Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod
- Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod
The Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod is the Gentleman Usher to the Order of the Thistle, established in 1687.
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) [ [http://www.londongazette.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=39816&geotype=London&gpn=1869&type=ArchivedIssuePage&all=dalrymple hamilton thistle&exact=&atleast=&similar= London Gazette] ]
*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
References
*cite journal | year=1897 | month=April | title=The Usher of the Green Rod | journal=The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries | volume=XI | issue=44 |pages=170 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=hmDcuAnRpiwC |accessdate= 2007-07-01
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