PRIVY COUNCIL
MR FRASER NAMED APPROVAL OF THE KING TITLE “RIGHT HONOURABLE” (By Telegraph.—Press Association; WELLINGTON, Thursday It was officially announced to-day that His Majesty the King had been graciously pleased to approve the appointment of the Hon. P. Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, to be a member of the Privy Council. Members of the Council are entitled to be designated “the Right Honourable,” and consist mostly of dignitaries who have held, or hold, high political, judicial or ecclesiastical office in Britain, the Dominions or the colonies. Office lasts for the life of the Sovereign and six months after, but it is the modern custom for the new King to renew the appointment. Members of the British Cabinet are necessarily Privy Councillors, and they principally form the acting Privy Council on such rare occasions as it is required to function. The Council is summoned to act “with others” upon the death of the King. The Lord President of the Council, a position occupied at present by Mr Neville Chamberlain is the Fifth Great Officer of State, and the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, and Messrs J. G. Coates and G. W. Forbes are other New Zealand members of the Privy Council. Two former Governor-General of the Dominion, the Earl of Liverpool and Lord Bledisloe, are also members.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 6
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