The Right Honorable
The Right Honorable (abbreviated .. The Rt Hon or Rt Hon. ; German of / very Honorable ) is an honorific salutation ( " Style "), which traditionally with certain offices in the UK , in the States of the Commonwealth is connected and elsewhere .
authorization
The following persons are entitled to use the salutation as a name affix or to be addressed with this:
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, formerly the Privy Council of Northern Ireland
- Earls , Viscounts and Barons (including lifetime peers ) and their spouses
Holders of the higher nobility title Marquess ( The Most Honorable, German of / very Reverend, or His Lordship ) and Duke ( The Most Noble or His Grace ) keep this higher form of address, even if they are members of the Privy Council. In order to distinguish peers who are members of the Privy Council from those who are not, the suffix “PC” is sometimes added to the title.
Those of the above named persons who are qualified as barristers are also referred to as The Right Hon. And Learned , active officers as The Right Hon. And Gallant .
Furthermore, due to their public capacity, some persons are entitled to use the suffix, i.e. the suffix is used for the office, but not for the person:
- The Lord Mayors of the cities of London , Cardiff , Belfast and York (the Lord Mayor of Bristol makes the addition without official authorization) and of Sydney , Melbourne , Adelaide , Perth , Brisbane and Hobart ;
- the Lord Provosts 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 the Chairman of the House of Representatives in New Zealand .
All other Lord Mayors perform the title "The Right Worshipful" (German of / most Venerable ), other Lord Provost cause no honor titles.
use
The honorary mark is normally only used on envelopes and other written documents. For example, The Right Hon. Theresa May MP is otherwise referred to simply as Mrs. May .
In the UK House of Commons , members refer to each other as The Honorable Member for [ constituency ] or The Right Honorable Member for [ constituency ], depending on whether they belong to the Privy Council. Furthermore, members of your own party are addressed with My (Right) Honorable friend , members of other parties with The (Right) Honorable lady / gentleman . However, this address is only used within Parliament .
Trivia
The title The Right Honorable was also given to two cats who were kept as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street to hunt mice.
