The Naval Children’s Charity are delighted to announce that our Vice President, Lt General Ed Davis CB CBE, has been confirmed as the next Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, formally taking up the role this summer.
Ed is currently the Strategic Director for Capewell Europe Limited and Gibraltar Chair of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.
After serving for 35 years in the Naval Service as a Royal Marines Officer, Ed retired from the UK Armed Forces in the rank of Lieutenant General, he then transferred to the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and was appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as the 67th Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar in January 2016. He completed his tenure as Gibraltar’s Governor in 2020.
Commenting on his new appointment as the next Black Rod, Ed Davis has said:
‘I am profoundly humbled and extremely delighted to have been appointed by His Majesty to be the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod for the House of Lords, a role that stretches back 670 years.
I take on this great honour with a deep sense of responsibility to serve the King and the House of Lords with a steadfast commitment and unwavering determination to uphold the excellence of my predecessors who have held this unique and remarkable position.
Together with Black Rod’s team, I look forward, with relish and excitement, to rising to the opportunities and challenges ahead by building on Sarah Clarke’s inspiring legacy.’
