Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
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Their full title is Lady or Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
The full title of the role is Lady or Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Major Charles Rock Lamoureux, rapped three times on the door of the House of Commons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wigged and white-ruffled, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod summoned M.P.s to hear Queen Elizabeth's dissolution speech.
From Time Magazine Archive
He held the office of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, 1812-1832.
From The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
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