Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod
The Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod is the Gentleman Usher to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, established 14 January 1726.
The Brunswick Herald, an officer of arms of the Order of the Bath, was annexed with the position at the time it was established. The office lapsed in 1857 when the Order of the Bath was remodelled. The Brunswick Herald was not part of the College of Arms, although the final four officer holders were officers in ordinary of the college. The heraldic badge of the enamelled with the arms of the Braunschweig (Brunswick) family, Gules, two lions passant guardant or.[1]
Office Holders from 1725
- 1725 – ?: Edmund Sawyer
- bef. 1763 – aft. 1789: Henry Hill
- bef. 1806 – 2 July 1814: Sir Isaac Heard
- 2 July 1814 – 1841: George Frederick Beltz[2]
- 2 December 1841 – 1857?: Albert William Woods[3]
- 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[4]
- 30 March 1928 – 15 November 1932: Admiral Richard Grenville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton[5]
- 15 November 1932 – 14 May 1948: Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft[6]
- 14 May 1948 – 12 March 1954: Major General Douglas Neil Wimberley[7]
- 12 March 1954 – 17 July 1964: Rear Admiral Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke[8]
- 25 September 1964 – 3 August 1979: Air Marshal Sir Anthony Dunkerton Selway[9]
- 9 February 1968 – 3 August 1979: Rear Admiral Colin Duncan Madden[10]
- 3 August 1979 – 1985: Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling[11]
- 19 August 1985 – 18 July 1990: Rear Admiral David Edward Macey[12]
- 18 July 1990 – 13 September 2001: Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Charles Fairfax Peirse[13]
- 15 March 2002 – 13 June 2006 : Rear Admiral Iain Henderson[14] (appointment dated from 13 September 2001)
- 13 June 2006 – 15 July 2018 : Major General Charles Vyvyan[15][16]
- 16 July 2018 - present : Major General James Gordon[17]
References
- Godfrey, Walter H.; Wagner, Anthony (1963). "Additional officers". Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street. London: British History Online: 229–306.
- "No. 16913". The London Gazette. 2 July 1814. p. 1340.
- "No. 20048". The London Gazette. 3 December 1841. p. 3135.
- "No. 12545". The Edinburgh Gazette. 11 March 1913. p. 282.
- "No. 33371". The London Gazette. 30 March 1928. p. 2337.
- "No. 33883". The London Gazette. 15 November 1932. p. 7260.
- "No. 38289". The London Gazette. 14 March 1948. p. 2934.
- "No. 40123". The London Gazette. 12 March 1954. p. 1527.
- "No. 43444". The London Gazette. 25 September 1964. p. 8103.
- "No. 44522". The London Gazette. 9 February 1968. p. 1651.
- "No. 47919". The London Gazette. 3 August 1979. p. 9877.
- "No. 50234". The London Gazette. 20 August 1985. p. 11494.
- "No. 52243". The London Gazette. 14 August 1990. p. 13271.
- "No. 56510". The London Gazette. 15 March 2002.
- Court Circular, 13 June 2006
- "No. 58010". The London Gazette. 13 June 2006. p. 8073.
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3162920
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