James Meston, 3rd Baron Meston
James Meston, 3rd Baron Meston (born 10 February 1950) is a British hereditary peer, a lawyer, and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Legal career Before succeeding to his family title, the Hon. James Meston (as he then was) was called to the Bar in 1973 and practiced as a barrister until 1999, mainly in family law. He took silk In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel ( post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ... in 1996. Lord Meston was then a Circuit Judge in the Central Family Court from 2000 to 2020, known under the judicial title 'His Honour James Meston KC'. After he retired, he continued to sit as a deputy circuit judge. His chambers are in the Queen Elizabeth Building in Middle Temple. House of Lords Lord Meston succeeded to his family title in 1984, and sat in the House of Lords, as a member of th ...
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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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