Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod

The Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod is the Gentleman Usher to the Most Ancient and Most Noble 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^[1]
• 1800–1842: Robert Quarme the younger
• 1842–1884: Frederic Peel Round^[2]
• 1884–1895: Sir Duncan Campbell, 3rd Baronet (1856–1926)
• 1895–1917: Alan Murray, 5th Earl of Mansfield (1864–1935)^[3]
• 1917–1939: Brig.-Gen. Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, 1st Baronet (1857–1939)^[4]
• 1939–1953: Colonel Sir North Dalrymple-Hamilton (1883–1953)^[5]
• 1953–1958: Lieut.-Col. Sir Edward Stevenson KCVO MC (1895–1958)^[6]
• 1959–1979: Lieut.-Col. Sir Reginald Graham, 3rd Baronet VC OBE (1892–1980)^[7]
• 1979–1997: Rear Admiral David Dunbar-Nasmith CB DSC (1921–1997)^[8]
• 1997–present: Rear Admiral Christopher Hope Layman CB DSO LVO (born 1938)^[9]

References

1. "No. 12898". The London Gazette. 26 June 1787. p. 305.
2. "No. 20121". The London Gazette. 19 July 1842. p. 1989.
3. "The Edinburgh Gazette, 15 March 1895". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
4. "The Edinburgh Gazette, 24 April 1917". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
5. "The Edinburgh Gazette, 12 September 1939". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
6. "The Edinburgh Gazette, 31 March 1953". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
7. "The Edinburgh Gazette, 24 February 1959". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
8. "The Edinburgh Gazette, 2 November 1979". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
9. LAYMAN, Rear-Adm. Christopher Hope, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011, accessed 25 Aug 2012

• Hallen, Arthur Washington Cornelius; Stevenson, John Horne (April 1897). "The Usher of the Green Rod". The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries. XI (44): 170. Retrieved 1 July 2007.