Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod

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The Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod is the Usher to the Order of the Thistle, established in 1687.

[edit] Office Holders from 1714

• pre 1714-1761 Sir Thomas Brandt
• 1762-1787 Robert Quarme
• 1787-1800 Matthew Robert Arnott
• 1800-1842 Robert Quarme the younger
• 1842-1884 Frederic Peel Round
• 1884-1895: Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell Bt CVO JP (1856-1926)
• 1895-1917: 6th Earl of Mansfield DL JP (1864-1935)
• 1917-1939: Brig.-Gen. Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour Bt CB CVO DSO (1857-1939)
• pre 1944-1953: Col Sir North Victor Cecil Dalrymple-Hamilton KCVO CB (1883-1953)
• 1953-1958: Lieut-Col Sir Edward Daymonde Stevenson KCVO MC (1895-1958)
• 1959-1979: Sir John Reginald Noble Graham Bt VC OBE
• 1979-1997: Rear Adml David Arthur Dunbar-Naysmith CB DSC
• 1997-present: Rear Adml Christopher Hope Layman CB DSO LVO