bargemaster

At the coronation they walk in the procession behind The Queen's Bargemaster.

With Frogface's help it took about six minutes to straighten put the bargemaster and the committee of bigwigs waiting with him.

The Bargemaster is "nominally responsible for the Crown".

The bargemaster shuddered.

Primogeniture was not the inheritance system used by the bargemen for the successful bargemaster could provide openings for all his sons.

Below Idon, while we waited to find a bargemaster with guts enough to take us south, I had Murgen plant the standard.

They had even been forced to give up the prestigious Company barge, unable to afford the cost of its repair and the wages of the bargemaster.

In 2004 Dwan was appointed Queen's Bargemaster, being responsible for the safety of the Queen when she travelled by water.

He was telling me that every adult male in the swamp was out there when Murgen brought the bargemaster to me whimpering in a hammerlock.

The Queen is always accompanied by her Bargemaster, along with eight Royal Watermen in full ceremonial dress standing on the fore deck.

The tradition of the Bargemaster dates back to 1215, with the signing of Magna Carta at Runnymede.

From the Victoria Tower, the Crown is passed by the Queen's Bargemaster to the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's office.

The King's/Queen's Bargemaster is a subordinate officer of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

The Bargemaster is responsible for the Royal Watermen, chosen from the ranks of the Thames Watermen, who operate tugs and launches on the river.

While I moped around Cho'n Delor One-Eye found a southern bargemaster willing to carry us all the way to Trogo Taglios.

The Royal Barge will fly the Royal Standard and bear the Queen's Bargemaster and eight of her Royal Watermen in full ceremonial regalia.

The Sovereign today still retains 24 Royal Watermen under the command of The Queen's Bargemaster, thereby continuing one of the most ancient appointments in the Royal Household.

The Queen's Bargemaster, the Keeper of the Jewel House, the Serjeants-at-Arms and the Warden and Marker of the Swans, perform less celebrated functions.

As a Royal Waterman, he was appointed Bargemaster to Her Majesty in 1978 and retired from royal service as a Member of the Royal Victoria Order in 1990.

Although there are no royal State barges afloat the Queen still retains twenty four Royal Watermen under The Queen's Bargemaster, one of the most ancient appointments in the Royal Household.

On shore duties consist of acting as boxmen on Royal carriages during State Visits, Royal weddings and Jubilees, and walking behind The King or Queen's Bargemaster at Coronations.

At the State Opening of Parliament The Queen's Bargemaster and four Royal Watermen travel as boxmen on coaches, guarding the regalia when it is conveyed from Buckingham Palace to Westminster and back.

Each club flew its flag at halfmast; each waterman stood sentinel at his boathouse door before joining the entourage, which was led by Bobby Prentice, Bargemaster to the Waterman's Company, to St Mary's parish church by the bridge.

(In this instance it is always accompanied by The Queen's Bargemaster and Watermen acting as footmen, a reminder of the days when the Crown Jewels were invariably conveyed from the Tower of London by river for State occasions.)