Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod explained

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

References

1. Web site: The Edinburgh Gazette, 15 March 1895 . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140322013448/http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/10657/pages/419 . 22 March 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: The Edinburgh Gazette, 24 April 1917 . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001510/http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/13081/pages/786 . 22 March 2014 . dead .
3. Web site: The Edinburgh Gazette, 12 September 1939 . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001358/http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/15636/pages/769 . 22 March 2014 . dead .
4. Web site: The Edinburgh Gazette, 31 March 1953 . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001252/http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/17059/pages/173 . 22 March 2014 . dead .
5. Web site: The Edinburgh Gazette, 24 February 1959 . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012042317/http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/17692/pages/115 . 12 October 2013 . dead .
6. Web site: The Edinburgh Gazette, 2 November 1979 . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001615/http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/20590/pages/1215 . 22 March 2014 . dead .
7. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U24015 LAYMAN, Rear-Adm. Christopher Hope

• April 1897 . The Usher of the Green Rod . The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries . XI . 44 . 170 . 2007-07-01 . Hallen, Arthur Washington Cornelius . Stevenson, John Horne.