Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod
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The Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod is the Gentleman Usher
to the Order of the Bath
, established in 1725.
Gentleman Usher
Gentleman Usher is a title for some officers of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. See List of Gentlemen Ushers for a list of office-holders.-Historical:...
to the Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
, established in 1725.
Office Holders from 1725
- 1725 – ?: Edmund Sawyer
- bef. 1763 – aft. 1789: Henry Hill
- bef. 1806 – 2 July 1814: Sir Isaac HeardIsaac HeardSir Isaac Heard was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He began his heraldic career as Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. He would go on to hold the posts of Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary, Norroy King of Arms and Brunswick King of Arms. In 1784, he was...
- 2 July 1814 – 1841: George Frederick Beltz
- 2 December 1841 – 1857?: Albert William WoodsAlbert WoodsSir Albert William Woods, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, KGStJ, FSA was an English officer of arms. The Woods family has a firm tradition at the College of Arms. Albert Woods was the son of Sir William Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms from 1838 until his death in 1842...
- 1857? – 18 May 1863: Hon. Frederick Arthur Henry Chichester
- 1863–1911?: Charles George Barrington
- vacant?
- 7 March 1913 – 30 March 1928: Colonel Sir Charles Wyndham Murray
- 30 March 1928 – 15 November 1932: Admiral Richard Grenville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton
- 15 November 1932 – 14 May 1948: Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe LongcroftCharles LongcroftAir Vice Marshal Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft KCB, CMG, DSO, AFC was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps who went on to become a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.-Early years:...
- 14 May 1948 – 12 March 1954: Major General Douglas Neil WimberleyDouglas WimberleyMajor-General Douglas Neil Wimberley CB, DSO, MC was commander of the 51st Division at the Second Battle of El Alamein in World War II and lead it across North Africa to Sicily....
- 12 March 1954 – 17 July 1964: Rear Admiral Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke
- 25 September 1964 – 3 August 1979: Air Marshal Sir Anthony Dunkerton Selway
- 9 February 1968 – 3 August 1979: Rear Admiral Colin Duncan Madden
- 3 August 1979 – 1985: Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-MillingDenis Crowley-MillingAir Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC & Bar, AE was a Second World War fighter pilot and later an air officer in the Royal Air Force.-Second World War:...
- 1985 – 18 July 1990: Rear Admiral David Edward Macey
- 18 July 1990 – 15 March 2002: Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Charles Fairfax Peirse
- 15 March 2002 – 13 June 2006 : Rear Admiral Iain Henderson
- 13 June 2006 – present: Major General Charles Vyvyan