James Peddie, Baron Peddie
James Mortimer Peddie, Baron Peddie, Order of the British Empire, MBE (5 April 1905 — 13 April 1978) was a British businessman and politician, a leading figure in the UK co-operative movement. Early life and education Peddie was son of Crofton Peddie (1863-1938), of Hull, Yorkshire and of Stirling, a labourer at a colour-works, and his wife Ethel, daughter of George Whisker, of Hull, formerly a farmer in North Yorkshire. The Peddie family were from Kelso, Scottish Borders, Kelso, on the Scottish Borders (formerly Roxburghshire), and through marriage in the 1800s acquired property on Antigua; Peddie's great-grandfather, Robert Peddie, Doctor of Medicine, MD, was a member of the House of Assembly of Antigua. He was educated at St Paul's Council School, the Hull Municipal Technical College, and at the London School of Economics. Career Peddie started his work in the co-operative movement for the Hull Co-operative Society as Publicity Manager and a director. He served in the Mini ...
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The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' (abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific Style (form of address), 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 Grammatical person, 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 al ...
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