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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