Lord President

The title Lord President may refer to one of several offices:

  • Lord President of the Council, the presiding officer of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council
  • Lord President of the Court of Session, the Chief Justice and Lord Justice General of Scotland
  • Lord President of the Supreme Court, the title of the head of the judiciary (now Chief Justice) of Malaysia until 1994.
  • Lord President of the Council of the North, the historical office of the English monarch's representative in the north of England.
  • Lord President of the High Council of Time Lords, the most senior Time Lord in the fictional Doctor Who universe.
  • Lord President of Munster

Famous quotes containing the words lord and/or president:

    “Now, Penshurst, they that will proportion thee
    With other edifices, when they see
    Those proud, ambitious heaps, and nothing else,
    May say, their lords have built, but thy lord dwells.”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

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    —Gore Vidal (b. 1925)