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The Right Honourable (abbreviated as The Rt Hon. ) is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Anglophone Caribbean and other Commonwealth Realms, and elsewhere. An honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The term Anglophone Caribbean is used to refer to the independent English -speaking countries of the Caribbean region A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 sovereign states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II as their respective Monarch

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Entitlement

People entitled to the prefix in a personal capacity are:

In order to differentiate peers who are Privy Counsellors from those who are not, sometimes the suffix PC is added to the title. The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. Post-nominal letters, also called " post-nominal initials " or " post-nominal titles " are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that

In addition, some people are entitled to the prefix in an official capacity, i. e. the prefix is added to the name of the office, not the name of the person:

All other Lord Mayors are "The Right Worshipful", other Lords Provost do not use an honorific.

Corporate entities

The prefix is also added to the name of various corporate entities, e. g. :

See also the corporate use of "Most Honourable," as in "The Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council" (the Privy Council). The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. The Board of Trade is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government A privy council is a body that advises the Head of state of a nation on how to exercise their executive authority, typically but not always in the context of a

Use of the honorific

The honorific is normally used only on the front of envelopes and other written documents: for example, the Rt Hon. Ann Widdecombe MP is otherwise referred to simply as "Miss Widdecombe". Ann Noreen Widdecombe (born 4 October 1947 is a British Conservative Party Politician and more recently television Presenter and Novelist

In the House of Commons, members refer to each other as "the honourable member for . The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . . " or "the right honourable member for . . . " depending on whether or not they are Privy Councillors. Members usually refer to those in their own party as, "My (right) honourable friend", and to those in other parties as "the (right) honourable lady / gentleman"

When a married woman holds this style, she uses her own given name in her style. So, when Margaret Thatcher was made a Privy Councillor her formal style changed from "Mrs Denis Thatcher" to "The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher". Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925

Outside the United Kingdom

Generally within the Commonwealth, ministers and judges are The Honourable unless they are appointed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, in which case they are The Right Honourable. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to " The Hon Such persons generally include Prime Ministers and judges of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, and several other Commonwealth prime ministers. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island

Australia

In Australia some Premiers of the Australian colonies in the 19th century were appointed members of the UK Privy Council and were thus entitled to be called The Right Honourable. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. After Federation in 1901, the Governor-General, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Prime Minister and some other senior ministers held the title. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia of the monarch of Australia (currently Elizabeth II Queen of Australia) The High Court of Australia is the final court of appeal in Australia the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. There has never been an Australian Privy Council.

In 1972 Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam declined appointment to the Privy Council, but the practice was resumed by Malcolm Fraser in 1975. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916 known as Gough Whitlam (ˈɡɒf goff is an Australian former politician and 21st John Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH (born 21 May 1930 is an Australian Liberal politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1983 Bob Hawke declined the appointment, and the appointment of Australians to the Privy Council was abolished in 1986. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Robert James Lee (Bob Hawke, AC (born 9 December 1929 was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister The Australia Act 1986 is the name given to a pair of two separate but related pieces of legislation one an Act of the Parliament of Australia (No The last Governor-General to be entitled to the style was Sir Ninian Stephen. Sir Ninian Martin Stephen KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE QC (born 15 June 1923 was the 20th Governor-General of Australia The last politician to be entitled to the style was Ian Sinclair who retired in 1998. Ian McCahon Sinclair, AC, PC (born 10 June 1929) is a former Australian politician and leader of the National Party of Australia Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)

The only living Australians holding the title The Right Honourable for life are:

The Lord Mayors of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart are styled The Right Honourable, but the style (which has no connection with the Privy Council) attaches to the title of Lord Mayor, and not to their names, and is relinquished upon leaving office. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Reginald Withers holds the title Right Honourable for life because he was a member of the Privy Council before he was elected Lord Mayor of Perth.

Canada

In Canada, members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada receive the honorific The Honourable, with only the occupants of the most senior public offices being made The Right Honourable, as they used to be appointed to the British Privy Council. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council

L'Honorable and le Très Honorable are used in French by the federal government, but the Office québécois de la langue française (the Quebec government body setting standards for the French language in Quebec) considers them improper loan expressions and advises the use of Monsieur and Madame (Mr. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF (Quebec Board of the French language is a public organization established on March 24, 1961 by the Liberal Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk and Ms. ) instead.

The following public servants are awarded the style The Right Honourable for life:

(Governors General also use the style His/Her Excellency during their term of office. Excellency is a Honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state )

Before the style Rt. Hon. came into use for all prime ministers, two prime ministers did not have the style as they were not British Privy Councillors. These were the Hon. Sir John Abbott and the Hon. Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC ( March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893) was the third Prime Minister Sir Mackenzie Bowell. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Honorific prefixes --> Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG

Several prominent Canadians (mostly politicians) have become members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and have thus been entitled to use the title Right Honourable, either because of their services in Britain (e. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. g. serving as envoys to London) or as members of the Imperial War Cabinet or due to their prominence in the Canadian Cabinet. The Imperial War Cabinet was created by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George in the spring of 1917 as a means of co-ordinating the British The Cabinet of Canada (Cabinet du Canada plays an important role in the Government of Canada, in accordance with the Westminster System. These include:

1 - As Prime Minister. Sir John Alexander Macdonald GCB, KCMG, PC ( January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister Sir John Rose 1st Baronet, GCMG, PC ( August 2 1820 &ndash August 24 1888) was a Canadian Politician Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, KCMG, PC, QC, ( November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian Sir Samuel Henry Strong, PC, Kt ( August 13 1825 &ndash August 31 1909) was a Jurist and Chief Justice Sir Richard John Cartwright, PC, GCMG ( December 4 1835 &ndash September 24 1912) was a Canadian Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau, PC, ( October 7 1836 &ndash April 14 1911) was a Canadian jurist and Chief Not to be confused with Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper who was Charles Tupper's son Sir Charles Fitzpatrick GCMG, PC ( December 19 1853 - June 17 1942) was a Canadian lawyer and politician Not to be confused with his cousin Frederick Borden, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence from 1896 to 1911 Sir George Eulas Foster, KCB, PC ( September 3 1847 &ndash December 30 1931) was a Canadian politician Sir Louis Henry Davies, PC, KCMG ( May 4, 1845 – May 1, 1924) was a Prince Edward Island (PEI lawyer Sir Lyman Poore Duff, PC, GCMG ( Ontario, January 7, 1865 &ndash April 26, 1955) was Chief Justice Arthur Lewis Sifton, PC, KC (born October 26, 1858 St Johns ( Arva) London township, Middlesex County, Arthur Meighen (ˈmiən PC, QC ( June 16, 1874 – August 5, 1960) was the ninth Prime Minister of Canada Charles Joseph Doherty, PC, KC ( May 11 1855 &ndash July 28 1931) was a Canadian politician and jurist Sir William Thomas White, KCMG, PC ( November 13 1866 &ndash February 11 1955) was a Canadian politician and William Lyon Mackenzie King PC OM CMG ( December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian William Stevens Fielding PC ( November 24, 1848 – June 23, 1929) was a Canadian journalist politician and Premier Francis Alexander Anglin, PC ( April 2, 1865 - March 2, 1933) was Chief Justice of Canada from September 16 Sir William Mulock, PC, KCMG ( January 19, 1844 &ndash October 1 George Perry Graham PC ( 31 March 1859 &ndash 1 January 1943) was a journalist editor and politician in Ontario, Richard Bedford Bennett 1st Viscount Bennett PC KC ( July 3, 1870 &ndash June 26, 1947) was a Canadian Sir George Halsey Perley, KCMG, PC ( September 12 1857 &ndash January 4 1938) was a Canadian politician Ernest Lapointe, PC ( October 6 1876 &ndash November 26 1941) was a Canadian politician Charles Vincent Massey PC CC CH CD FRSC ( February 20, 1887 – December 30, Raoul Dandurand, PC ( November 4 1861 &ndash March 11 1942) was a Canadian politician and longtime organizer in Quebec Louis Stephen St-Laurent PC CC QC ( Saint-Laurent or St-Laurent in French, baptized Louis-Étienne James Lorimer Ilsley PC ( January 3 1894 &ndash January 14 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist Clarence Decatur "C D" Howe PC ( 15 January 1886 – 31 December 1960) was a leading Canadian politician Ian Alistair Mackenzie PC ( July 27 1890 - September 2 1949) was a Canadian parliamentarian James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner PC (b November 30, 1883, Farhuquar Ontario - d Thibaudeau Rinfret, PC ( June 22, 1879 &ndash July 25, 1962) was a Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada Major-General Georges-Philéas Vanier DSO MC & Bar CD ( April 23, 1888 - March 5, 1967

2 - Tupper was appointed when he was no longer Prime Minister and St. Laurent was appointed when he was a cabinet minister under Mackenzie King.

3 - Massey became Governor General over a decade later. He was made "Right Honourable" while serving as Canada's High Commissioner to London. High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking special executive positions held by a commission of appointment

4 - As Chief Justice of Canada

5 - As Governor General of Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada consists of the Chief Justice of Canada ( Juge en chef du Canada) and eight Puisne Justices all appointed by The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative

6 - Duff did not become Chief Justice until 1933.

Canadian appointments to the British Privy Council were ended by the government of Lester Pearson. Since then, the style may be granted for life only by the Governor General to eminent Canadians who have not held any of the offices that would otherwise entitle them to the style. It has been granted to the following individuals:

Further information: Canadian honorifics

Ireland

Members of the Privy Council of Ireland were entitled to be addressed as The Right Honourable until the Privy Council was abolished with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922; nevertheless, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, like his counterparts in the United Kingdom, retained the usage of the honorific after this time as a result of a separate conferring of the title by law; in 2001 the honorific was removed as a consequence of local government law reform. Paul Joseph James Martin, PC, CC, QC ( June 23, 1903 &ndash September 14, 1992) often referred to as Martial Asselin, PC, OC, QC (born February 3 1924) is a retired Canadian politician and former Lieutenant Governor Ellen Loucks Fairclough, PC, CC, FCA ( January 28, 1905 &ndash November 13, 2004) was the first female member Jean-Luc Pépin, PC, CC ( November 1 1924 - September 30 1995) was a Canadian academic politician and Cabinet Alvin Hamilton, PC ( March 30, 1912 &ndash June 29, 2004) was a Canadian politician Donald Frank Mazankowski, PC, OC, AOE (born July 27, 1935, in Viking Alberta) was a Canadian politician who John Whitney "Jack" Pickersgill, PC, CC ( June 23, 1905 - November 14, 1997) was a Canadian Civil Robert Lorne Stanfield, PC, QC ( April 11, 1914 – December 16, 2003) was Premier of Nova Scotia Herbert Eser Gray, PC, CC, QC (born May 25 1931 is a retired Canadian politician Canada honorifics are few many of which are maintained from before Confederation and originate from the British honours system. The Privy Council of Ireland was an institution of the Kingdom of Ireland until 31 December 1800 and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801-1922 The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Lord Mayor of Dublin (Ardmhéara Bhaile Átha Cliath is the symbolic head of the city government of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. The Lord Mayor of Cork has never been entitled to the title. The Lord Mayor of Cork is the symbolic head of the local government in the city of Cork in the Republic of Ireland.

The remaining members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland are entitled to be styled The Right Honourable. Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland (1922-1972 1922 Thomas Brown (1879–1944 1922 Hugh Pollock (1852–1937

New Zealand

In New Zealand, the Prime Minister and some other senior cabinet ministers have customarily been appointed to the British Privy Council and styled The Right Honourable. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's Head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in The current Prime Minister, Helen Clark, has not recommended any new Privy Counsellors. Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950 is the 37th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand.

At present, there are only two Privy Counsellors in the New Zealand government: Helen Clark, appointed upon becoming Prime Minister in 1999, and Winston Peters, appointed in 1996. Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950 is the 37th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Winston Raymond Peters (born April 11, 1945) is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a Political party he Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Privy Counsellors recently retired include the former Speaker of the House, Jonathan Hunt, and former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, appointed in 1990. Jonathan Lucas Hunt, ONZ (born December 2, 1938) is a New Zealand politician and was New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Jennifer Mary Shipley, DCNZM, (born 4 February 1952, Gore New Zealand) was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from December Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Senior Judges are also often appointed as Privy Counsellors.

The Republic of Turkey

The President of the Council of State of the Republic of Turkey, is also styled with the prefix "The Right Honourable" [1].

The Council of State of the Turkish State was transformed from the "Supreme Council for Judicial Regulations (Meclis-i Vala-i Ahkam-ı Adliye)" of the Ottoman State.

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