Malcolm McCorquodale
Malcolm Stewart McCorquodale, 1st Baron McCorquodale of Newton, KCVO, PC (29 March 1901 – 25 September 1971) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Background and education McCorquodale was the son of Norman McCorquodale, of Winslow Hall, Buckinghamshire, and the grandson of George McCorquodale, founder of McCorquodale printers. His mother was Constance Helena, daughter of Edmund Charles Burton. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. Business career McCorquodale was chairman of McCorquodale and Company Ltd, and a director of the Bank of Scotland. Political career At the 1931 general election, McCorquodale was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sowerby, and held the seat at the 1935 election. in 1939, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the President of the Board of Trade, Oliver Stanley. From 1940 to 1941, he fought in the Second World War as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. From 194 ...
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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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