Bessie Bottomley
Arthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley, Order of the British Empire, OBE, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (7 February 1907 – 3 November 1995) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour politician, Member of Parliament and minister. Early life Before entering parliament he was a trade union organiser of the National Union of Public Employees (which later became part of UNISON). From 1929 to 1949 he was a councillor on Municipal Borough of Walthamstow, Walthamstow Borough Council, and in 1945–1946 he was Mayor of Walthamstow. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1941 Birthday Honours. Parliamentary career He was first elected to Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament in the 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 general election for the Chatham (UK Parliament constituency), Chatham division of Rochester, Kent, Rochester and he held the seat (later renamed Rochester and Chatham (UK Parliament constituency), Rochester and ...
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The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' ( abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) 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 predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is always pronounced. Countries with common or ...
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