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	Image	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, 22nd 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
HRH 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
HRH 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
HRH 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
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie		1812–1860	1848	Later Marquess of Dalhousie
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
HRH 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
HRH The Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales		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
HRH 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
HRH 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		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
HRH 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
HRH 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 Montagu 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
HRH Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught		1883–1938	1913
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
HRH The Prince Edward Albert Christian George, Prince of Wales		1894–1972	1922	Later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom
John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute		1881–1947	1922
HRH 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 Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow		1887–1952	1928
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		1866–1956	1929
Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home		1873–1951	1930
Herbert Eustace Maxwell		1845–1937	1933
HRH 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
HRH Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent		1902–1942	1935
HM 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
HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh		b. 1921	1952	Later The Prince Philip
Alexander 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
HRH 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
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 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
HRH The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales		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		b. 1924	1996
Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford		b. 1927	1996
Lady Marion Fraser		b. 1932	1996
Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden		b. 1926	1996
James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern		b. 1927	1997
HRH 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		b. 1941	2002
Eric Anderson		b. 1936	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		b. 1943	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