Gold Stick and Silver Stick
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The Gold Stick and the Silver Stick are formal
Gold Stick
Although now only in evidence on ceremonial and state occasions, the office of Gold Stick dates from
Silver Stick
The Silver Stick is the Commander of the Household Cavalry and holds the rank of colonel.[6] Silver Stick-in-Waiting is the deputy (assistant) to Gold Stick-in-Waiting, but there are occasions when Silver Stick only is summoned for duty—for example, on the arrival of a head of state on a state visit.
The office was created in 1678,
Silver Stick's principal aide when on duty is termed Silver Stick Adjutant.
Scotland
There are separate Gold and Silver Sticks in Scotland, who are the senior officers of the Sovereign's Bodyguard of the Royal Company of Archers.
References
- ISBN 978-0-85263-994-8. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
From this royal order date the offices of the Gold Stick-in-Waiting and the Silver Stick-in-Waiting. The latter is a serving officer, while Gold Stick is a senior retired officer who appears only on State occasions but then takes precedence over all ...
- ^ Gordon, L.L.; Nicholson, J.B.R. (1971). Military origins. Kaye and Ward. p. 65. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
It was their duty to attend the Sovereign on all ceremonial occasions. They did duty for alternate months and whilst so doing were styled 'Gold Stick in Waiting'. The field officer of the same regiment as the colonel doing duty was known as 'Silver Stick in Waiting'. The colonel of the Royal Horse Guards was added to the duty ...
- ISBN 978-0-333-53810-4. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
Gold Stick and Silver Stick These court appointments date from Tudor times, when two officers were placed close to the Sovereign's person to protect him or her from danger. Their name derives from their staff's of office, which have a gold or a ...
- ^ "Blues and Royals – Regiment History, War & Military Records & Archives". forces-war-records.co.uk.
- ^ Court Circular, 7 June 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-873376-70-6. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
The Silver Stick in Waiting The Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Household Cavalry holds the office of Silver Stick in Waiting, an appointment in the Royal Household. In the absence of the Gold Stick in Waiting he assumes his duties and ...
- ISBN 978-1-4050-5574-1. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
The second development was the King's insistence, after the events of 1678 and the hysteria engendered by Titus Oates, a populist ... or truncheon, with a gold head, engraved with His Majesty's cypher and crown', and was subsequently called the 'Gold Stick-in-Waiting'. ... Officer, with an ebony staff and silver head', afterwards styled the 'Silver Stick-in-Waiting', 'who is ready to relieve the Captain on ...