List of Knights and Ladies of the Thistle

The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle was founded in 1687. Dates shown are for election or installation. Probably incomplete.

Founders
18th Century 19th Century 20th Century

21st Century

Name	Life	Date	Notes
Knights Founders
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth	1648–1716	1687
George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon	1649–1716	1687
John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl	1631–1703	1687
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton	1658–1712	1687
Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth	1661–1701	1687
John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort	1650–1715	1687
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton	1635–1692	1687
Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray	1634–1701	1687
Eighteenth Century
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll	1680–1743	1704	Resigned 1710 when made KG
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl	1659–1724	1704
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale	d. 1721	1704
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	1674–1705	1704
George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney	1666–1737	1704
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield	1663–1730	1704
William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian	1661–1722	1704
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery	1674–1731	1704
John Erskine, Earl of Mar	1675–1732	1706	Degraded 1715
Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun	d. 1731	1706
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair	1673–1747	1710
David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore	1656–1730	1713
John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland	1661–1733	1716
William Cadogan, 1st Baron Cadogan	1670–1726	1716	Later Earl Cadogan
Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington	1680–1735	1717
Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville	1674–1722	1721
Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	1695–1751	1725	Later 2nd Duke of Buccleuch
William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex	1697–1743	1725	Resigned 1738 when made KG
Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont	1676–1740	1725
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton	1703–1743	1726
Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville	1697–1753	1730
Charles Stuart, 6th Earl of Moray	1660–1735	1731
Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore	1700–1785	1732
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl	1690–1764	1734
William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian	1690–1767	1734
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton	1703–1768	1738
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute	1713–1792	1738	Resigned 1762 when made KG
Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun	1681–1742	1738
Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley	1716–1755	1739
James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray	1708–1767	1741
John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford	1701–1767	1742
Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart	1707–1770	1743
Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon	1720–1752	1748
William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair	d. 1768	1752
Francis Greville, 1st Earl Brooke	1719–1773	1753
John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes	1698–1767	1753
James Douglas-Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton	1724–1758	1755
Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart	1721–1776	1763
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March	1725–1810	1763	Later 5th Duke of Queensberry
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll	1693–1770	1765
Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch	1746–1812	1767	Resigned 1794 when made KG
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl	1729–1774	1767
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle	1748–1825	1767	Resigned 1793, made KG
William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian	1710–1775	1768
David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont	1727–1796	1768	Later 2nd Earl of Mansfield
John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe	1740–1804	1768
The Prince William Henry	1765–1837	1770	Later Duke of Clarence and St Andrews and William IV, King of the United Kingdom
Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery	1729–1814	1771
Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington	1747–1786	1773
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon	1743–1827	1775
John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway	1736–1806	1775
William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian	1737–1815	1776
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton	1756–1799	1786
Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury	1739–1814	1786
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose	1755–1836	1793	Resigned 1812 when made KG
John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett	1756–1819	1794
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton	1761–1827	1797
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl	1755–1830	1800
Nineteenth Century
William Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart	1755–1843	1805	Later Earl Cathcart
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen	1784–1860	1808
Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch	1772–1819	1812
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton	1739–1819	1812
George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway	1768–1834	1814
Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny	1755–1843	1814
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine	1750–1823	1815
Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury	1773–1856	1819	Later Marquess of Ailesbury
William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian	1763–1824	1820
George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale	1787–1876	1820
Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis	1770–1846	1821	Later Marquess of Ailsa
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale	1759–1839	1821
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville	1771–1851	1821
Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry	1777–1837	1821
George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne	1761–1853	1827	Later 9th Marquess of Huntly
Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick	1779–1853	1827
James Duff, 4th Earl Fife	1776–1857	1827
Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray	1771–1848	1827
The Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex	1773–1843	1830
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch	1806–1884	1830	Resigned 1835 when made KG
William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll	1801–1846	1834
David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield	1777–1840	1835
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane	1796–1862	1838
James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe	1816–1879	1840
Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery	1783–1868	1840
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1819–1861	1842	Later Prince Consort
William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield	1806–1898	1843
John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute	1793–1848	1843
James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose	1799–1874	1845
John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair	1771–1853	1847
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin	1811–1863	1847	Viceroy of India
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie	1812–1860	1848	Later Marquess of Dalhousie Viceroy of India
Robert Dundas Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown	1785–1859	1848
Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun	1785–1853	1852
Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton	1812–1861	1853
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington	1780–1858	1853
Fox Maule Ramsay, 1st Baron Panmure	1801–1874	1853	Later 11th Earl of Dalhousie
George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl	1814–1864	1853
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll	1823–1900	1856
George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird	1807–1878	1857
Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa	1816–1870	1859
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife	1814–1879	1860
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland	1795–1873	1861	Resigned 1872 when made KG
Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton	1793–1868	1861
David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie	1826–1881	1862
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier	1819–1898	1864
The Prince Alfred Ernest Albert	1844–1900	1864	Later Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Thomas Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat	1802–1875	1865
John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair	1819–1903	1865
The Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Rothesay	1841–1910	1867	Later Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom
John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl	1840–1917	1868
James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk	1827–1905	1869
The Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert	1850–1942	1869	Later Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto	1814–1891	1870
John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne	1845–1914	1871	Later 9th Duke of Argyll
The Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert	1853–1884	1871	Later Duke of Albany
Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross	1818–1903	1874	Later Viscount Colville of Culross
John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute	1847–1900	1875
William Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	1831–1914	1875	Later 6th Duke of Buccleuch
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet	1818–1878	1876
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton	1845–1895	1878
Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian	1833–1900	1878
John Ogilvy-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield	1815–1881	1879
Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose	1852–1925	1879
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife	1849–1912	1881	Later Duke of Fife
John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie	1847–1887	1881
Prince George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge	1819–1904	1881
Alan Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway	1835–1901	1888
James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford	1847–1913	1891
Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert, Duke of York	1865–1936	1893	Later George V, King of the United Kingdom
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery	1847–1929	1895
William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale	1826–1911	1898
Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home	1834–1918	1899
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland	1844–1929	1900
John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun	1860–1908	1900	Later Marquess of Linlithgow
Twentieth century
Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh	1849–1921	1901
Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll	1852–1927	1901
Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe	1876–1932	1902
George Baillie-Hamilton-Arden, 11th Earl of Haddington	1827–1917	1902
Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven	1835–1906	1905
John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen	1847–1934	1906	Later Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth	1849–1909	1908
Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell	1872–1952	1909
Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar	1865–1955	1911
Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay	1839–1921	1911
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane	1856–1928	1913
Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught	1883–1938	1913	Governor-General of South Africa
Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird	1847–1923	1914
Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat	1871–1933	1915
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch	1864–1935	1917
Douglas Haig	1861–1928	1917	Later Earl Haig
John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl	1871–1942	1918
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford	1871–1940	1921
The Prince Edward Albert Christian George, Prince of Wales, Duke oF Rothesay	1894–1972	1922	Later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom
John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute	1881–1947	1922
The Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York	1895–1952	1923	Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom
Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore	1852–1930	1923
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar	1860–1934	1926
Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone	1869–1955	1927
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow	1887–1952	1928	Viceroy of India
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne	1855–1944	1928
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland	1888–1963	1929
Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet	1866–1956	1929
Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home	1873–1951	1930
Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet	1845–1937	1933
Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester	1900–1974	1933
Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin	1881–1968	1933
Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven	1890–1947	1934
Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel	1876–1951	1934
Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent	1902–1942	1935
Queen Elizabeth	1900–2002	1937	Later The Queen Mother
Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet	1887–1948	1937
John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair	1879–1961	1937
Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian	1882–1940	1940
Archibald Sinclair	1890–1970	1940	Later Viscount Thurso
David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie	1893–1968	1942
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope	1883–1963	1945
James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose	1878–1954	1947
Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery	1882–1974	1947
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch	1894–1973	1949
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton	1903–1973	1951
George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington	1894–1986	1951
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	b. 1921	1952	Later The Prince Philip
Steven Bilsland, 1st Baron Bilsland	1892–1970	1955
David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford	1900–1975	1955
John Stirling	1893–1975	1956
George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers	1886–1965	1956
Kenneth Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 12th Lord Kinnaird	1880–1972	1957
Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan	1895–1977	1957
Olav V, King of Norway	1903–1991	1962
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home	1903–1995	1962	Later Baron Home of the Hirsel
Robert Menzies	1894–1978	1963
James Wilson Robertson	1899–1983	1965	Governor-General of Nigeria
David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss	1912–2008	1966
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith	1889–1971	1968
Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean	1916–1990	1969
Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie	1914–1999	1971
Richard O'Connor	1889–1981	1971
Ronald Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir	1917–1996	1972
Robert Forbes-Leith	1902–1973	1972
Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay	1905–1982	1973
John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel	1905–1992	1973
Donald Hamish Cameron, 26th of Lochiel	1910–2004	1973
Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae	1911–1980	1974
George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk	1906–1994	1976
William McFadzean, Baron McFadzean	1903–1996	1976
The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales, Duke of Rothesay	b. 1948	1977
John Cameron, Lord Cameron	1900–1996	1978
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch	1923–2007	1978
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin	b. 1924	1981
George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth	1921–2008	1981
Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie	1920–1985	1983
Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch	1917–2000	1983
David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie	b. 1926	1985
Iain Tennant	1919–2006	1986
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw	1918–1999	1990
Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet	1911–1996	1993
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie	1931–2003	1995
John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott	1924–2012	1996
Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford	b. 1927	1996
Lady Marion Fraser	1932–2016	1996
Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden	b. 1926	1996
James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern	b. 1927	1997
The Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise, Princess Royal	b. 1950	2000	The Princess Royal
David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn	b. 1935	2000
Twenty-First Century
Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood	1941–2018	2002
Eric Anderson	1936-2020	2002
David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood	b. 1938	2004
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen	b. 1946	2004
William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk	b. 1935	2007
Garth Morrison	1943–2013	2007
David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead	b. 1938	2009	Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Narendra Patel, Baron Patel	b. 1938	2009
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge	b. 1982	2012	In Scotland often known by his Scottish title as The Earl of Strathearn
David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home	b. 1943	2014
Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin	b. 1944	2014
Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch	b. 1954	2017
Sir Ian Wood	b. 1942	2018

List of Knights of the Thistle, St Giles' Cathedral

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