The Right Honourable

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formal title honorific style

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
The Right Honourable canonical 57
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom 1
The Right Honourable (for certain office holders) 1

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 (61)

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

Secretary of State for War → style → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Louis Botha → honorificTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
KBE → styleOfAddress → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal → hasStyle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Edward Heath → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Julian Amery → positionHeld → The Right Honourable ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Education and Science → style → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Leader of the House of Commons → isStyleOf → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Ada Lovelace → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Stafford Cripps → honorificTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero → style → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Governor General of Canada → style → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Edward FitzRoy → hasTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter → hasStyle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → styleOfJudges → The Right Honourable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Right Honourable Lord Justice
Attorney General for Northern Ireland → style → The Right Honourable ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Right Honourable (for certain office holders)
Neil Kinnock → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Rushworth → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
subject surface form: John Rushworth Jellicoe
Lord Hardinge → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Andrew Murray Burnham → hasHonorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Michael Howard → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Noel Annan → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
The Most Honourable → distinguishesFrom → The Right Honourable ⓘ
The Most Honourable → higherInPrecedenceThan → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Earl Grey → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
David Blunkett → honorificTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Jean Chrétien → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
First Secretary of State → styleOfAddress → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Martha Lane Fox → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Lord Justice General → hasStyle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
William Whitelaw → honorificTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
1st Viscount Norwich → honorificTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
subject surface form: Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
Earl Roberts → styleOfAddress → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Malcolm MacDonald → honorificTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Brian Faulkner → honorificTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Michaëlle Jean → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Chancellor of the High Court → hasStyle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Joe Clark → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Arthur Meighen → hasHonorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Spencer Horatio Walpole → hasHonorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Ben Wallace → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Dame Sian Elias → hasTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Harriet Harman (acting, as Leader of the Labour Party) → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
subject surface form: Harriet Harman
Austen Henry Layard → hasHonorificTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Henry Seymour Conway → nobleTitle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Morgan Tsvangirai → honorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Norman Tebbit → hasHonorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Order of the British Empire (Knight Bachelor, later life peer) → confersStyle → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Liz Truss → hasHonorificPrefix → The Right Honourable ⓘ
Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne → styleOfAddress → The Right Honourable ⓘ