The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable ( The Rt Hon, The Rt Hon, The Rt Hon ) is an honorific salutation (style ), which is traditionally associated with certain offices in the United Kingdom in the countries of the Commonwealth and elsewhere.

Entitlement

The following persons are entitled to use the address as a suffix or to be addressed with this:

  • Members of the Privy Council ( Privy Council ) of the United Kingdom and the ( no longer active today ) Privy Council of Northern Ireland.
  • Earls, Viscounts and Barons (including life peers ) and their spouses.

Owner of the higher nobility title Marquess ( The Most Honourable Lord or His Ness ) and Duke ( The Most Noble or His Grace) retain this higher form of address, even if they are a member of the Privy Council. To peers who are members of the Privy Council are to be distinguished from those that are not, sometimes the suffix PC is added to the title.

Those of the persons mentioned above who are qualified as a barrister, will be addressed as The Right Honourable and Learned, active officers as The Right Honourable and Gallant.

In addition, some persons are entitled because of their public property to carry the suffix, ie the suffix is used for the office, but not for the person:

  • The Lord Mayors of the cities London, Cardiff, Belfast and York ( the Lord Mayor of Bristol leads the additive without official approval ) as well as Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart,
  • The Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
  • The Governor General, the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Supreme Court in Canada.
  • The Governor General, the Prime Minister and chairman of the House of Representatives in New Zealand.

All other Lord Mayors have the title The Right Worshipful, Lord Provost's other lead no honor designations.

Use

The honorary title is normally only used on envelopes and other written documents. For example, The Right Honourable David Cameron, MP is otherwise referred to simply as Mr Cameron.

In the British House of Commons, the members call each other as The honorable member for ... or The right honorable member for ... depending on whether they belong to the Privy Council. Furthermore, members of his own party with My ( right) should be honorable friend, addressed to the adverse Party with The (right) honorable lady / gentleman. However, this form of address is in use only within the Parliament.

  • Salutation
Style (manner of address) Commonwealth Realm Supreme Court of Canada
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