Lord President of the Council
Britishnoun
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In September, then-Prime Minister Liz Truss gave Ms Mordaunt, her one-time rival for the party leadership, the job of Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council.
From BBC • May 11, 2023
The MP and Leader of the House of Commons was heavily involved in the ceremony through her role as Lord President of the Council - an ancient role.
From BBC • May 6, 2023
He even has a bonus title, Lord President of the Council, complete, no doubt, with complicated modes of address.
From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2019
Managers who no longer have anyone to manage are fobbed off with inflated titles, much as superannuated politicians are made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster or Lord President of the Council.
From Economist • Jun. 24, 2010
By legal stipulation one of the secretaries of state must sit in the upper house; and the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Chancellor, and the Lord President of the Council are all but invariably peers.
From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin
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