The Right Honourable is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire, and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is
This engraving of George Cornewall Lewis includes The Right Honourable in its caption, reflecting the position he held as a privy counsellor at the time of its creation.
Queen Victoria holding a meeting of her Privy Council. All privy counsellors are styled Right Honourable (unless they are personally entitled to a higher style).
The parliamentary robes of a baron, worn by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. Peers of the rank of baron, viscount or earl are entitled to the style Right Honourable.
Gavyn Arthur, the 675th Lord Mayor of London, was entitled to be styled "The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London" during his year in office.
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet,
The Right Honourable
…Members of the Privy Council The Privy Council is notionally the body of formal advisers to the sovereign. Members of the Cabinet (including the Prime Minister), senior politicians, and some few other officials are appointed as members for life, and are personally entitled to be styled Right Honourable thereafter…
Prime Minister Andy Burnham portrait
Robert Walpole was the first to hold the position of Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain alongside his cabinet on the eve of World War II in September 1939
Prime Minister David Cameron announcing the approval of more free schools across the country as a part of his education policy on 9 March 2015