List of Knights and Ladies of the Thistle
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List of Knights of the Thistle, St Giles' Cathedral
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle was founded in 1687. Dates shown are for election or installation. Probably incomplete.
Seventeenth Century[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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S1 | ![]() |
James VII | 1633-1710 | 1687 | Sovereign of the order upon establishing it |
1 | ![]() |
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth | 1648-1716 | 1687 | Founder knight |
2 | ![]() |
George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon | 1649-1716 | ||
3 | ![]() |
John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl | 1631-1703 | ||
4 | ![]() |
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton | 1658–1712 | ||
5 | ![]() |
Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth | 1661-1701 | ||
6 | ![]() |
John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort | 1650–1715 | ||
7 | ![]() |
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton | 1635–1692 | ||
8 | ![]() |
Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray | 1634–1701 | ||
S2 | ![]() |
Mary II | 1662-1694 | 1688 | Nominally sovereign upon accession |
S3 | ![]() |
William II | 1650-1702 |
Anne (1702-1714)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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S4 | ![]() |
Anne | 1665-1714 | 1702 | Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne |
9 | ![]() |
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll | 1680-1743 | 1704 | Resigned 1710 when made KG |
10 | ![]() |
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl | 1659–1724 | ||
11 | ![]() |
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale | d. 1721 | ||
12 | ![]() |
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith | 1674–1705 | ||
13 | ![]() |
George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney | 1666–1737 | ||
14 | ![]() |
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield | 1663–1730 | ||
15 | William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian | 1661–1722 | |||
16 | ![]() |
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery | 1674–1731 | ||
17 | ![]() |
John Erskine, Earl of Mar | 1675–1732 | 1706 | Degraded in 1715 |
18 | Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun | d. 1731 | 1706 | ||
19 | ![]() |
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair | 1673–1747 | 1710 | |
20 | ![]() |
David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore | 1656–1730 | 1713 |
George I (1714-1727)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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S5 | ![]() |
George I | 1660-1727 | 1714 | Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne |
21 | ![]() |
John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland | 1661-1733 | 1716 | |
22 | ![]() |
William Cadogan, 1st Baron Cadogan | 1670–1726 | 1716 | Later Earl Cadogan |
23 | ![]() |
Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington | 1680–1735 | 1717 | |
24 | Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville | 1674–1722 | 1721 | ||
25 | Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith | 1695–1751 | 1725 | Later 2nd Duke of Buccleuch | |
26 | ![]() |
William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex | 1697–1743 | 1725 | Resigned 1738 when made KG |
27 | ![]() |
Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont | 1676–1740 | 1725 | |
28 | ![]() |
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton | 1703–1743 | 1726 |
George II (1727-1760)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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S6 | ![]() |
George II | 1683-1760 | 1727 | Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne |
29 | ![]() |
Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville | 1697-1753 | 1730 | |
30 | Charles Stuart, 6th Earl of Moray | 1660–1735 | 1731 | ||
31 | ![]() |
Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore | 1700–1785 | 1732 | |
32 | ![]() |
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl | 1690–1764 | 1734 | |
33 | William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian | 1690–1767 | 1734 | ||
34 | ![]() |
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton | 1703–1768 | 1738 | |
35 | ![]() |
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute | 1713–1792 | 1738 | Resigned 1762 when made KG |
36 | Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun | 1681–1742 | 1738 | ||
37 | Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley | 1716–1755 | 1739 | ||
38 | James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray | 1708–1767 | 1741 | ||
39 | ![]() |
John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford | 1701–1767 | 1742 | |
40 | ![]() |
Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart | 1707–1770 | 1743 | |
41 | ![]() |
Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon | 1720–1752 | 1748 | |
42 | William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair | d. 1768 | 1752 | ||
43 | ![]() |
Francis Greville, 1st Earl Brooke | 1719–1773 | 1753 | |
44 | ![]() |
John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes | 1698–1767 | 1753 | |
45 | ![]() |
James Douglas-Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton | 1724–1758 | 1755 |
George III (1760-1820)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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S6 | ![]() |
George III | 1738-1820 | 1760 | Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne |
46 | ![]() |
Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart | 1721-1776 | 1763 | |
47 | ![]() |
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March | 1725–1810 | 1763 | Later 5th Duke of Queensberry |
48 | ![]() |
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll | 1693–1770 | 1765 | |
49 | ![]() |
Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch | 1746–1812 | 1767 | Resigned 1794 when made KG |
50 | John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl | 1729–1774 | 1767 | ||
51 | ![]() |
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle | 1748–1825 | 1767 | Resigned 1793, made KG |
52 | ![]() |
William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian | 1710–1775 | 1768 | |
53 | ![]() |
David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont | 1727–1796 | 1768 | Later 2nd Earl of Mansfield |
54 | ![]() |
John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe | 1740–1804 | 1768 | |
55 | ![]() |
The Prince William Henry | 1765–1837 | 1770 | Later Duke of Clarence and St Andrews and William IV, later still King |
56 | 1729–1814 | 1771 | |||
57 | ![]() |
Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington | 1747–1786 | 1773 | |
58 | ![]() |
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon | 1743–1827 | 1775 | |
59 | ![]() |
John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway | 1736–1806 | 1775 | |
60 | ![]() |
William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian | 1737–1815 | 1776 | |
61 | ![]() |
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton | 1756–1799 | 1786 | |
62 | ![]() |
Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury | 1739–1814 | 1786 | |
63 | James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose | 1755–1836 | 1793 | Resigned 1812 when made KG | |
64 | John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett | 1756–1819 | 1794 | ||
65 | ![]() |
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton | 1761–1827 | 1797 | |
66 | ![]() |
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl | 1755–1830 | 1800 | |
67 | ![]() |
William Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart | 1755–1843 | 1805 | Later Earl Cathcart |
68 | ![]() |
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen | 1784–1860 | 1808 | Prime Minister 1852–1855 |
69 | ![]() |
Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch | 1772–1819 | 1812 | Appointed by the Prince Regent |
70 | ![]() |
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton | 1739–1819 | 1812 | |
71 | ![]() |
George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway | 1768–1834 | 1814 | |
72 | ![]() |
Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny | 1755–1843 | 1814 | |
73 | ![]() |
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine | 1750–1823 | 1815 | |
74 | ![]() |
Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury | 1773–1856 | 1819 | Appointed by the Prince Regent. Later Marquess of Ailesbury. |
George IV (1820-1830)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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S7 | ![]() |
George IV | 1762-1830 | 1820 | Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne |
75 | ![]() |
William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian | 1763-1824 | 1820 | |
76 | ![]() |
George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale | 1787-1876 | 1820 | |
77 | Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis | 1770–1846 | 1821 | Later Marquess of Ailsa | |
78 | ![]() |
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale | 1759–1839 | 1821 | |
79 | Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville | 1771–1851 | 1821 | ||
80 | Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry | 1777–1837 | 1821 | ||
81 | ![]() |
George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne | 1761–1853 | 1827 | Later 9th Marquess of Huntly |
82 | Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick | 1779–1853 | 1827 | ||
83 | James Duff, 4th Earl Fife | 1776–1857 | 1827 | ||
84 | Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray | 1771–1848 | 1827 | ||
85 | ![]() |
The Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex | 1773–1843 | 1830 | |
86 | ![]() |
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch | 1806–1884 | 1830 | Resigned 1835 when made KG |
William IV (1830-1837)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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87 | William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll | 1801-1846 | 1834 | ||
88 | David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield | 1777-1840 | 1835 |
Victoria (1837-1901)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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S8 | ![]() |
Victoria | 1819-1901 | 1837 | Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne |
89 | ![]() |
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane | 1796-1862 | 1838 | |
90 | James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe | 1816–1879 | 1840 | ||
91 | Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery | 1783–1868 | 1840 | ||
E1 | ![]() |
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1819–1861 | 1842 | Consort of Queen Victoria |
92 | William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield | 1806–1898 | 1843 | ||
93 | ![]() |
John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute | 1793–1848 | 1843 | |
94 | James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose | 1799–1874 | 1845 | ||
95 | John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair | 1771–1853 | 1847 | ||
96 | ![]() |
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin | 1811–1863 | 1847 | Viceroy of India |
97 | ![]() |
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie | 1812–1860 | 1848 | Later Marquess of Dalhousie Viceroy of India |
98 | 1785–1859 | 1848 | |||
99 | ![]() |
Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun | 1785-1853 | 1852 | |
100 | ![]() |
Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton | 1780–1858 | 1853 | |
101 | ![]() |
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington | 1780-1858 | 1853 | |
102 | ![]() |
Fox Maule Ramsay, 1st Baron Panmure | 1801–1874 | 1853 | Later 11th Earl of Dalhousie |
103 | George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl | 1814–1864 | 1853 | ||
104 | ![]() |
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll | 1823–1900 | 1856 | |
105 | George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird | 1807-1878 | 1857 | ||
106 | Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa | 1816–1870 | 1859 | ||
107 | James Duff, 5th Earl Fife | 1814–1879 | 1860 | ||
108 | ![]() |
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland | 1795–1873 | 1861 | Resigned 1872 when made KG |
109 | Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton | 1793–1868 | 1861 | ||
110 | David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie | 1826–1881 | 1862 | ||
111 | ![]() |
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier | 1819–1898 | 1864 | |
E2 | ![]() |
The Prince Alfred Ernest Albert | 1844–1900 | 1864 | Later Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
112 | Thomas Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat | 1802–1875 | 1865 | ||
113 | ![]() |
John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair | 1819–1903 | 1865 | |
E3 | ![]() |
The Prince Albert Edward, Duke of Rothesay | 1841–1910 | 1867 | Son of Queen Victoria, later King Edward VII |
114 | ![]() |
John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl | 1840–1917 | 1868 | |
115 | ![]() |
James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk | 1827–1905 | 1869 | |
E4 | ![]() |
The Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert | 1850–1942 | 1869 | Son of Queen Victoria, later Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
116 | William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto | 1814-1891 | 1870 | ||
117 | ![]() |
John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne | 1845–1914 | 1871 | Later 9th Duke of Argyll |
118 | ![]() |
The Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert | 1853–1884 | 1871 | Later Duke of Albany |
119 | ![]() |
Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross | 1818–1903 | 1874 | Later Viscount Colville of Culross |
120 | ![]() |
John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute | 1847–1900 | 1875 | |
121 | ![]() |
William Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith | 1831–1914 | 1875 | Later 6th Duke of Buccleuch |
122 | ![]() |
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet | 1818–1878 | 1876 | |
123 | ![]() |
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton | 1845–1895 | 1878 | |
124 | ![]() |
Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian| | 1833–1900 | 1878 | |
125 | John Ogilvy-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield | 1815–1881 | 1879 | ||
126 | ![]() |
Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose | 1852–1925 | 1879 | |
127 | ![]() |
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife | 1847-1887 | 1881 | Later Duke of Fife and son-in-law of Queen Victoria |
128 | ![]() |
John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie | 1847–1887 | 1881 | |
E5 | ![]() |
Prince George, Baron Culloden | 1819–1904 | 1881 | Agnatic first cousin of Queen Victoria |
129 | ![]() |
Alan Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway | 1835–1901 | 1888 | |
130 | ![]() |
James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford | 1847–1913 | 1891 | |
E6 | ![]() |
Prince George, Earl of Inverness | 1865–1936 | 1893 | Grandson of Queen Victoria, later King George V |
131 | ![]() |
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | 1847–1929 | 1895 | Prime Minister 1894–1895 |
132 | ![]() |
William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale | 1826–1911 | 1898 | |
133 | ![]() |
Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home | 1834–1918 | 1899 | |
134 | ![]() |
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland | 1844–1929 | 1900 | |
135 | ![]() |
John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun | 1860–1908 | 1900 | Later Marquess of Linlithgow |
Edward VII (1901-1910)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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136 | ![]() |
Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh | 1849-1921 | 1901 | |
137 | ![]() |
Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll | 1852–1927 | 1901 | |
138 | ![]() |
Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe | 1876–1932 | 1902 | |
139 | George Baillie-Hamilton-Arden, 11th Earl of Haddington | 1827–1917 | 1902 | ||
140 | Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven | 1835–1906 | 1905 | ||
141 | ![]() |
John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen | 1847–1934 | 1906 | Later Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair |
142 | ![]() |
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth | 1849–1909 | 1908 | |
143 | ![]() |
Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell | 1872–1952 | 1909 |
George V (1910-1936)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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144 | Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar | 1865-1955 | 1911 | ||
145 | ![]() |
Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay | 1839–1921 | 1911 | |
146 | ![]() |
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane | 1856–1928 | 1913 | |
E7 | ![]() |
Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught | 1883–1938 | 1913 | Governor-General of South Africa |
147 | ![]() |
Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird | 1847–1923 | 1914 | |
148 | ![]() |
Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat | 1871–1933 | 1915 | |
149 | ![]() |
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch | 1864–1935 | 1917 | |
150 | ![]() |
Douglas Haig | 1861–1928 | 1917 | Later Earl Haig |
151 | ![]() |
John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl | 1871–1942 | 1918 | |
152 | David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford | 1871–1940 | 1921 | ||
E8 | ![]() |
The Prince Edward, Duke of Rothesay | 1894–1972 | 1922 | Later King Edward VIII |
153 | ![]() |
John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute | 1881–1947 | 1922 | |
E9 | ![]() |
The Prince Albert, Earl of Inverness | 1895–1952 | 1923 | Later King George VI |
154 | ![]() |
Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore | 1852–1930 | 1923 | |
155 | ![]() |
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar | 1860–1934 | 1926 | |
156 | ![]() |
Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone | 1869–1955 | 1927 | |
157 | ![]() |
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow | 1887–1952 | 1928 | Viceroy of India |
158 | ![]() |
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | 1855–1944 | 1928 | |
159 | ![]() |
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland | 1888–1963 | 1929 | |
160 | ![]() |
Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet | 1866–1956 | 1929 | |
161 | Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home | 1873–1951 | 1930 | ||
162 | ![]() |
Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet | 1845–1937 | 1933 | |
E10 | ![]() |
The Prince Henry, Baron Culloden | 1900–1974 | 1933 | Son of King George |
163 | Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin | 1881–1968 | 1933 | ||
164 | Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven | 1890–1947 | 1934 | ||
165 | Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel | 1876–1951 | 1934 | ||
E11 | ![]() |
The Prince George, Earl of St Andrews | 1902–1942 | 1935 | Son of King George |
Edward VIII did not make any appointments to the order during his brief reign.
George VI (1936-1952)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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E12 | ![]() |
Queen Elizabeth | 1900-2002 | 1937 | Consort of King George |
166 | Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet | 1887–1948 | 1937 | ||
167 | John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair | 1879–1961 | 1937 | ||
168 | Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian | 1882–1940 | 1940 | ||
169 | ![]() |
Archibald Sinclair | 1890–1970 | 1940 | Later Viscount Thurso |
170 | David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie | 1893–1968 | 1942 | ||
171 | ![]() |
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope | 1883–1963 | 1945 | |
172 | ![]() |
James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose | 1878–1954 | 1947 | |
173 | ![]() |
Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery | 1882–1974 | 1947 | |
174 | ![]() |
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch | 1894–1973 | 1949 | |
175 | Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton | 1903–1973 | 1951 | ||
176 | George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington | 1894–1986 | 1951 |
Elizabeth II (1952-present)[]
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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S9 | ![]() |
Elizabeth II | 1926-present | 1952 | Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne |
E13 | ![]() |
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 1921-2021 | 1952 | Consort of Queen Elizabeth |
177 | Steven Bilsland, 1st Baron Bilsland | 1892-1970 | 1955 | ||
178 | ![]() |
David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford | 1900–1975 | 1955 | |
179 | John Stirling | 1893–1975 | 1956 | ||
180 | George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers | 1886–1965 | 1956 | ||
181 | 1880–1972 | 1957 | |||
182 | Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan | 1895–1977 | 1957 | ||
E14 | ![]() |
Olav V, King of Norway | 1903–1991 | 1962 | |
183 | ![]() |
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home | 1903–1995 | 1962 | Prime Minister 1963–1964 Later Baron Home of the Hirsel |
184 | ![]() |
Robert Menzies | 1894–1978 | 1963 | Prime Minister of Australia 1939–1941 and 1949–1966 |
185 | James Wilson Robertson | 1899–1983 | 1965 | Governor-General of Nigeria | |
186 | David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss | 1912–2008 | 1966 | ||
187 | ![]() |
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith | 1889–1971 | 1968 | |
188 | Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean | 1916–1990 | 1969 | ||
189 | Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie | 1914–1999 | 1971 | ||
190 | ![]() |
Richard O'Connor | 1889–1981 | 1971 | |
191 | Ronald Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir | 1917–1996 | 1972 | ||
192 | 1902–1973 | 1972 | |||
193 | Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay | 1905–1982 | 1973 | ||
194 | John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel | 1905–1992 | 1973 | ||
195 | Donald Hamish Cameron, 26th of Lochiel | 1910–2004 | 1973 | ||
196 | ![]() |
Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae | 1911–1980 | 1974 | |
197 | ![]() |
George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk | 1906–1994 | 1976 | |
198 | William McFadzean, Baron McFadzean | 1903–1996 | 1976 | ||
E15 | ![]() |
The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay | b. 1948 | 1977 | Son of Queen Elizabeth, now Duke of Edinburgh |
199 | John Cameron, Lord Cameron | 1900–1996 | 1978 | ||
200 | ![]() |
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch | 1923–2007 | 1978 | |
201 | Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin | b. 1924 | 1981 | ||
202 | George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth | 1921–2008 | 1981 | ||
203 | Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie | 1920–1985 | 1983 | ||
204 | Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch | 1917–2000 | 1983 | ||
205 | David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie | b. 1926 | 1985 | ||
206 | Iain Tennant | 1919–2006 | 1986 | ||
207 | ![]() |
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw | 1918–1999 | 1990 | |
208 | Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet | 1911–1996 | 1993 | ||
209 | George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie | 1931–2003 | 1995 | ||
210 | John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott | 1924–2012 | 1996 | ||
211 | Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford | b. 1927 | 1996 | ||
212 | ![]() |
Lady Marion Fraser | 1932–2016 | 1996 | |
213 | ![]() |
Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden | 1926-2021 | 1996 | |
214 | ![]() |
James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern | b. 1927 | 1997 | |
E16 | ![]() |
The Princess Anne, Princess Royal | b. 1950 | 2000 | Daughter of Queen Elizabeth |
215 | ![]() |
David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn | b. 1935 | 2000 | |
216 | ![]() |
Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood | 1941–2018 | 2002 | |
217 | Eric Anderson | 1936–2020 | 2002 | ||
218 | ![]() |
David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood | b. 1938 | 2004 | |
219 | ![]() |
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen | b. 1946 | 2004 | |
220 | ![]() |
William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk | b. 1935 | 2007 | |
221 | Garth Morrison | 1943–2013 | 2007 | ||
222 | ![]() |
David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead | b. 1938 | 2009 | Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom |
223 | ![]() |
Narendra Patel, Baron Patel | b. 1938 | 2009 | |
E17 | ![]() |
Prince William, Earl of Strathearn | b. 1982 | 2012 | Grandson of Queen Elizabeth, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland since 2020 |
224 | ![]() |
David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home | b. 1943 | 2014 | |
225 | Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin | b. 1944 | 2014 | ||
226 | Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch | b. 1954 | 2017 | ||
227 | Sir Ian Wood | b. 1942 | 2018 |
See also[]
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