Lord Woolton
Frederick James Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton, (23 August 1883 – 14 December 1964) was an English businessman and politician who served as Conservative Party chairman, chairman of the Conservative Party from 1946 to 1955. In April 1940, he was appointed Minister of Food (United Kingdom), Minister of Food and established the Rationing in the United Kingdom#Second World War 1939–1945, rationing system. During this time, he maintained food imports from America and organised a programme of free school meals. The vegetarian Woolton pie was named after Woolton as one of the recipes commended to the British public due to a shortage of meat, fish, and dairy products during the World War II, Second World War. In 1943, Woolton was appointed Minister of Reconstruction, planning for Postwar Britain (1945–1979), post-war Britain. Early career Lord Woolton was born at 163 West Park Street in Ordsall, Greater Manchester, Ordsall, County Borough of Salford, Salford, Lancashire, in 1883. H ...
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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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