serviceyears branch commands death_date allegiance awards name battles birth_date rank article_title birth_name
1951 -- 1992 united kingdom hms '' troubridge '' hms '' fearless '' 13 december 1998 united kingdom knight commander of the royal victorian order officer of the order commander of the british empire of the order of the bath knight sir richard thomas cod wars 22 march 1932 admiral richard thomas -lrb- royal navy officer -rrb-
 william richard scott thomas
richard thomas -lrb- royal navy officer -rrb-

admiral sir william richard scott thomas , kcb , kcvo , obe , rn -lrb- 22 march 1932 -- 13 december 1998 -rrb- was the gentleman usher of the black rod -lrb- or simply black rod -rrb- in the british parliament 's house of lords from january 1992 to 8 may 1995 .
