Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater Of Butterstone
Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone (15 April 1943 – 15 December 2022) was a United Kingdom, British Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat politician and member of the British House of Lords, House of Lords. Her career indicates her interests in children's welfare, education and special needs, and prison reform. Linklater was the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Michael Lyle and Hon. Elizabeth Sinclair, younger daughter of the former Liberal Party (UK), Leader of the Liberal Party Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso. Her first cousin, John Thurso, John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso, was an elected Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, MP for the seat of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency), Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. She was educated at Cranborne Chase School, a former boarding independent school for girls situated at New Wardour Castle, near Tisbury, Wiltshire, followed by the ...
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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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