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Gentlemen at Arms marching alongside the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as part of the procession following her funeral. Today, the duties are purely ceremonial: the Gentlemen accompany and attend the sovereign at various events and occasions, including state visits by heads of state, the opening of parliament, and ceremonies involving the various orders of chivalry, including the Order of the ...
Sherard was a member of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners under King James I. [4] On 3 July 1622, he received the honour of knighthood from King James I at Oatlands Palace. On 10 July 1627, he was created Lord Sherard, Baron of Leitrim, in the Peerage of Ireland, [5] by James' successor, King Charles I. [3]
In 1827 he was appointed Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners under Lord Goderich, a post he held until 1830, the last two years under the premiership of the Duke of Wellington. He held the same office (in 1834 renamed Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms) from 1834 to 1835 under Sir Robert Peel.
The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a post in the Government of the United Kingdom that has been held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords [1] since 1945. Prior to 17 March 1834, the Gentlemen-at-Arms were known as the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners .
Even when the original Gentlemen got tangled in its own twists, the movie’s brisk pace and charming A-list cast (Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Colin Farrell ...
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Sir John Carew Pole, 12th Baronet; Denis Carter, Baron Carter; Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield; Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester; George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon; Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland; Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke
During the American Civil War, "The Bonnie Blue Flag"—a 1861 Confederate marching song written by Harry McCarthy—began with the words "We are a band of brothers, and native to the soil". [ 29 ] Stephen Ambrose borrowed the phrase "Band of Brothers" for the title of his 1992 book on E Company of the 101st Airborne during World War II; it was ...
Puerto Rican boy band Menudo is on a Venezuelan nationwide tour. They encounter fictionalized situations through the tour, interloped with images of the band performing at real concerts. 1982 Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains: Lou Adler: Diane Lane Laura Dern: A cult classic starring about three teenage girls who form a punk rock band ...