThird-class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History
 EnglandMason CollegeMetallurgy
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
Location Date School Position
 Scotland1923 – 1926University of EdinburghRector
 Scotland1928 – 1931University of GlasgowRector
 Scotland1929 – 1947University of St AndrewsChancellor
 England1930 – 1947University of CambridgeChancellor
 England1930 – 1947Girton College, CambridgeVisitor
Honorary Degrees
Location Date School Degree
 England12 June 1923University of Cambridge[1]
 England1925University of OxfordDoctor of Civil Law (DCL) [2]
 England26 January 1934University of Liverpool[3]

Memberships and fellowships

Country Date Organisation Position
 United Kingdom1927 – 14 December 1947Royal SocietyFellow (FRS)
 United Kingdom1938Marylebone Cricket ClubPresident [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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