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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "No. 12898". The London Gazette. 26 June 1787. p. 305.
- ^ "No. 20121". The London Gazette. 19 July 1842. p. 1989.
- ^ "The Edinburgh Gazette, 15 March 1895". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "The Edinburgh Gazette, 24 April 1917". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "The Edinburgh Gazette, 12 September 1939". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "The Edinburgh Gazette, 31 March 1953". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "The Edinburgh Gazette, 24 February 1959". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "The Edinburgh Gazette, 2 November 1979". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ 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.