Talk:Paul White, Baron Hanningfield

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Parsonscat in topic Title Right Honourable

Title Right Honourable

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Why is this guy called Right Honourable, an appellation that goes along with being a member of the Privy Council, if he is not a Privy Councillor?

All peers have this prefix. Margaret Thatcher was - strictly speaking - The Right Hon The Baroness Kesteven. Privy Councillors also use this prefix, but it isn't unique. The Parson's Cat (talk) 15:17, 17 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Really?? Margaret Thatcher was a long-standing member of the Privy Council long before she was a Baroness, so your example is worthless, and I suspect you're wrong anyway. Harfarhs (talk) 22:04, 21 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
You're absolutely right about Margaret Thatcher - bad example. I think I was probably wrong about her being Baroness Kesteven too - it would have been Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven. (I've since learned that peers' titles depend on how they appeared in The London Gazette.) However, I do believe I was right about the prefix 'The Right Honourable'. I was taking what I got from A&C Black's Titles and Forms of Address, but I've found some very convincing evidence in the form of a Hansard article Use of "Right Honourable" dated 21 July 1989. I know this is a late response, but I hope it will be useful in future. The Parson's Cat (talk) 19:19, 27 July 2020 (UTC)Reply