Editing Gerald Howarth (section)

=== Honours and appointments ===

After the [[2012 British cabinet reshuffle|2012 reshuffle]], he was recommended for a knighthood and was appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] on 20 September 2012.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 September 2012 |author=Tim Harris |work=Get Hampshire |url= http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2120415_gerald_howarth_recommended_for_knighthood |title=Gerald Howarth 'recommended for knighthood' |access-date=28 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121030191731/http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2120415_gerald_howarth_recommended_for_knighthood |archive-date=30 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60274 |date=20 September 2012 |page=1 }}</ref>

In April 2013, he was appointed chairman of the Thatcherite campaign group [[Conservative Way Forward]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hope |first=Christopher |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/9967112/Former-Coalition-defence-minister-takes-over-Margaret-Thatcher-legacy-group-to-fight-defence-cuts.html |title=Former Coalition defence minister takes over Margaret Thatcher legacy group to fight defence cuts |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=2 April 2013 |access-date=4 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407005612/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/9967112/Former-Coalition-defence-minister-takes-over-Margaret-Thatcher-legacy-group-to-fight-defence-cuts.html |archive-date=7 April 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>