The Civil Service begged him to think again. But in 1963, Harold Macmillan stood firm and insisted that his resignation honours list was accepted - no matter the consequences. Here's the story.
Of course, Wyndham was heir to Lord Leconfield and inherited his father's title in 1967, so Macmillan was only pre-empting his elevation to the Lords (a kind of cut-price writ of acceleration, a device of blessed memory).
Of course, Wyndham was heir to Lord Leconfield and inherited his father's title in 1967, so Macmillan was only pre-empting his elevation to the Lords (a kind of cut-price writ of acceleration, a device of blessed memory).