Black Rod

Parliamentary official
Intangible public_office Q804241
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Black Rod

Summary

Black Rod is a public office[1]. It ranks in the top 0.86% of public_office entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,472 views/month, #6 of 694).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black Rod is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Black Rod's image is recorded as Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, M.P (1906) (14776593214).jpg[4].
  • Black Rod's instance of is recorded as public office[5].
  • Black Rod's instance of is recorded as occupation[6].
  • Black Rod's instance of is recorded as title of honor[7].
  • Black Rod's instance of is recorded as court appointment[8].
  • Black Rod's subclass of is recorded as civil servant[9].
  • Black Rod's Commons category is recorded as Ushers of the Black Rod[10].
  • +1361-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Black Rod[11].
  • Black Rod's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01kc5v[12].
  • Black Rod's appointed by is recorded as monarch of the United Kingdom[13].
  • Black Rod's official website is recorded as https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/principal/black-rod/[14].
  • Black Rod's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ushers of the Black Rod[15].
  • Black Rod's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • Black Rod's position holder is recorded as Sarah Clarke[17].
  • Black Rod's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Black Rod's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Black Rod's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Black-Rod[20].
  • Black Rod's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 3972[21].
  • Black Rod's KBpedia ID is recorded as GentlemenUshersOfTheBlackRod[22].

Why It Matters

Black Rod ranks in the top 0.86% of public_office entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,472 views/month, #6 of 694).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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