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.

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Seventeenth Century

Seventeenth Century
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
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	1688	Nominally sovereign upon accession

Anne (1702–1714)

Anne (1702–1714)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
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)

George I (1714–1727)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
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)

George II (1727–1760)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
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)

George III (1760–1820)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
S7	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	Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery	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)

George IV (1820–1830)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
S8	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)

William IV (1830–1837)
N°	Image	Name	Life	Date	Notes
87		William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll	1801–1846	1834
88		David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield	1777–1840	1835

Victoria (1837–1901)

Victoria (1837-1901)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
S9	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	Robert Dundas Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown	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
E5	The Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert	1853–1884	1871	Son of Queen Victoria, later Duke of Albany
118	Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross	1818–1903	1874	Later Viscount Colville of Culross
119	John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute	1847–1900	1875
120	William Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	1831–1914	1875	Later 6th Duke of Buccleuch
121	Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet	1818–1878	1876
122	William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton	1845–1895	1878
123	Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian	1833–1900	1878
124	John Ogilvy-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield	1815–1881	1879
125	Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose	1852–1925	1879
126	Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife	1849–1912	1881	Later Duke of Fife and son-in-law of Queen Victoria
127	John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie	1847–1887	1881
E6	Prince George, Duke of Cambridge	1819–1904	1881	Agnatic first cousin of Queen Victoria
128	Alan Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway	1835–1901	1888
129	James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford	1847–1913	1891
E7	Prince George, Duke of York	1865–1936	1893	Grandson of Queen Victoria, later King George V
130	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery	1847–1929	1895	Prime Minister 1894–1895
131	William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale	1826–1911	1898
132	Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home	1834–1918	1899
133	Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland	1844–1929	1900
134	John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun	1860–1908	1900	Later Marquess of Linlithgow

Edward VII (1901–1910)

Edward VII (1901–1910)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
135	Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh	1849–1921	1901
136	Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll	1852–1927	1901
137	Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe	1876–1932	1902
138	George Baillie-Hamilton-Arden, 11th Earl of Haddington	1827–1917	1902
139	Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven	1835–1906	1905
140	John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen	1847–1934	1906	Later Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
141	Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth	1849–1909	1908
142	Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell	1872–1952	1909

George V (1910–1936)

George V (1910–1936)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
143	Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar	1865–1955	1911
144	Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay	1839–1921	1911
145	Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane	1856–1928	1913
E8	Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught	1883–1938	1913	Governor-General of South Africa, husband of the 2nd Duchess of Fife
146	Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird	1847–1923	1914
147	Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat	1871–1933	1915
148	John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch	1864–1935	1917
149	Douglas Haig	1861–1928	1917	Later Earl Haig
150	John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl	1871–1942	1918
151	David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford	1871–1940	1921
E9	The Prince Edward, Duke of Rothesay	1894–1972	1922	Son of King George V, later King Edward VIII
152	John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute	1881–1947	1922
E10	The Prince Albert, Duke of York	1895–1952	1923	Son of King George V, later King George VI
153	Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore	1852–1930	1923
154	Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar	1860–1934	1926
155	Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone	1869–1955	1927
156	Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow	1887–1952	1928	Viceroy of India
157	Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne	1855–1944	1928
158	George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland	1888–1963	1929
159	Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet	1866–1956	1929
160	Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home	1873–1951	1930
161	Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet	1845–1937	1933
E11	The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester	1900–1974	1933	Son of King George V
162	Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin	1881–1968	1933
163	Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven	1890–1947	1934
164	Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel	1876–1951	1934
E12	The Prince George, Duke of Kent	1902–1942	1935	Son of King George V

Edward VIII did not make any appointments to the order during his brief reign.

George VI (1936–1952)

George VI (1936–1952)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
E13	Queen Elizabeth	1900–2002	1937	Consort of King George VI
165	Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet	1887–1948	1937
166	John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair	1879–1961	1937
167	Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian	1882–1940	1940
168	Archibald Sinclair	1890–1970	1940	Later Viscount Thurso
169	David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie	1893–1968	1942
170	Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope	1883–1963	1945
171	James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose	1878–1954	1947
172	Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery	1882–1974	1947
173	Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch	1894–1973	1949
174	Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton	1903–1973	1951
175	George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington	1894–1986	1951

Elizabeth II (1952–2022)

Elizabeth II (1952–2022)
N°	Name	Life	Date	Notes
S9	Elizabeth II	1926–2022	1952	Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne
E14	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	1921–2021	1952	Consort of Queen Elizabeth II
176	Steven Bilsland, 1st Baron Bilsland	1892–1970	1955
177	David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford	1900–1975	1955
178	John Stirling	1893–1975	1956
179	George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers	1886–1965	1956
180	Kenneth Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 12th Lord Kinnaird	1880–1972	1957
181	Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan	1895–1977	1957
E15	Olav V, King of Norway	1903–1991	1962	Son of Princess Maud of Wales
182	Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home	1903–1995	1962	Prime Minister 1963–1964 Later Baron Home of the Hirsel
183	Robert Menzies	1894–1978	1963	Prime Minister of Australia 1939–1941 and 1949–1966
184	James Wilson Robertson	1899–1983	1965	Governor-General of Nigeria
185	David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss	1912–2008	1966
186	John Reith, 1st Baron Reith	1889–1971	1968
187	Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean	1916–1990	1969
188	Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie	1914–1999	1971
189	Richard O'Connor	1889–1981	1971
190	Ronald Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir	1917–1996	1972
191	Robert Forbes-Leith	1902–1973	1972
192	Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay	1905–1982	1973
193	John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel	1905–1992	1973
194	Donald Hamish Cameron, 26th of Lochiel	1910–2004	1973
195	Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae	1911–1980	1974
196	George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk	1906–1994	1976
197	William McFadzean, Baron McFadzean	1903–1996	1976
E16	The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay	b. 1948	1977	Son of Queen Elizabeth II, now King of the United Kingdom
198	John Cameron, Lord Cameron	1900–1996	1978
199	John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch	1923–2007	1978
200	Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin	b. 1924	1981
201	George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth	1921–2008	1981
202	Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie	1920–1985	1983
203	Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch	1917–2000	1983
204	David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie	1926–2023	1985
205	Iain Tennant	1919–2006	1986
206	William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw	1918–1999	1990
207	Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet	1911–1996	1993
208	George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie	1931–2003	1995
209	John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott	1924–2012	1996
210	Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford	1927–2023	1996
211	Lady Marion Fraser	1932–2016	1996
212	Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden	1926-2021	1996
213	James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern	b. 1927	1997
E17	The Princess Anne, Princess Royal	b. 1950	2000	Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II
214	David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn	b. 1935	2000
215	Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood	1941–2018	2002
216	Eric Anderson	1936–2020	2002
217	David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood	b. 1938	2004
218	George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen	b. 1946	2004
219	William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk	b. 1935	2007
220	Garth Morrison	1943–2013	2007
221	David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead	b. 1938	2009	Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
222	Narendra Patel, Baron Patel	b. 1938	2009
E18	Prince William, Earl of Strathearn	b. 1982	2012	Grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland since 2020, now Duke of Rothesay
223	David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home	1943–2022	2014
224	Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin	b. 1944	2014
225	Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch	b. 1954	2017
226	Sir Ian Wood	b. 1942	2018
227	Lady Elish Angiolini	b. 1960	2022
228	Sir George Reid	b. 1939	2022