Gordon Bisson
Sir Gordon Ellis Bisson (23 November 1918 – 14 November 2010) was a New Zealand Court of Appeal judge and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Early life and education Bisson was born to Clarence Henry Bisson and Ada Bisson (née Ellis) in 1918 in Napier, New Zealand, Napier. Educated at Napier Boys' High School, he graduated from Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University College with a Bachelor of Laws in 1941. Bisson served with the RNZNVR during World War II from 1940 to 1945 aboard in the Pacific, at Invasion of Normandy, Normandy and the Second Front, and was Mentioned in Despatches.Walters, Sidney, David. ''The Royal New Zealand Navy''. Historical Publications Branch, 1956. pp. 520–521. He then served aboard at sea on the Staff of Admiral Walker Commanding the 3rd Battle Squadron (United Kingdom), Third Battle Squadron in the Far East and was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. He was later married in 1948 to Myra Patricia Kemp. The couple ...
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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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