Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (né Lawrence; 28 December 1871 – 10 September 1961) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour politician who, among other things, campaigned for Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, women's suffrage. Background and education Born in London as Frederick William Lawrence, he was the son of wealthy Unitarianism, Unitarians who were members of the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party. Three of his father's brothers, William Lawrence (London MP), William, Sir James Lawrence, 1st Baronet, James, and Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Edwin, were politically active in various roles, including as Lord Mayor of London and as members of parliament. Frederick was educated at Wixenford School, Wixenford, Eton College, Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of Cambridge University Liberal Club. He then became a barrister. Political career Lawrence met and fell in lo ...
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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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