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    shortened to Black Rod, and in some countries, formally known as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod if male, or Lady Usher of the Black Rod if female. The position...
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  • Gentleman Usher and Lady Usher are titles for some officers of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. For a list of office-holders from the Restoration...
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    "The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod" was used. She is also the first woman to hold the accompanying posts of Serjeant-at-Arms for the House of Lords...
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    of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod on 20 October 1997, the title was changed to Usher of the Black Rod. The usher carries an ebony and gold staff of...
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  • The Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod is the Gentleman Usher to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, established in 1687. 1714–1761: Sir...
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    David Leakey (category Ushers of the Black Rod)
    General of the European Union Military Staff in the Council of the European Union, Brussels. In 2010 he was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, a role...
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    Michael Willcocks (category Ushers of the Black Rod)
    retired officer of the British Army and former Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod for the Parliament of the United Kingdom's House of Lords. Willcocks...
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  • the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in the Parliaments of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and then the United Kingdom. The Heritable Usher of the...
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    Augustus Clifford (category Ushers of the Black Rod)
    court official, and usher of the Black Rod. Clifford was born in France in 1788, the illegitimate son of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (and 7th...
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  • usher, a military rank Usher of Justice, a judicial official in some countries Usher of the Black Rod, a parliamentary official in the UK, Australia, Canada...
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