The Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod is the
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.
Gentlemen Ushers as servants Historical
Gentlemen Ushers were originally a class of servants fou ...
to the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III.
It is named in honour ...
, established in 1818. If the office holder is female, she is referred to as the Lady Usher of the Blue Rod.
The office was simply designated as that of "Officer of Arms" to the Order from the first appointment in 1882 until 1911, when it received the present name.
Officers of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George (1882–1911)
*1882–1901:
Frederick Obadiah Adrian Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Nobility
Anhalt-Harzgerode
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
Austria
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198
* Frederi ...
, CMG
*1901–1911: Sir
William Alexander Baillie-Hamilton,
KCMG KCMG may refer to
* KC Motorgroup, based in Hong Kong, China
* Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, British honour
* KCMG-LP, radio station in New Mexico, USA
* KCMG, callsign 1997-2001 of Los Angeles radio station KKLQ (FM) ...
,
CB
Gentlemen/Lady Ushers of the Blue Rod (1911–present)
*1911–1920: Sir William Alexander Baillie Hamilton, KCMG, CB
*1920–1934: Sir
Reginald Laurence Antrobus
Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language.
Etymology and history
The meaning of Reginald is “King". The name is derived from the Latin ''Reginaldus'', which has been influenced by the Latin word ''regina'', meaning "queen". Th ...
, KCMG, CB
*1934–1959: Admiral Sir
Alan Hotham
Admiral Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham, (3 October 1876 – 10 July 1965) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He also played first-class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire in 1901.
Naval career
Born the son of Admiral of the Fleet Cha ...
, CB, CMG
*1959–1972: Sir
George Beresford-Stooke
Sir George Beresford-Stooke (3 January 1897 – 7 April 1983) – always known as "Toby" - was Chief Secretary to Northern Rhodesia, and later appointed Governor of Sierra Leone from September, 1947 until December 1952.
Beresford-Stooke was bor ...
, KCMG
*1972–1979: Sir
Anthony Abell
Sir Anthony Foster Abell (11 December 1906 – 8 October 1994) was a British colonial official who was Governor of Sarawak and High Commissioner to Brunei.
Career
Abell was born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, on 11 December 1906, the son of Georg ...
, KCMG
*1979–1992: Sir
John Moreton
Sir John Oscar Moreton (28 December 1917 – 14 October 2012) was a British diplomat.
Early life
Moreton born in Oakham, Rutland, and was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and Trinity College, Oxford. He served in the Royal Artillery dur ...
, KCMG,
KCVO,
MC
*1992–2002: Sir
John Margetson
Sir John William Denys Margetson (9 October 1927 – 17 October 2020) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Vietnam, the United Nations, and the Netherlands.
Early life
Margetson was the younger son of the Very Rev. William Marget ...
, KCMG
*2002–2016: Sir
Anthony Figgis
Sir Anthony St John Howard Figgis, (born October 1940) was Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2008.
Unusually, he also held the post of Her Majesty's Vice-Mars ...
, KCVO, CMG
*2016–present: Dame
DeAnne Julius
Dame DeAnne Shirley Julius, (born April 14, 1949) is a Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House. An American-British economist, Julius is noted as a founder member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.
She began her active care ...
, DCMG, CBE
References
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Galloway, Peter
Peter John Galloway, (born 19 July 1954) is a British Anglican priest and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical history, architectural history, and the British orders of chivalry. From 2008 to 2019, he was Chaplain of the Queen's Chapel of ...
''The Order of St Michael and St George'' (London, Third Millennium Publishing, 2000) p. 365.
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Order of St Michael and St George
Ceremonial officers in the United Kingdom