Usher of the Black Rod

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ceremonial officer parliamentary office position in the House of Lords

The Usher of the Black Rod is a senior ceremonial officer in the United Kingdom responsible for maintaining order and performing formal duties in the House of Lords and at state occasions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod	4
Usher of the Black Rod canonical	4
Lady Usher of the Black Rod	1
Usher of the Black Rod in the Order of the Garter	1
office of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial officer ⓘ parliamentary office ⓘ position in the House of Lords ⓘ
appointedBy	Crown ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith	British constitutional ceremonies ⓘ State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
authorityOver	access to the House of Lords and its precincts ⓘ
basedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
canBeHeldBy	man ⓘ woman ⓘ
ceremonialRole	leading processions in the House of Lords ⓘ participating in the introduction of new peers ⓘ participating in the presentation of addresses to the monarch ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
employer	House of Lords ⓘ Parliamentary authorities ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ceremonial protocol ⓘ parliamentary procedure ⓘ
genderNeutralTitle	Usher of the Black Rod self-link ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ surface form: Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ surface form: Lady Usher of the Black Rod
hasDuties	acting as the monarch’s representative in the House of Lords for certain ceremonial matters ⓘ controlling access to the House of Lords chamber ⓘ maintaining order in the House of Lords ⓘ organising ceremonial aspects of the State Opening of Parliament ⓘ performing ceremonial functions at state occasions ⓘ summoning the House of Commons to the House of Lords for the State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	House of Lords chamber ⓘ surface form: House of Lords chamber and associated areas
hasRank	senior officer of the House of Lords ⓘ
historicalOrigin	medieval royal household offices ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
legalStatus	officer of the House of Lords ⓘ
notableCustom	having the door of the House of Commons slammed in their face during the State Opening of Parliament ⓘ knocking three times on the door of the House of Commons with the black rod ⓘ
partOf	House of Lords ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
predecessorRole	Usher of the Black Rod self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
reportsTo	Lord Speaker of the House of Lords ⓘ
residence	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
responsibleFor	security arrangements within the House of Lords chamber ⓘ
symbol	black rod ⓘ
tradition	Westminster system ⓘ surface form: Westminster parliamentary tradition
usedBy	House of Lords ⓘ
wears	ceremonial uniform ⓘ court dress ⓘ
workLocation	Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Order of the Garter → hasOffice → Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ

Usher of the Black Rod → hasAlternativeName → Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod

Usher of the Black Rod → hasAlternativeName → Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lady Usher of the Black Rod

Usher of the Black Rod → genderNeutralTitle → Usher of the Black Rod self-link ⓘ

Usher of the Black Rod → predecessorRole → Usher of the Black Rod self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod

Sovereign of the Garter → hasOfficerSubordinate → Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ

Usher of the Order of the Garter → hasAlternativeName → Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ

this entity surface form: Usher of the Black Rod in the Order of the Garter

Usher of the Order of the Garter → relatedPosition → Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod

Chapter of the Order of the Garter → hasMember → Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ

Black Rod’s Garden → associatedWith → Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod

Black Rod’s Garden → traditionalAssociation → Usher of the Black Rod ⓘ

this entity surface form: office of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod