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| | |  Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - British usage
The Honourable - Entitlement.
In the United Kingdom, all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls are styled with this prefix. (The daughters and younger sons of dukes and marquesses and the daughters of earls have the higher style of Lord or Lady before their first names, and the eldest sons of dukes, marquesses and earls are known by one of their father or mother's subsidiary titles.) The style is only a courtesy one, however, and on legal documents they are describ ...
See also:The Honourable, The Honourable - British usage, The Honourable - Entitlement, The Honourable - Usage, The Honourable - American usage, The Honourable - Australian usage, The Honourable - Canadian usage, The Honourable - Hong Kong usage, The Honourable - New Zealand usage, The Honourable - Manx usage Read more here: » The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - British usage |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Right Honourable - Outside the United Kingdom Generally within the Commonwealth, ministers and judges are The Honourable 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 Zealand, and several other Commonwealth prime ministers.
The Right Honourable - Australia.
In Australia some Premiers of the Australian colonies in the 19th century were appointed members of the UK Privy Council and wer ...
See also:The Right Honourable, The Right Honourable - Entitlement, The Right Honourable - Corporate entities, The Right Honourable - Use of the honorific, The Right Honourable - Outside the United Kingdom, The Right Honourable - Australia, The Right Honourable - Canada, The Right Honourable - Ireland, The Right Honourable - New Zealand Read more here: » The Right Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Right Honourable - Outside the United Kingdom |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - British usage
The Honourable - Entitlement.
In the United Kingdom, all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls are styled with this prefix. (The daughters and younger sons of dukes and marquesses and the daughters of earls have the higher style of Lord or Lady before their first names, and the eldest sons of dukes, marquesses and earls are known by one of their father or mother's subsidiary titles.) The style is only a courtesy one, however, and on legal documents they are describ ...
See also:The Honourable, The Honourable - British usage, The Honourable - Entitlement, The Honourable - Usage, The Honourable - American usage, The Honourable - Australian usage, The Honourable - Canadian usage, The Honourable - Hong Kong usage, The Honourable - New Zealand usage Read more here: » The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - British usage |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Right Honourable - Use of the honorific The honorific is normally only used on the front of envelopes and other written documents: for example, The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP is otherwise referred to simply as "Mr Blair".
In the House of Commons, members refer to each other as "the honourable member for ..." or "the right honourable member for ..." depending upon whether or not they are Privy Counsellors. However the title "the honourable member" is ...
See also:The Right Honourable, The Right Honourable - Entitlement, The Right Honourable - Corporate entities, The Right Honourable - Use of the honorific, The Right Honourable - Outside the United Kingdom, The Right Honourable - Australia, The Right Honourable - Canada, The Right Honourable - Ireland, The Right Honourable - New Zealand Read more here: » The Right Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Right Honourable - Use of the honorific |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - Canadian usage In Canada, the following people are entitled to the style The Honourable (or l'honorable in French) for life:
Members of the Canadian Senate
Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
Provincial Lieutenant-Governors
In addition, some people are entitled to the style while in office only:
The Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada and other superior courts
Members of provincial Executive Councils while holding office
Speakers of pro ...
See also:The Honourable, The Honourable - British usage, The Honourable - Entitlement, The Honourable - Usage, The Honourable - American usage, The Honourable - Australian usage, The Honourable - Canadian usage, The Honourable - Hong Kong usage, The Honourable - New Zealand usage Read more here: » The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - Canadian usage |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Right Honourable - Corporate entities The prefix is also added to the name of various corporate entities, e.g.:
The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal (of the United Kingdom &c.) in Parliament Assembled (the House of Lords);
The Right Honourable the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses (now usually the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom &c.) in Parliament Assembled (the House of Commons); and
The Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (the Board of Admiralty)
The Right Honourable the Lords of ...
See also:The Right Honourable, The Right Honourable - Entitlement, The Right Honourable - Corporate entities, The Right Honourable - Use of the honorific, The Right Honourable - Outside the United Kingdom, The Right Honourable - Australia, The Right Honourable - Canada, The Right Honourable - Ireland, The Right Honourable - New Zealand Read more here: » The Right Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Right Honourable - Corporate entities |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - American usage In the United States, the prefix The Honorable is used for a large number of high ranking (and not so high ranking) government officials, including:
The President and Vice President of the United States
Members of the Congress and state legislatures
Members of the Cabinet
Senior officers of executive departments
Ambassadors
Supreme Court Justices, Federal judges and magistrate judges
Governors of States of the Union
Mayors of cities
City council members
State and municipal judges and magistrates
Elected part ...
See also:The Honourable, The Honourable - British usage, The Honourable - Entitlement, The Honourable - Usage, The Honourable - American usage, The Honourable - Australian usage, The Honourable - Canadian usage, The Honourable - Hong Kong usage, The Honourable - New Zealand usage Read more here: » The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - American usage |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - Australian usage In Australia, all ministers in Commonwealth and state (but not territory) governments are entitled to be styled The Honourable. Except in New South Wales and South Australia, the title is retained for life because it recognises that their appointment to the relevant executive council (when they first become a minister) is an appointment for life, and the person technically remains "an executive councillor-on-call". In New South Wales and South Australia the premier can advise the Queen to grant former ministers the title for life. The ...
See also:The Honourable, The Honourable - British usage, The Honourable - Entitlement, The Honourable - Usage, The Honourable - American usage, The Honourable - Australian usage, The Honourable - Canadian usage, The Honourable - Hong Kong usage, The Honourable - New Zealand usage Read more here: » The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - Australian usage |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - American usage In the United States, the prefix The Honorable is used for a large number of high ranking (and not so high ranking) government officials, including:
The President and Vice President of the United States
Members of the Congress and state legislatures
Members of the Cabinet
Senior officers of executive departments
Ambassadors
Supreme Court Justices, Federal judges and magistrate judges
Governors of States of the Union
Mayors of cities
City council members
State and municipal judges and magistrates
Elected part ...
See also:The Honourable, The Honourable - British usage, The Honourable - Entitlement, The Honourable - Usage, The Honourable - American usage, The Honourable - Australian usage, The Honourable - Canadian usage, The Honourable - Hong Kong usage, The Honourable - New Zealand usage, The Honourable - Manx usage Read more here: » The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - American usage |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Right Honourable - 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 all current and former members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, which is a committee of the Privy Council;
Barons, viscounts and earls (marquesses are "The Most Honourable" and dukes are "The Most Noble" or "His Grace", and, if Privy Councillors, retain these higher styles); and
The holders of certain offices of state in some Commonwealth realms (e.g. in Canada, the Governo ...
See also:The Right Honourable, The Right Honourable - Entitlement, The Right Honourable - Corporate entities, The Right Honourable - Use of the honorific, The Right Honourable - Outside the United Kingdom, The Right Honourable - Australia, The Right Honourable - Canada, The Right Honourable - Ireland, The Right Honourable - New Zealand Read more here: » The Right Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Right Honourable - Entitlement |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - Australian usage In Australia, all ministers in Commonwealth and state (but not territory) governments are entitled to be styled The Honourable. Except in New South Wales and South Australia, the title is retained for life because it recognises that their appointment to the relevant executive council (when they first become a minister) is an appointment for life, and the person technically remains "an executive councillor-on-call". In New South Wales and South Australia the premier can advise the Queen to grant former ministers the title for life. The ...
See also:The Honourable, The Honourable - British usage, The Honourable - Entitlement, The Honourable - Usage, The Honourable - American usage, The Honourable - Australian usage, The Honourable - Canadian usage, The Honourable - Hong Kong usage, The Honourable - New Zealand usage, The Honourable - Manx usage Read more here: » The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - Australian usage |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - Canadian usage In Canada, the following people are entitled to the style The Honourable (or l'honorable in French) for life:
Members of the Canadian Senate
Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
Provincial Lieutenant-Governors
In addition, some people are entitled to the style while in office only:
The Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada and other superior courts
Members of provincial Executive Councils while holding office
Speakers of pro ...
See also:The Honourable, The Honourable - British usage, The Honourable - Entitlement, The Honourable - Usage, The Honourable - American usage, The Honourable - Australian usage, The Honourable - Canadian usage, The Honourable - Hong Kong usage, The Honourable - New Zealand usage, The Honourable - Manx usage Read more here: » The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - The Honourable - Canadian usage |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - Governor-General - Commonwealth usages Today the title Governor-General or Governor General is used in countries which recognise Queen Elizabeth II as the titular head of state, or sovereign, excluding the United Kingdom.
In its modern usage, the term Governor-General or Governor General originated in those British colonies which became self-governing "Dominions," as they were at one time styled, of the British Empire; (examples are Australia, Canada and New Zealand). With the exception of New Zealand, each of these federated colonies' previously constituent colonies alrea ...
See also:Governor-General, Governor-General - Commonwealth usages, Governor-General - Appointment, Governor-General - Other attributes, Governor-General - Former colonial Commonwealth posts, Governor-General - Former post-colonial posts representing the British Sovereign as local Head of State, Governor-General - Other Colonial usages, Governor-General - Netherlands, Governor-General - Other Western usages, Governor-General - Oriental equivalents, Governor-General - Other equivalents, Governor-General - Sources and References Read more here: » Governor-General: Encyclopedia II - Governor-General - Commonwealth usages |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - Style manner of address - Examples of styles
Style manner of address - In law courts.
The Honorable (abbreviation Hon., oral address Your Honor) — Judges of Commonwealth countries and Justices in the United States
Oral address Your Worship - Justices of the Peace (Magistrates) in the United Kingdom
Style manner of address - In diplomacy.
His Excellency (abbreviation HE, oral address Your Excellency) — most Ambassadors, High Commisioners and Permanent Representatives to International Organizations
The Honorable (oral ad ...
See also:Style manner of address, Style manner of address - Examples of styles, Style manner of address - In law courts, Style manner of address - In diplomacy, Style manner of address - In religion, Style manner of address - In monarchies, Style manner of address - In republics, Style manner of address - In the United Kingdom, Style manner of address - In Canada, Style manner of address - In Australia, Style manner of address - Local government, Style manner of address - United States governors, Style manner of address - Political titles used as styles, Style manner of address - Styles existing through marriage, Style manner of address - Termination of styles, Style manner of address - Former styles, Style manner of address - Styles and titles of deposed monarchs, Style manner of address - Other parallel symbols, Style manner of address - Self-styled, Style manner of address - Footnote Read more here: » Style manner of address: Encyclopedia II - Style manner of address - Examples of styles |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - Governor-General - Commonwealth usage Today the title Governor-General is used in countries which recognise Queen Elizabeth II as the titular head of state, or sovereign, excluding the United Kingdom.
In its modern usage, the term Governor-General originated in those British colonies which became self-governing Dominions of the British Empire (examples are Australia, Canada and New Zealand). With the exception of New Zealand, each of these individual colonies already had a Governor, and the Queen's representative to the federated Dominion was therefore given the superior ...
See also:Governor-General, Governor-General - Commonwealth usage, Governor-General - Appointment, Governor-General - Other attributes, Governor-General - Netherlands, Governor-General - Other Western usages, Governor-General - Other Colonial usages, Governor-General - Oriental equivalents, Governor-General - Other equivalents Read more here: » Governor-General: Encyclopedia II - Governor-General - Commonwealth usage |
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| | | | Excellency: Encyclopedia II - Governor-General - Commonwealth usage Today the title Governor-General is used in countries which recognise Queen Elizabeth II as the titular head of state, or sovereign, excluding the United Kingdom.
In its modern usage, the term Governor-General originated in those British colonies which became self-governing Dominions of the British Empire (examples are Australia, Canada and New Zealand). With the exception of New Zealand, each of these individual colonies already had a Governor, and the Queen's representative to the federated Dominion was therefore given the superior ...
See also:Governor-General, Governor-General - Commonwealth usage, Governor-General - Appointment, Governor-General - Other attributes, Governor-General - Former colonial Commonwealth posts, Governor-General - Former post-colonial posts representing the British Sovereign as local Head of State, Governor-General - Other Colonial usages, Governor-General - Netherlands, Governor-General - Other Western usages, Governor-General - Oriental equivalents, Governor-General - Other equivalents, Governor-General - Sources and References Read more here: » Governor-General: Encyclopedia II - Governor-General - Commonwealth usage |
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