The Right Honourable (abbreviated as
The Rt Hon.) is an
honorificAn honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. Sometimes the term is used not quite correctly to refer to a title of honor...
prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
,
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
,
New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
, the
Anglophone CaribbeanThe term Anglophone Caribbean is used to refer to the independent English-speaking countries of the Caribbean region. Upon a country's full independence from the United Kingdom, Anglophone Caribbean traditionally becomes the preferred sub-regional term as a replacement to British West Indies.The...
and other Commonwealth Realms, and occasionally elsewhere. An example of this is
The Right HonourableThe Right Honourable 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 occasionally elsewhere...
Gordon BrownJames Gordon Brown is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the governing Labour Party...
the
Prime MinisterA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The position is usually held by, but need not always be held by, a politician. In many systems, the prime minister selects and can dismiss other members of the cabinet, and...
of the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
.
People entitled to the prefix in a personal capacity are:
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the Privy Council of Northern Ireland.
- This includes the current and all former Prime Ministers of the UK, all current and former members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom
In the politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is the collective decision-making body of Her Majesty's Government, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of government ministers.H.M...
, a committeeA committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
of the Privy Council, with the exception of those who have resigned from the Privy Council;
- Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman."...
s (including life peerages), viscountA viscount is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl or a count .-Etymology:...
s and earlEarl was the Anglo-Saxon form and jarl the Scandinavian form of a title meaning "chieftain" and referring especially to chieftains set to rule a territory in a king's stead...
s and their wives.
- marquess
A marquess or marquis is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European monarchies and some of their colonies. The term is also used to render equivalent oriental styles as in imperial China and Japan. In the British peerage it ranks below a duke and above an earl...
es are "The Most HonourableThe prefix The Most Honourable is a title of quality attached to the names of marquesses in the United Kingdom. Dukes are The Most Noble or His Grace and peers under the rank of marquess are The Right Honourable. Scottish Feudal Barons and Lairds are The Much Honoured.Certain corporate entities...
" and dukeA duke is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy. The title comes from the Latin Dux Bellorum, which had the sense of "military commander" and was employed by both the Germanic peoples themselves and by the Roman authors...
s are "The Most NobleThe Most Noble is a shorter more informal form of the following:#The Most Noble Order of the Garter, United Kingdom's oldest and highest order#The Most High, Noble and Potent Prince a form of address for Dukes in the United Kingdom...
" or "His Grace", and, if Privy Counsellors, retain these higher styles.
The Right Honourable (abbreviated as
The Rt Hon.) is an
honorificAn honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. Sometimes the term is used not quite correctly to refer to a title of honor...
prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
,
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
,
New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
, the
Anglophone CaribbeanThe term Anglophone Caribbean is used to refer to the independent English-speaking countries of the Caribbean region. Upon a country's full independence from the United Kingdom, Anglophone Caribbean traditionally becomes the preferred sub-regional term as a replacement to British West Indies.The...
and other Commonwealth Realms, and occasionally elsewhere. An example of this is
The Right HonourableThe Right Honourable 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 occasionally elsewhere...
Gordon BrownJames Gordon Brown is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the governing Labour Party...
the
Prime MinisterA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The position is usually held by, but need not always be held by, a politician. In many systems, the prime minister selects and can dismiss other members of the cabinet, and...
of the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
.
Entitlement
People entitled to the prefix in a personal capacity are:
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the Privy Council of Northern Ireland.
- This includes the current and all former Prime Ministers of the UK, all current and former members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom
In the politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is the collective decision-making body of Her Majesty's Government, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of government ministers.H.M...
, a committeeA committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
of the Privy Council, with the exception of those who have resigned from the Privy Council;
- Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman."...
s (including life peerages), viscountA viscount is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl or a count .-Etymology:...
s and earlEarl was the Anglo-Saxon form and jarl the Scandinavian form of a title meaning "chieftain" and referring especially to chieftains set to rule a territory in a king's stead...
s and their wives.
- marquess
A marquess or marquis is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European monarchies and some of their colonies. The term is also used to render equivalent oriental styles as in imperial China and Japan. In the British peerage it ranks below a duke and above an earl...
es are "The Most HonourableThe prefix The Most Honourable is a title of quality attached to the names of marquesses in the United Kingdom. Dukes are The Most Noble or His Grace and peers under the rank of marquess are The Right Honourable. Scottish Feudal Barons and Lairds are The Much Honoured.Certain corporate entities...
" and dukeA duke is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy. The title comes from the Latin Dux Bellorum, which had the sense of "military commander" and was employed by both the Germanic peoples themselves and by the Roman authors...
s are "The Most NobleThe Most Noble is a shorter more informal form of the following:#The Most Noble Order of the Garter, United Kingdom's oldest and highest order#The Most High, Noble and Potent Prince a form of address for Dukes in the United Kingdom...
" or "His Grace", and, if Privy Counsellors, retain these higher styles. Scottish Feudal Barons and Lairds are "The Much HonouredThe Much Honoured is an honorific prefix that is given to Scottish feudal Barons and Lairds in the United Kingdom-Entitlement:...
".
- The holders of certain offices in Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, including the Governor GeneralThe Governor General of Canada is the viceregal representative in the federal jurisdiction of the Canadian monarch and head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, who is equally shared with 15 other sovereign nations in a form of personal union, but resides predominantly in her oldest realm,...
, Prime MinisterThe Prime Minister of Canada is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. The office is not outlined in any of the documents that constitute the written portion of the constitution of Canada; executive authority is formally vested in the...
and Chief JusticeThe Supreme Court of Canada consists of the Chief Justice of Canada and eight Puisne Justices, all appointed by the Governor-in-Council . All nine are chosen from either sitting judges or barristers who have at least ten years' standing at the Bar of a province or territory...
.
In order to differentiate
peerThe Peerage is a system of titles in the United Kingdom, which represents the upper ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system. The term is used both collectively to refer to the entire body of titles, and individually to refer to a specific title...
s who are Privy Counsellors from those who are not, sometimes the
suffixPost-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials or post-nominal titles, are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters...
PC is added to the title.
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:
- The Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.* In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom, especially Lord Mayor of the City of London The Lord Mayor is the title...
s of London, CardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. According to recent estimates, the...
, BelfastBelfast is the capital of and the largest city in Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is the seat of devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. It is the largest urban area in the province of Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of...
and YorkYork is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence....
; and of MelbourneMelbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...
, SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
, PerthPerth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. With a population of 1,650,000 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
, AdelaideAdelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million. It is a coastal city situated on the eastern shores of Gulf St. Vincent, on the Adelaide Plains, north of the Fleurieu...
, BrisbaneBrisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With an estimated population of approximately 2 million, it is also the third most populous city in Australia....
and HobartHobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2008, the city had a greater area population of approximately 209,287...
; and
- The Lord Provost
A Lord Provost is the figurative and ceremonial head of one of the principal cities in Scotland. Four cities, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost...
s of EdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the second largest Scottish city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas....
and GlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
.
The Lord Mayor of Bristol uses the prefix without official sanction.
All other Lord Mayors are "
The Right WorshipfulHis or Her Worship is an honorific prefix for mayors, Justices of the Peace and magistrates in Commonwealth Realms. In spoken address, these officials are addressed as Your Worship or referred to as His or Her Worship; Australia is an exception and all States now use Your Honour as the form of...
"; other Lord Provosts do not use an honorific.
- The Chairman of the London County Council was granted the style in 1935 as part of the celebrations of the silver jubilee
-Silver Jubilees in the British Empire and Commonwealth Realms:In the Commonwealth Realms a Silver Jubilee is held in the 25th year of a monarch's reign ....
of George VGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 1910 through World War I until his death in 1936...
. The office ceased to exist in 1965.
- The Chairman of the Greater London Council
The Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area.-Creation:...
, the body that replaced the London County Council in 1965, was similarly granted the prefix "The Right Honourable". The office was abolished in 1986.
Collective entities
"The Right Honourable" is also added as a prefix to the name of various collective entities, e.g.:
- The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal (of the United Kingdom etc.) in Parliament Assembled (the House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords". Parliament comprises the Sovereign, the House of Commons , and the Lords...
);
- The Right Honourable the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses (now usually the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom etc.) in Parliament Assembled (the House of Commons
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 . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members...
); and
- The Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (the Board of Admiralty
The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. Originally exercised by a single person, the office of Lord High Admiral was from the 18th century onward almost invariably put "in commission", and was exercised by a Board of Admiralty.In...
)
- The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations (the Board of Trade
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 department with a diverse range of functions...
)
See also the collective use of "Most Honourable," as in "The Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council" (the
Privy CouncilA 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 monarchic government...
).
Use of the honorific
The honorific is normally used only on the front of envelopes and other written documents: for example, the Rt Hon.
Dennis SkinnerDennis Edward Skinner is a British politician who has been the Labour Member of Parliament for Bolsover since 1970. He is nicknamed 'the Beast of Bolsover' because of his rebellious and curmudgeonly reputation....
MP is otherwise referred to simply as "Mr Skinner".
In the
House of CommonsThe House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members...
, members refer to each other as "the honourable member for ..." 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 ThatcherMargaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the only woman to have held either post....
was made a Privy Councillor her formal style changed from "Mrs Denis Thatcher" to "The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher".
Outside the United Kingdom
Generally within the Commonwealth, ministers and judges are
The HonourableThe prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons.-Australia:...
unless they are appointed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, in which case they are
The Right Honourable. Such persons generally include Prime Ministers and judges of the Court of Appeal of
New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
, and several other Commonwealth prime ministers.
Australia
In
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
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. After Federation in 1901, the
Governor-GeneralThe Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia of the monarch of Australia . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...
, the Chief Justice of the
High Court of AustraliaThe High Court of Australia is the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and...
, the
Prime MinisterThe Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful political office in Australia...
and some other senior ministers held the title. There has never been an Australian Privy Council.
In 1972
LaborThe Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party.Known as the ALP for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the 2007 federal election...
Prime Minister
Gough WhitlamEdward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC , known as Gough Whitlam , is a former Australian politician, representing the New South Wales seat of Werriwa, and 21st Prime Minister of Australia....
declined appointment to the Privy Council, but the practice was resumed by
Malcolm FraserJohn Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH is an Australian Liberal Party politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power in the 1975 election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government, in which he played a key role...
in 1975. In 1983
Bob HawkeRobert James Lee Hawke, AC was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister....
declined the appointment, and the appointment of Australians to the Privy Council
was abolishedThe 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 , the other an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . These Acts eliminated the remaining associations between the laws and judiciary of Australia...
in 1986. The last Governor-General to be entitled to the style was
Sir Ninian StephenSir Ninian Martin Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC was the 20th Governor-General of Australia and a Justice in the High Court of Australia.-Early life:Ninian Martin Stephen was born on 15 June 1923 in Oxfordshire, England...
. The last politician to be entitled to the style was
Ian SinclairIan McCahon Sinclair AC , is a former Australian politician and leader of the National Party of Australia.Sinclair was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of a suburban accountant. He was educated at Knox Grammar School and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in arts and law...
, who retired in 1998.
The only living Australians holding the title
The Right Honourable for life are:
- Doug Anthony
John Douglas Anthony, AC, CH , is a former Australian politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 1971 to 1972 and from 1975 to 1983 and leader of the National Party from 1971 to 1984.-Early life:...
, former Deputy Prime Minister
- Sir Zelman Cowen
Sir Zelman Cowen, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KStJ, QC , was the 19th Governor-General of Australia.-Early life:Cowen was born in Melbourne in 1919. He was educated at Scotch College, then the University of Melbourne, and served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II...
, former Governor-General
- Malcolm Fraser
John Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH is an Australian Liberal Party politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power in the 1975 election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government, in which he played a key role...
, former Prime Minister
- Ian Sinclair
Ian McCahon Sinclair AC , is a former Australian politician and leader of the National Party of Australia.Sinclair was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of a suburban accountant. He was educated at Knox Grammar School and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in arts and law...
, former Leader of the National PartyThe National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982...
and Speaker of the House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Parliament of Australia. The other presiding officer is the President of the Senate....
- Sir Ninian Stephen
Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC was the 20th Governor-General of Australia and a Justice in the High Court of Australia.-Early life:Ninian Martin Stephen was born on 15 June 1923 in Oxfordshire, England...
, former Governor-General
- Reginald Withers
Reginald Grieve 'Reg' Withers is a former long serving member of the Australian Senate and former Lord Mayor of Perth....
, former Senator, Minister, and Lord Mayor of Perth.
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. Reginald Withers holds the title Right Honourable for life by virtue of being a member of the Privy Council, not by virtue of being former Lord Mayor of Perth.
Canada
In Canada, members of the
Queen's Privy Council for CanadaThe Queen's Privy Council for Canada , sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or simply the Privy Council,
is the full group of personal consultants to the monarch of Canada on state and constitutional affairs, though responsible government requires the sovereign...
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 UK Privy Council.
L'Honorable and
le Très Honorable are used in
FrenchFrench is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...
by the federal government, but the
Office québécois de la langue françaiseThe Office québécois de la langue française is a public organization established on March 24, 1961 by the Liberal government of Jean Lesage...
(the
QuebecQuebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
government body setting standards for the French language in Quebec) considers them improper loan expressions and advises the use of
Monsieur and
Madame (Mr. and Ms.) instead.
Individuals who hold, or have held, the following offices are awarded the style
The Right Honourable for life:
- the Governor General of Canada
The Governor General of Canada is the viceregal representative in the federal jurisdiction of the Canadian monarch and head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, who is equally shared with 15 other sovereign nations in a form of personal union, but resides predominantly in her oldest realm,...
- the Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. The office is not outlined in any of the documents that constitute the written portion of the constitution of Canada; executive authority is formally vested in the...
- the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
(Governors General also use the style
His/Her ExcellencyExcellency is a honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state.Usually, people styled "Excellency" are counted amongst:*heads of state*heads of government*ambassadors*certain ecclesiastics*certain members of royalty...
during their term of office.)
Before the style Right Honourable came into use for all prime ministers, three prime ministers did not have the style as they were not UK Privy Counsellors. These were the Hon
Alexander MackenzieAlexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 9, 1878.-Biography:...
, the Hon. Sir
John AbbottSir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892.- Life and work :...
and the Hon. Sir
Mackenzie BowellSir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG was the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896.Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England to John Bowell and Elizabeth Marshall...
.
Several prominent Canadians (mostly politicians) have become members of the
Privy Council of the United KingdomHer Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons or House of Lords of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.The Privy Council, the...
and have thus been entitled to use the title Right Honourable, either because of their services in Britain (e.g. serving as envoys to London) or as members of the
Imperial War CabinetThe 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 Empire's military policy during the First World War...
or due to their prominence in the Canadian Cabinet. These include:
- Sir John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , was the first Prime Minister of Canada and the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation. Macdonald's tenure in office spanned 18 years, making him the second longest serving Prime Minister of Canada. He is the only Canadian Prime Minister to win...
(1879)1
- Sir John Rose (1886) - federal cabinet minister
- Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (1894)1
- Sir Samuel Henry Strong
Sir Samuel Henry Strong, PC, QC was a jurist and Chief Justice of Canada.Strong was born in Poole, England to Samuel Spratt Strong and Jane Elizabeth Goose. He emigrated to Upper Canada with his family in 1836 settling in Bytown . He studied law in the office of local Ottawa lawyer Augustus Keefer...
(1897)4 -
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from July 11, 1896, to October 5, 1911....
(1897)1
- Sir Richard John Cartwright
Sir Richard John Cartwright, PC, GCMG, PC was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario in a United Empire Loyalist family, the son of Harriet Dobbs Cartwright and the grandson of Richard Cartwright...
(1902) - federal cabinet minister (Minister of FinanceThe Minister of Finance is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget...
)
- Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau
Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau, PC was a Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada.He was born in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Beauce, Lower Canada to Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau and Catherine Hénédine Dionne...
(1904)4
- Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation...
(1907)1
- Sir Charles Fitzpatrick
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, PC, GCMG was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was born in Quebec City, Canada East, to John Fitzpatrick and Mary Connolly....
(1908)4
- Sir Robert Laird Borden (1912)1
- Sir George Eulas Foster
Sir George Eulas Foster, PC, PC, GCMG was a Canadian politician and academic....
(1916) - federal cabinet minister (Minister of Trade and Commerce), Senator
- Sir Louis Henry Davies
Sir Louis Henry Davies, PC, KCMG, QC was a Prince Edward Island lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as lead counsel for the Prince Edward Island Land Commission, which was established in 1875 to settle the problem of absentee land ownership and to provide tenants of the Island with...
(1919)4
- Sir Lyman Poore Duff
Sir Lyman Poore Duff, PC, GCMG, QC was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and briefly served as Acting Governor General of Canada in 1931 and 1940....
(1919)6
- Arthur Lewis Sifton
Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton, PC, KC was a Canadian politician who served as Premier of Alberta from 1910 until 1917 and as a minister in the Government of Canada thereafter. Born in Ontario, he grew up there and in Winnipeg, where he became a lawyer...
(1920) - Premier of AlbertaThe Premier of Alberta is the first minister for the Canadian province of Alberta. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The current Premier of Alberta is Ed Stelmach. He became Premier by winning the Progressive Conservative leadership elections on...
- Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen , PC, QC was the ninth Prime Minister of Canada from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921 and June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding in Manitoba...
(1920)1
- Charles Doherty
Charles Joseph Doherty, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and jurist.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Marcus Doherty, a judge of the Supreme Court for the Province of Quebec and Elizabeth Doherty, Doherty was educated at St...
(1920) - federal cabinet minister (Minister of Justice)
- Sir William Thomas White
Sir William Thomas White, KCMG, PC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.White worked as a reporter for the Toronto Evening Telegram in 1890, and subsequently worked for Toronto's Assessment Department. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1895, and a...
(1920) - federal cabinet minister (Minister of FinanceThe Minister of Finance is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget...
)
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was a Canadian lawyer, economist, university professor, civil servant, journalist, fisherman, waiter, teacher and politician. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921, to June 28, 1926; September 25, 1926, to August 6, 1930;...
(1922)1
- William Stevens Fielding
William Stevens Fielding, PC was a Canadian journalist, politician, and Premier of Nova Scotia.-Early life:...
(1923) - federal cabinet minister (Minister of FinanceThe Minister of Finance is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget...
) and Premier of Nova ScotiaThe Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia who presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...
- Francis Alexander Anglin
Francis Alexander Anglin PC was Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 until 1933.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, one of 9 children of Parliamentarian Timothy Anglin, and elder brother to the renowned stage actress, Margaret Anglin, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of...
(1925)4
- Sir William Mulock
Sir William Mulock, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician and cabinet member.Born in Bond Head, Canada West, the son of Thomas H...
(1925) - federal cabinet minister (Labour and Postmaster General), Chief Justice of Ontario, acting Lieutenant Governor of OntarioThe Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the viceregal representative in Ontario of, as she operates in the provincial jurisdiction, the Canadian monarch and head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, who resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom...
- George Perry Graham
George Perry Graham, PC was a journalist, editor and politician in Ontario, Canada.In the 1898 Ontario provincial election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and re-elected in 1902 and 1905...
(1925) - federal cabinet minister (Defence) and Senator
- R.B. Bennett (1930)1
- Sir George Halsey Perley
Sir George Halsey Perley, KCMG, PC was a Canadian politician and diplomat.Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, the son of William Goodhue Perley and Mabel E. Ticknor Stevens, Perley was educated at the Ottawa Grammar School, at St...
(1931) - federal cabinet minister and diplomat
- Ernest Lapointe
Ernest Lapointe, PC was a Canadian politician.Lapointe was a practicing lawyer in Quebec City and was appointed Crown Prosecutor for Kamouraska before entering politics....
(1937) - federal cabinet minister
- Vincent Massey
Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who, until 15 September 1959, served as the Governor General of Canada. He was appointed as such by George VI, King of Canada, on the recommendation of then Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent to replace as viceroy Harold Alexander,...
(1941)3
- Raoul Dandurand
Raoul Dandurand, PC was a Canadian politician and longtime organizer in Quebec for the Liberal Party of Canada.Dandurand graduated from the Faculty of Law at Université Laval, and worked as a corporate lawyer in Quebec...
(1941) - federal cabinet minister
- Louis St. Laurent
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957....
(1946)2
- James Lorimer Ilsley
James Lorimer Ilsley, PC was a Canadian politician and jurist.He was born in Somerset, Nova Scotia, the son of Randel Ilsley and Catherine Caldwell. Ilsley was educated at Acadia University and Dalhousie University and was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar in 1916. In 1919, he married Evelyn Smith...
(1946) - federal cabinet minister and Chief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme...
of Nova ScotiaThe Nova Scotia Supreme Court is a superior court in the province of Nova Scotia.The Court comprises the Chief Justice , the Associate Chief justice, twenty-one judges and six supernumerary Justices, who sit in 18 different locations around the province.-Jurisdiction:As with all superior courts...
- Clarence Decatur Howe (1946) - federal cabinet minister
- Ian Alistair Mackenzie
Ian Alistair Mackenzie, P.C. was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Assynt, Scotland, Mackenzie entered politics by winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1920 BC election...
(1947) - federal cabinet minister and Senator
- James Garfield Gardiner
James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician...
(1947) - federal cabinet minister and Premier of SaskatchewanThe Premier of Saskatchewan is the first minister for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....
- Thibaudeau Rinfret
Thibaudeau Rinfret, PC was a Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada.-Personal life:Rinfret studied law at Université Laval and McGill University and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1901...
(1947)4
- John George Diefenbaker (1957)1
- Georges-Philéas Vanier (1963)5
- Lester Bowles Pearson (1963)1
1 - As Prime Minister.
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 CommissionerHigh Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
to London.
4 - As Chief Justice of CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada consists of the Chief Justice of Canada and eight Puisne Justices, all appointed by the Governor-in-Council . All nine are chosen from either sitting judges or barristers who have at least ten years' standing at the Bar of a province or territory...
5 - As Governor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the viceregal representative in the federal jurisdiction of the Canadian monarch and head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, who is equally shared with 15 other sovereign nations in a form of personal union, but resides predominantly in her oldest realm,...
.
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:
- Paul Joseph James Martin
Paul Joseph James Martin, PC, CC, QC , often referred to as Paul Martin, Sr, was a noted Canadian politician...
(1992) - cabinet minister
- Martial Asselin
Martial Asselin, PC, OC, QC is a retired Canadian politician and former Lieutenant Governor of Quebec ....
(1992) - federal cabinet minister and Lieutenant Governor of QuebecThe Lieutenant Governor of Quebec is the viceregal representative in Quebec of, as she operates in the provincial jurisdiction, the Canadian monarch and head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, who resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom...
- Ellen Fairclough
Ellen Louks Fairclough, PC, CC, O.Ont. January 28, 1905 – November 13, 2004) was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet.Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Fairclough was a chartered accountant by training, and ran an accounting firm prior to entering politics...
(1992) - federal cabinet minister
- Jean-Luc Pépin
Jean-Luc Pépin, PC, CC was a Canadian academic, politician and Cabinet minister.Pepin was a political science professor at the University of Ottawa when he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1963 election as a Liberal Member of Parliament from Quebec.From 1965 to 1972, he...
(1992) - federal cabinet minister
- Alvin Hamilton (1992) - federal cabinet minister
- Don Mazankowski
Donald Frank Mazankowski, PC, OC, AOE is a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. He is currently a consultant with the law firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP...
(1992) - federal cabinet minister
- Jack Pickersgill
John Whitney "Jack" Pickersgill, PC, CC was a Canadian civil servant and politician.-Early years:Pickersgill was born in Norfolk County, Ontario, and raised in Manitoba. He is the older brother of Frank Pickersgill...
(1992) - federal cabinet minister
- Robert Stanfield
Robert Lorne Stanfield, PC, QC was Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He is sometimes referred to as "the greatest prime minister Canada never had", and earned the nickname "Honest Bob"...
(1992) - Opposition Leader, Premier of Nova Scotia
- Herb Gray
Herbert Eser Gray, PC, CC, QC is a retired Canadian politician. He was Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister , and is one of only a few Canadians ever granted the title The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held.-Early life:Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son...
(2002) - federal cabinet minister
Ireland
Members of the Privy Council of IrelandThe 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...
were entitled to be addressed as The Right Honourable until the Privy Council was abolished with the creation of the Irish Free StateThe Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand....
in 1922; nevertheless, the Lord Mayor of Dublinright|thumb|325px|[[Mansion House, Dublin|The Mansion House]], on [[Dawson Street]], is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin.The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the symbolic head of the city government of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The Lord Mayor is elected to office annually by members...
, 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 governmentLocal governments are administrative office that are smaller than a state. The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government....
law reform. The Lord Mayor of CorkThe Lord Mayor of Cork is the symbolic head of the local government in the city of Cork in Ireland. The first record of the office is in a charter granted to the city by Edward II in 1318...
has never been entitled to the title.
New Zealand
In New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
, the Prime MinisterThe 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 Parliament of New Zealand...
and some other senior cabinet ministers have customarily been appointed to the UK Privy Council and styled The Right Honourable. Senior Judges are also often appointed as Privy Counsellors.
The former Prime Minister Helen ClarkHelen Elizabeth Clark , a New Zealand politician and administrator, is the head of the United Nations Development Programme, the third-highest UN position. Clark was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008 and led the Labour Party from 1993 until it lost...
did not recommend any new Privy Counsellors. At present, there are no Privy Counsellors in the New Zealand parliament. Privy Counsellors recently retired include former Prime Minister Helen ClarkHelen Elizabeth Clark , a New Zealand politician and administrator, is the head of the United Nations Development Programme, the third-highest UN position. Clark was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008 and led the Labour Party from 1993 until it lost...
, the former Speaker of the House, Jonathan HuntJonathan Lucas Hunt, ONZ is a New Zealand politician, and was New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2005 to March 2008 . He formerly served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the Labour Party, and was until recently the longest serving MP...
, and former Prime Minister Jenny ShipleyDame Jennifer "Jenny" Mary Shipley, DNZM , was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from December 1997 to December 1999, the first woman to hold this office and the first and to date only woman to serve as leader of the National Party.-Early life:She was born and christened Jennifer Mary Robson in the...
. Winston PetersWinston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Government before being...
was defeated at the election. In 2009 it was announced that Prime Minister John KeyJohn Phillip Key is the 38th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand and leader of the New Zealand National Party.John Key entered the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2002 representing the north-west Auckland constituency of Helensville as a National MP, a seat that he has held since then...
had decided not to make any further recommendations to the British Prime Minister for appointments to the Council.
The living New Zealanders holding the title The Right Honourable for life are:
- Sir (Arthur) Owen Woodhouse
Sir Arthur "Owen" Woodhouse, ONZ, KBE, DSC is a New Zealand jurist and chair of government commissions.He was born in Napier and graduated from the University of Auckland with an LL.B. in 1940. During the WWII he served as a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve...
(1974) - court of appeal justice
- Sir Brian Edward Talboys (1977) - deputy prime minister
- Sir Ronald Keith Davison
Sir Ronald Keith Davison, GBE, CMG, QC was the tenth Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1978 to 1989.Sir Ronald headed the government inquiry into certain matters related to overseas company taxation, popularly known as the Winebox Inquiry. This involved allegations against a number of parties...
(1978) - chief justice
- Sir Ivor Lloyd Morgan Richardson (1978) - court of appeal justice
- Sir Duncan Wallace McMullin (1980) - court of appeal justice
- Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer (1985) - prime minister
- Robert James Tizard (1985) - deputy prime minister
- Sir (Eugene) Maurice Casey (1986) - court of appeal justice
- Sir Gordon Ellis Bisson (1987) - court of appeal justice
- Sir (Johann) Thomas Eichelbaum
Sir Johann Thomas Eichelbaum, GBE, QC was the eleventh Chief Justice of New Zealand.-Early life:He was born in Konigsberg, Germany, and his family emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand in 1938 to escape the persecution of Jews...
(1989) - chief justice
- Jonathan Lucas Hunt (1989) - cabinet minister
- Sir Michael Hardie Boys
Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO is a New Zealand jurist and was the country's 17th Governor-General, from 1996 to 2001.-Early life and family:...
(1989) - governor general
- Helen Elizabeth Clark
Helen Elizabeth Clark , a New Zealand politician and administrator, is the head of the United Nations Development Programme, the third-highest UN position. Clark was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008 and led the Labour Party from 1993 until it lost...
(1990) - prime minister
- Michael Kenneth Moore (1990) - prime minister
- James Brendan Bolger (1991) - prime minister
- Sir Donald Charles McKinnon (1992) - deputy prime minister
- Sir William Francis Birch (1992) - cabinet minister
- Sir Thomas Munro Gault (1992) - supreme court justice
- Sir Ian Lloyd McKay (1992) - court of appeal justice
- John Steele Henry
Rt Hon Sir John Steele Henry, KNZM QC, is a New Zealand jurist and member of the well-known Henry Family. Son of the former High Court judge, the Hon...
(1996) - court of appeal justice
- Edmund Walter Thomas (1996) - supreme court justice
- Jenny Shipley
Dame Jennifer "Jenny" Mary Shipley, DNZM , was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from December 1997 to December 1999, the first woman to hold this office and the first and to date only woman to serve as leader of the National Party.-Early life:She was born and christened Jennifer Mary Robson in the...
(1998) - prime minister
- Winston Peters
Winston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Government before being...
(1998) - deputy prime minister
- Sir Douglas Arthur Montrose Graham
Sir Douglas Arthur Montrose "Doug" Graham KNZM is a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1999, representing the National Party.-Early life:...
(1998) - cabinet minister
- Paul Clayton East (1998) - cabinet minister
- Sir Kenneth James Keith
Sir Kenneth James Keith, ONZ, KBE, QC is a New Zealand judge appointed to the International Court of Justice in November 2005....
(1998) - court of appeal justice
- Peter Blanchard (1998) - supreme court justice
- Andrew Patrick Charles Tipping (1998) - supreme court justice
- Wyatt Beetham Creech (1999) - deputy prime minister
- Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias (1999) - chief justice
- Simon David Upton
Simon David Upton, QSO is a former New Zealand politician and member of Parliament from 1981 to 2001, representing the National Party.-Early life:...
(1999) - cabinet minister
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" http://www.danistay.gov.tr/eng/index.html.
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 Imperial Ottoman State, and thus imported with it the various titles and honorifics in such era.
See also
- Eminence
-Places:*In the United States:** Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois** Eminence, Indiana** Eminence, Kentucky** Eminence, Missouri-Anatomy:In anatomy, eminence implies a protuberance, and may refer to a variety of structures:...
- Excellency
Excellency is a honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state.Usually, people styled "Excellency" are counted amongst:*heads of state*heads of government*ambassadors*certain ecclesiastics*certain members of royalty...
- The Honourable
The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons.-Australia:...
- The Most Honourable
The prefix The Most Honourable is a title of quality attached to the names of marquesses in the United Kingdom. Dukes are The Most Noble or His Grace and peers under the rank of marquess are The Right Honourable. Scottish Feudal Barons and Lairds are The Much Honoured.Certain corporate entities...
- The Much Honoured
The Much Honoured is an honorific prefix that is given to Scottish feudal Barons and Lairds in the United Kingdom-Entitlement:...
- Style (manner of address)
A style of office, or honorific, is a legal, official, or recognized title, in other words a term which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post, or which is used to refer to the political office itself. An honorific can also be awarded to an individual in a personal...
- Use of courtesy titles and honorifics in professional writing
The use of honorifics and styles differs greatly among publications in both journalism and academia. The differences are based on tradition, practical concerns , and cultural norms...
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