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) 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 CB DSC (1921–1997) 1997–2026: 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 2026–present: Katherine Grainger, Baroness Grainger DBE OLY (born 1975) (first Lady Usher)
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