Richard Thomas (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir William Richard Scott Thomas, KCB, KCVO, OBE, RN (22 March 1932 – 13 December 1998) was the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (or simply Black Rod) in the British Parliament's House of Lords from January 1992 to 8 May 1995.
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