Editing Stanley Baldwin (section)

===Leaving office and peerage===
Following the [[coronation of George VI]], Baldwin announced on 27 May 1937 that he would resign the premiership the next day. His last act as prime minister was to raise the salaries of MPs from £400 a year to £600 and to give the [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|leader of the Opposition]] a salary. That was the first rise in MPs' wages since their introduction in 1911, and it particularly benefited Labour MPs. [[Harold Nicolson]] wrote in his diary that it "was done with Baldwin's usual consummate taste. No man has ever left in such a blaze of affection".<ref>Nicolson, p. 301.</ref> Baldwin was appointed a [[Knight of the Garter|Knight Companion of the Garter]] (KG) on 28 May<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34403|date=1 June 1937|page=3508}}</ref> and ennobled as '''[[Earl Baldwin of Bewdley]]''' and '''Viscount Corvedale''', ''of [[Corvedale]] in the County of Salop''<!--sic--> on 8 June.<ref name="Stuart_Ball"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34405|date=8 June 1937|page=3663}}</ref> In a BBC radio broadcast transmitted on 8 December 1938, Baldwin made a nationwide appeal for funds to help Jewish and other refugees fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany.<ref>The Times 9 December 1938</ref> For this, Baldwin was dubbed a "guttersnipe" by a Berlin newspaper.<ref>TIME 26 December 1938</ref> The "Lord Baldwin Fund for Refugees", helping the kindertransport and other relief schemes, raised over £500,000, equivalent to £36,000,000 in 2022.<ref>The Times 29 July 1939</ref>