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:

    “I’ve never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.”
    —Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)

    “I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment—the sober second thought—of the people.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)