Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use dmy dates The honorific prefix "The Most Honourable" is a form of address that is used in several countries. In the United Kingdom, it precedes the name of a marquess or marchioness.<ref>Debretts - Marquess and Marchioness Template:Webarchive</ref>
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In Jamaica, Governors-General of Jamaica, as well as their spouses, are entitled to be styled "The Most Honourable" upon receipt of the Jamaican Order of the Nation.<ref name="awards">"National Awards of Jamaica", Jamaica Information Service, accessed May 12, 2015.</ref> Prime Ministers of Jamaica, and their spouses, are also styled this way upon receipt of the Order of the Nation, which is only given to Jamaican Governors-General and Prime Ministers.<ref name="awards"/>
In The Bahamas, the style "The Most Honourable" is given to recipients of the Bahamian Order of the Nation.<ref name="Thompson2018">Template:Cite news</ref>
In Barbados, recipients of the Order of Freedom of Barbados receive the style "The Most Honourable".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In Malaysia, the Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Chief Ministers of various Malaysian states are accorded the title Yang Amat Berhormat (literally "The Most Honourable" in Malay).Template:Citation needed
In addition, the names of some groups use this prefix, such as "His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council" in the United Kingdom.
See alsoEdit
- Style (manner of address)
- Forms of address in the United Kingdom
- The Honourable
- The Right Honourable
- The Right Excellent
- The Most Noble
- The Much Honoured