The Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod is the
Gentleman Usher to the
Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland, who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order. The ...
, 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, 6th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
Alan may refer to:
People
* Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname
* Alan (given name), an English given name
**List of people with given name Alan
''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.''
* ...
(1864–1935)
*1917–1939: Brig.-Gen.
Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, 1st Baronet (1857–1939)
*1939–1953: Colonel Sir North Dalrymple-Hamilton (1883–1953)
*1953–1958: Lieut.-Col. Sir Edward Stevenson KCVO MC (1895–1958)
*1959–1979: Lieut.-Col.
Sir Reginald Graham, 3rd Baronet VC OBE (1892–1980)
*1979–1997: Rear Admiral
David Dunbar-Nasmith
Rear Admiral David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith (21 February 1921 – 15 September 1997) was a former Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.
Naval career
Born the son of Admiral Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Dunbar-Nasmith joined the Royal Navy as a ...
CB DSC (1921–1997)
*1997–present: Rear Admiral Christopher Hope Layman CB DSO LVO (born 1938)
LAYMAN, Rear-Adm. Christopher Hope
Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011, accessed 25 Aug 2012
References
*{{cite journal , date=April 1897 , title=The Usher of the Green Rod , journal=The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries , volume=XI , issue=44 , pages=170 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hmDcuAnRpiwC , access-date= 2007-07-01 , author1=Hallen, Arthur Washington Cornelius , author2=Stevenson, John Horne
Ceremonial officers in the United Kingdom
Order of the Thistle
1687 establishments in Scotland