Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod

The Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod is the Usher to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, established in 1917 and effective since 1918.

Officeholders from 1918

1918 – 23 August 1952: Sir Frederic Kenyon
30 September 1952 – 2 December 1960: Sir Ernest Gowers
2 December 1960 – 8 April 1969: Malcolm Eve, 1st Baron Silsoe
8 April 1969 – 1985: Sir Robert Bellinger
1985 – 30 November 2000: Sir Robin Gillett, Bt.
30 November 2000 – 23 July 2013: Sir Alexander Graham
23 July 2013 – present Dame Amelia Chilcott Fawcett, DBE (first Lady Usher)

See also

Gentleman Usher, ushers of other orders of chivalry

References

The London Gazette.

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