Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod
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The Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod is the Gentleman Usher to the Order of the Thistle, established in 1687.
[edit] Office Holders from 1714
- 1714–1761 Sir Thomas Brand
- 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, 3rd Baronet (1856–1926)
- 1895–1917: Alan Murray, 6th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield (1864–1935)
- 1917–1939: Brig.-Gen. Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, 1st Baronet (1857–1939)
- bef. 1944–1953: Col Sir North Victor Cecil Dalrymple-Hamilton (1883–1953)
- 1953–1958: Lieut-Col Sir Edward Daymonde Stevenson (1895–1958) [1]
- 1959–1979: Sir John Reginald Noble Graham, 3rd Baronet, VC, OBE
- 1979–1997: Rear Adml David Arthur Dunbar-Naysmith
- 1997–present: Rear Adml Christopher Hope Layman
[edit] References
- "The Usher of the Green Rod" (April 1897). The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries XI (44): 170.
