The Right Honourable

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The Right Honourable is a formal honorific style traditionally used in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries for certain high-ranking officials, including senior ministers and members of the Privy Council.


Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf formal title
honorific style
abbreviation Rt Hon
The Rt Hon
appliesTo certain senior government ministers
members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
some members of the Cabinet in the United Kingdom
some prime ministers in Commonwealth realms
some speakers of legislative bodies
associatedWith British honours system
Commonwealth honours traditions
contrastsWith The Honourable
denotes elevated rank or status
governingBodyForUse Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council (United Kingdom)

national governments in Commonwealth realms
hasFormalityLevel high
historicalOrigin British political and social customs
isNonHereditary true
isStyleOfAddress true
language English
usedBefore official title
personal name
usedIn Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
some Commonwealth countries
usedInContext formal correspondence
official documents
parliamentary proceedings

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Most Honourable distinguishesFrom The Right Honourable
Andrew Murray Burnham hasHonorificPrefix The Right Honourable
Lord Privy Seal hasStyle The Right Honourable
Edward FitzRoy hasTitle The Right Honourable
The Most Honourable higherInPrecedenceThan The Right Honourable
Ada Lovelace honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
Earl Grey honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
Edward Heath honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
Jean Chrétien honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
Rushworth honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
subject surface form: John Rushworth Jellicoe
Lord Hardinge honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
Michael Howard honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
Neil Kinnock honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
Noel Annan honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
David Blunkett honorificTitle The Right Honourable
Louis Botha honorificTitle The Right Honourable
Stafford Cripps honorificTitle The Right Honourable
Leader of the House of Commons isStyleOf The Right Honourable
Julian Amery positionHeld The Right Honourable
this entity surface form: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Attorney General for Northern Ireland style The Right Honourable
this entity surface form: The Right Honourable (for certain office holders)
Governor General of Canada style The Right Honourable
Secretary of State for War style The Right Honourable
First Secretary of State styleOfAddress The Right Honourable
KBE styleOfAddress The Right Honourable
this entity surface form: The Right Honourable Lord Justice