The prefix "The Right Honourable", abbreviated to Rt Hon. was formerly applied to members of the Privy Council for Georgeland, a body that was abolished in 1929. Since the 1940s, the honorific has generally been granted by the President of Georgeland to a number of personages. Typically, those entitled to the prefix are: Additionally, on rare occasions the title is given to a distinguished person irrespective of office held. The last person to be granted such a title was the Rt. Hon. Edith Bowler, who died in 1990. The title is granted for life.