The Right Honourable 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 and Nepal.
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, June 18, 1864. Sir: Her Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs has directed me to make known to the government of the…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, June 20, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the notes dated the 19th and 30th ultimo, which you have…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, June 24, 1864. Sir: I had on the 5th instant the honor to remind you that you had informed me, on the 27th April…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, June 27, 1864. Sir: I placed in your hands on the 17th March last a memorandum pointing out the serious losses which were entailed…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, June 29, 1864. Sir: I am informed that in the department of the gulf the following oath is exacted from foreigners: “United States of…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, June 30, 1864. Sir: In a note dated the 20th instant, I had the honor to call your attention to an order of the…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, July 6, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to submit to you a copy of a despatch which I have received from the acting…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, July 8, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 5th instant, and to inform you that…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, July 11, 1864 Sir: I have the honor to submit to you an extract from a letter addressed to her Majesty’s principal secretary of…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, July 12, 1864. Sir: With reference to your note of the 24th May last, and to my answer of the 6th ultimo, concerning resolutions…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, July 19, 1864. Sir: On the 18th of May last, I had the honor to address to you a note respecting certain measures adopted…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, July 20’ 1864. Sir: With reference to my note of yesterday, I have the honor to enclose for your information a copy of a…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, July 21,1864. Sir: Her Majesty’s government hare had under their consideration the note which you did me the honor to address to me, on…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, July 30, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to submit to you a copy of a letter which has been addressed to me by…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 3, 1864. Sir: Her Majesty’s government have had under their consideration the notes which you did me the honor to address me on…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 4, 1864. Sir: The attention of her Majesty’s government has been drawn to the motion which was made in Congress during the recent…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 5, 1864. Sir: I duly received the note which you did me the honor to address me on the 8th of last month,…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 6, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a copy of a despatch which I have received from her…
[Extracts.] Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 8, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 5th instant. * * * *…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 9, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of this day’s date, requesting me to communicate to…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 11, 1864. Sir: With reference to my note of the 30th ultimo, and to your answer of the 8th instant, I have the…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 17, 1864. Sir: Complaints having been made to her Majesty’s consulate at New York that several British subjects had been illegally enlisted into…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 22, 1864. Sir: With reference to your note to me of the 5th July, and to my note to you of the 8th…
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward. Washington, August 24, 1864. Sir: On the 17th instant I had the honor to bring to your notice the case of John Arthur Verner, who…