Right Honourable

Right Honourable
(written abbr Rt Hon)
(in Britain) the formal title of Cabinet ministers, Privy Councillors, certain members of the peerage, and others:

the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP

the Right Honourable Member for Brent East

Compare Honourable(2).

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