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The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle was founded in 1687. Dates shown are for election or installation. Probably incomplete.
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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S1 | ![]() | James VII | 1633–1701 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland |
33 | William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian | 1690–1767 | 1734 | Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland | |
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 | Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire | |
38 | James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray | 1708–1767 | 1741 | ||
39 | ![]() | John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford | 1701–1767 | 1742 | Envoy Extraordinary to Prussia |
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 | 1699–1768 | 1752 | ||
43 | ![]() | Francis Greville, 1st Earl Brooke | 1719–1773 | 1753 | Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire |
44 | ![]() | John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes | 1698–1767 | 1753 | Governor of Duncannon |
45 | ![]() | James Douglas-Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton | 1724–1758 | 1755 |
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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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 | Colonel of the 2nd (Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons |
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 | Former Lord of Mann | |
51 | ![]() | Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle | 1748–1825 | 1767 | Resigned 1793, made KG |
52 | ![]() | William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian | 1710–1775 | 1768 | Colonel of the 11th Regiment of Dragoons |
53 | ![]() | David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont | 1727–1796 | 1768 | Later 2nd Earl of Mansfield |
54 | ![]() | John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe | 1740–1804 | 1768 | Lord of the Bedchamber |
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 | Teller of the Exchequer |
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 | Lord Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte |
63 | James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose | 1755–1836 | 1793 | Resigned 1812 when made KG | |
64 | John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett | 1756–1819 | 1794 | Lord Lieutenant of Somerset | |
65 | ![]() | George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton | 1761–1827 | 1797 | Lord Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte |
66 | ![]() | John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl | 1755–1830 | 1800 | Grand Master of the Antient Grand Lodge of England |
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. |
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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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 | Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire and Midlothian |
76 | ![]() | George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale | 1787–1876 | 1820 | Pro-Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland |
77 | Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis | 1770–1846 | 1821 | Later Marquess of Ailsa | |
78 | ![]() | James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale | 1759–1839 | 1821 | Former Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland |
79 | | Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville | 1771–1851 | 1821 | First Lord of the Admiralty |
80 | Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry | 1777–1837 | 1821 | Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries | |
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 | Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire |
83 | James Duff, 4th Earl Fife | 1776–1857 | 1827 | Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire | |
84 | Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray | 1771–1848 | 1827 | Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire | |
85 | ![]() | The Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex | 1773–1843 | 1830 | Son of George III |
86 | ![]() | Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch | 1806–1884 | 1830 | Resigned 1835 when made KG |
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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87 | William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll | 1801–1846 | 1834 | Master of the Horse to Queen Adelaide | |
88 | David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield | 1777–1840 | 1835 | Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire |
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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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 | Former Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland |
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 | Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire and Glamorgan |
94 | James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose | 1799–1874 | 1845 | Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire and former Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
95 | John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair | 1771–1853 | 1847 | Former Colonel of the 92nd Regiment of Foot | |
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 | Colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot |
100 | ![]() | Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton | 1780–1858 | 1853 | Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland |
101 | ![]() | Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington | 1780–1858 | 1853 | Former First Lord of the Admiralty |
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 | Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland |
104 | ![]() | George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll | 1823–1900 | 1856 | Postmaster General |
105 | | George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird | 1807–1878 | 1857 | Former Master of the Buckhounds |
106 | Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa | 1816–1870 | 1859 | ||
107 | James Duff, 5th Earl Fife | 1814–1879 | 1860 | Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire | |
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 | Ambassador to Prussia |
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 | Lord Lieutenant of Inverness | |
113 | ![]() | John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair | 1819–1903 | 1865 | Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown |
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 | Former Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire |
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 | Chancellor of the University of Glasgow |
122 | ![]() | William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton | 1845–1895 | 1878 | |
123 | ![]() | Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian | 1833–1900 | 1878 | Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland |
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 | Former President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society |
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 | Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire |
133 | ![]() | Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland | 1844–1929 | 1900 | Former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland |
134 | ![]() | John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun | 1860–1908 | 1900 | Later Marquess of Linlithgow |
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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135 | ![]() | Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh | 1849–1921 | 1901 | Secretary for Scotland |
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 | Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian |
139 | ![]() | Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven | 1835–1906 | 1905 | Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland |
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 | Lord President of the Council |
142 | ![]() | Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell | 1872–1952 | 1909 |
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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143 | Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar | 1865–1955 | 1911 | Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire | |
144 | ![]() | Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay | 1839–1921 | 1911 | Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire and former Governor of Bombay |
145 | ![]() | Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane | 1856–1928 | 1913 | Lord High Chancellor |
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 | Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries |
149 | ![]() | Douglas Haig | 1861–1928 | 1917 | Later Earl Haig |
150 | ![]() | John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl | 1871–1942 | 1918 | Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire |
151 | | David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford | 1871–1940 | 1921 | First Commissioner of Works |
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 | Former Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire |
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 | Former Governor of South Australia |
154 | ![]() | Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar | 1860–1934 | 1926 | Former Governor-General of Australia |
155 | ![]() | Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone | 1869–1955 | 1927 | Former Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
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 | Lord Lieutenant of Angus |
158 | ![]() | George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland | 1888–1963 | 1929 | Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland |
159 | ![]() | Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet | 1866–1956 | 1929 | |
160 | Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home | 1873–1951 | 1930 | Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire | |
161 | ![]() | Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet | 1845–1937 | 1933 | Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown |
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 | Former Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland | |
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.
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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E13 | ![]() | Queen Elizabeth | 1900–2002 | 1937 | Consort of King George VI |
165 | Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet | 1887–1948 | 1937 | Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire | |
166 | John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair | 1879–1961 | 1937 | Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown | |
167 | ![]() | Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian | 1882–1940 | 1940 | British Ambassador to the United States |
168 | ![]() | Archibald Sinclair | 1890–1970 | 1940 | Later Viscount Thurso |
169 | ![]() | David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie | 1893–1968 | 1942 | Lord Chamberlain to The Queen |
170 | ![]() | Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope | 1883–1963 | 1945 | First Sea Lord |
171 | ![]() | James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose | 1878–1954 | 1947 | Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire |
172 | ![]() | Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery | 1882–1974 | 1947 | Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian |
173 | ![]() | Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch | 1894–1973 | 1949 | Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire and former Lord Steward |
174 | Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton | 1903–1973 | 1951 | Lord Steward | |
175 | George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington | 1894–1986 | 1951 | Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian |
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
S9 | ![]() | Elizabeth II [1] | 1926–2022 | 1952 | Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne |
E14 | ![]() | Philip, Duke of Edinburgh [1] | 1921–2021 | 1952 | Consort of Queen Elizabeth II |
176 | Steven Bilsland, 1st Baron Bilsland | 1892–1970 | 1955 | Honorary Colonel of the 8th Battalion Cameronians | |
177 | ![]() | David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford | 1900–1975 | 1955 | Rector of the University of St Andrews |
178 | John Stirling | 1893–1975 | 1956 | Convener of the Ross and Cromarty County Council | |
179 | George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers | 1886–1965 | 1956 | Former Treasurer of the Household | |
180 | Kenneth Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 12th Lord Kinnaird | 1880–1972 | 1957 | ||
181 | Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan | 1895–1977 | 1957 | Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire | |
E15 | ![]() | Olav V, King of Norway | 1903–1991 | 1962 | Son of Princess Maud of Wales |
182 | ![]() | Alexander 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 | Former Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland | |
186 | ![]() | John Reith, 1st Baron Reith | 1889–1971 | 1968 | Former Director-General of the BBC |
187 | Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean | 1916–1990 | 1969 | Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire | |
188 | Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie | 1914–1999 | 1971 | Lord Lieutenant of Angus | |
189 | ![]() | Richard O'Connor | 1889–1981 | 1971 | Former Lord Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty |
190 | Ronald Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir | 1917–1996 | 1972 | Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire | |
191 | Robert Forbes-Leith | 1902–1973 | 1972 | Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire | |
192 | Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay | 1905–1982 | 1973 | Chairman of the Scottish Land Court | |
193 | John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel | 1905–1992 | 1973 | Former Secretary of State for Scotland | |
194 | ![]() | Donald Hamish Cameron, 26th of Lochiel | 1910–2004 | 1973 | Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire |
195 | ![]() | Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae | 1911–1980 | 1974 | Former Governor-General of New Zealand |
196 | ![]() | George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk | 1906–1994 | 1976 | Former First Lord of the Admiralty |
197 | William McFadzean, Baron McFadzean | 1903–1996 | 1976 | ||
E16 | ![]() | The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay [1] | b. 1948 | 1977 | Son of Queen Elizabeth II, now King of the United Kingdom |
198 | John Cameron, Lord Cameron | 1900–1996 | 1978 | Former President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | |
199 | ![]() | John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch | 1923–2007 | 1978 | Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale |
200 | Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin [1] | b. 1924 | 1981 | Former Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland | |
201 | ![]() | George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth | 1921–2008 | 1981 | Former European Commissioner for Regional Policy |
202 | Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie | 1920–1985 | 1983 | Former Chief of the Defence Staff | |
203 | Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch | 1917–2000 | 1983 | Former Governor of Hong Kong | |
204 | David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie [1] | 1926–2023 | 1985 | Lord Chamberlain of the Household | |
205 | Iain Tennant | 1919–2006 | 1986 | Lord Lieutenant of Moray | |
206 | William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw | 1918–1999 | 1990 | Former Lord President of the Council | |
207 | Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet | 1911–1996 | 1993 | ||
208 | | George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie | 1931–2003 | 1995 | Former Secretary of State for Defence |
209 | John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott [1] | 1924–2012 | 1996 | Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire | |
210 | Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford [1] | 1927–2023 | 1996 | Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | |
211 | ![]() | Lady Marion Fraser [1] | 1932–2016 | 1996 | |
212 | ![]() | Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden [1] | 1926–2021 | 1996 | |
213 | ![]() | James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern [1] | b. 1927 | 1997 | Lord Chancellor |
E17 | ![]() | The Princess Anne, Princess Royal [1] | b. 1950 | 2000 | Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II |
214 | ![]() | David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn [1] | b. 1935 | 2000 | Former Governor of Hong Kong |
215 | Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood [1] | 1941–2018 | 2002 | President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | |
216 | Eric Anderson [1] | 1936–2020 | 2002 | Provost of Eton | |
217 | ![]() | David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood [1] | b. 1938 | 2004 | Former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament |
218 | ![]() | George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen [1] | b. 1946 | 2004 | Former Secretary General of NATO |
219 | ![]() | William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk [1] | b. 1935 | 2007 | Former Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session |
220 | Garth Morrison [1] | 1943–2013 | 2007 | Chief Scout, Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian | |
221 | ![]() | David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead [1] | b. 1938 | 2009 | Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom |
222 | ![]() | Narendra Patel, Baron Patel [1] | b. 1938 | 2009 | Chancellor of the University of Dundee |
E18 | ![]() | Prince William, Earl of Strathearn [1] | b. 1982 | 2012 | Grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland since 2020 |
223 | ![]() | David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home | 1943–2022 | 2014 | |
224 | ![]() | Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin | b. 1944 | 2014 | Former Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation |
225 | | Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch | b. 1954 | 2017 | Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale |
226 | Sir Ian Wood | b. 1942 | 2018 | ||
227 | ![]() | Lady Elish Angiolini [2] | b. 1960 | 2022 | Former Lord Advocate |
228 | ![]() | Sir George Reid [2] | 1939–2025 | 2022 | Former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament |
N° | Image | Name | Life | Date | Notes |
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E19 | ![]() | Queen Camilla | b. 1947 | 2023 [3] | Consort of King Charles III |
E20 | ![]() | The Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh | b. 1964 | 2024 [4] | Brother of King Charles III, twice Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
229 | ![]() | Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome | b. 1961 | 2024 | |
230 | ![]() | Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws | b. 1950 | 2024 | |
231 | Sir Geoff Palmer | 1940–2025 | 2024 |