Order of the Thistle

Appointed 	Name 	Lifespan 	Notes
6 June 1687 	The Earl of Perth 	1648-1716	
6 June 1687 	The Duke of Gordon 	1649-1716	
6 June 1687 	The Marquess of Atholl 	1631-1703	
6 June 1687 	James Hamilton styled Earl of Arran 	1658-1712	Duke of Hamilton from 1698
6 June 1687 	The Earl of Seaforth 	1661-1701	
6 June 1687 	The Earl of Melfort 	1650-1715	
6 June 1687 	The Earl of Moray 	1634-1701	
4 February 1704 	The Duke of Argyll 	1680-1743	resigned when he became a Knight of the Garter on 22 March 1710
7 February 1704 	The Duke of Atholl 	1659-1724	
7 February 1704 	The Marquess of Annandale 	d. 1721 	
7 February 1704 	James Scott, styled Earl of Dalkeith 	1674-1705	
7 February 1704 	The Earl of Orkney 	1666-1737	
7 February 1704 	The Earl of Seafield 	1663-1730	Earl of Findlater from 1711
30 October 1705 	The Marquess of Lothian 	1661-1722	
30 October 1705 	The Earl of Orrery 	1674-1731	
10 August 1706 	The Earl of Mar 	1675-1732	degraded 1715
10 August 1706 	The Earl of Loudoun 	d. 1731 	
25 March 1710 	The Earl of Stair 	1673-1747	
17 January 1713 	The Earl of Portmore 	1656-1730	
22 June 1716 	The Earl of Sutherland 	1661-1733	
22 June 1716 	The Lord Cadogan 	1670-1726	Earl Cadogan from 1718
1 March 1717 	The Earl of Haddington 	1680-1735	
28 February 1721 	The Earl of Tankerville 	1674-1722	
2 February 1725 	Francis Scott, styled Earl of Dalkeith 	1695-1751	Duke of Buccleuch from 1731
2 February 1725 	The Earl of Essex 	1697-1743	resigned 20 February 1738 when made a Garter
2 February 1725 	The Earl of Marchmont 	1676-1740	
23 September 1726	The Duke of Hamilton 	1703-1743	
16 May 1730 	The Earl of Tankerville 	1697-1753	
10 December 1731 	The Earl of Moray 	1660-1735	
2 June 1732 	The Earl of Portmore 	1700-1785	
11 February 1734 	The Duke of Atholl 	1690-1764	
11 February 1734 	The Marquess of Lothian 	1690-1767	
10 July 1738 	The Earl of Morton 	1703-1768	
10 July 1738 	The Earl of Bute 	1713-1792	resigned 1762 when made a Garter
10 July 1738 	The Earl of Hopetoun 	1681-1742	
7 June 1739 	The Earl of Berkeley 	1716-1755	
23 February 1741 	The Earl of Moray 	1708-1767	
22 June 1742 	The Earl of Hyndford 	1701-1767	
29 March 1743 	The Earl of Dysart 	1707-1770	
16 February 1748 	The Duke of Gordon 	1720-1752	
11 March 1752 	The Earl of Dumfries 	d. 1768 	
29 March 1753 	The Earl Brooke 	1719-1773	Earl of Warwick from 1759
29 March 1753 	The Earl of Rothes 	1698-1767	
18 March 1755 	The Duke of Hamilton 	1724-1758	
13 April 1763 	The Lord Cathcart 	1721-1776	
13 April 1763 	The Earl of March 	1725-1810	Duke of Queensberry from 1778
7 August 1765 	The Duke of Argyll 	1693-1770	
23 December 1767 	The Duke of Buccleuch 	1746-1812	resigned May 1794 when made a Garter
23 December 1767 	The Duke of Atholl 	1729-1774	
23 December 1767 	The Earl of Carlisle 	1748-1825	resigned 1793 when made a Garter
26 October 1768 	The Marquess of Lothian 	1710-1775	
2 November 1768 	The Viscount Stormont 	1727-1796	Earl of Mansfield from 1793
28 November 1768 	The Duke of Roxburghe 	1740-1804	
5 April 1770 	H.R.H. The Prince William Henry 	1765-1837	Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews from 1789; King William IV from 1830
4 March 1771 	The Earl of Rosebery 	1729-1814	
18 August 1773 	The Earl of Northington 	1747-1786	
11 January 1775 	The Duke of Gordon 	1743-1827	
1 November 1775 	The Earl of Galloway 	1736-1806	
11 October 1776 	The Marquess of Lothian 	1737-1815	
3 March 1786 	The Duke of Hamilton 	1756-1799	
29 November 1786 	The Earl of Ailesbury 	1739-1814	
14 June 1793 	The Duke of Montrose 	1755-1836	resigned 26 March 1812 when made a Garter
30 May 1794 	The Earl Poulett 	1756-1819	
26 July 1797 	The Earl of Morton 	1761-1827	
23 April 1800 	The Duke of Atholl 	1755-1830	
23 November 1805 	The Lord Cathcart 	1755-1843	Viscount Cathcart from 1807; Earl Cathcart from 1814
16 March 1808 	The Earl of Aberdeen 	1784-1860	
22 May 1812 	The Duke of Buccleuch 	1772-1819	
22 May 1812 	The Earl of Eglinton 	1739-1819	
23 May 1814 	The Earl of Galloway 	1768-1834	
23 May 1814 	The Earl of Abergavenny 	1755-1843	
23 February 1815 	The Lord Erskine 	1750-1823	
20 May 1819 	The Earl of Ailesbury 	1773-1856	Marquess of Ailesbury from 1821
26 April 1820 	The Marquess of Lothian 	1763-1824	
22 May 1820 	The Marquess of Tweeddale 	1787-1876	
17 July 1821 	The Earl of Cassillis 	1770-1846	Marquess of Ailsa from 1831
17 July 1821 	The Earl of Lauderdale 	1759-1839	
17 July 1821 	The Viscount Melville 	1771-1851	
17 July 1821 	The Marquess of Queensberry 	1777-1837	
10 May 1827 	The Earl of Aboyne 	1761-1853	Marquess of Huntly from 1836
10 May 1827 	The Earl of Warwick 	1779-1853	
3 September 1827 	The Earl Fife 	1776-1857	
3 September 1827 	The Earl of Moray 	1771-1848	
19 July 1830 	H.R.H. The Duke of Sussex 	1773-1843	
5 November 1830 	The Duke of Buccleuch` 	1806-1884	resigned on being given the Garter on 23 February 1835
16 April 1834 	The Earl of Erroll 	1801-1846	
4 March 1835 	The Earl of Mansfield 	1777-1840	
21 March 1838 	The Marquess of Breadalbane 	1796-1862	
18 March 1840 	The Duke of Roxburghe 	1816-1879	
18 March 1840 	The Earl of Rosebery 	1783-1868	
17 January 1842 	H.R.H. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 	1819-1861	Prince Consort from 1857
13 June 1843 	The Marquess of Bute 	1793-1848	
13 June 1843 	The Earl of Mansfield 	1806-1898	
12 March 1845 	The Duke of Montrose 	1799-1874	
12 July 1847 	The Earl of Stair 	1771-1853	
12 July 1847 	The Earl of Elgin 	1811-1863	
12 May 1848 	The Earl of Dalhousie 	1812-1860	Marquess of Dalhousie from 1849
12 May 1848 	The Earl of Camperdown 	1785-1859	
25 March 1852 	The Lord Saltoun 	1785-1853	
18 June 1853 	The Earl of Eglinton 	1812-1861	
28 October 1853 	The Earl of Haddington 	1780-1858	
28 October 1853 	The Duke of Atholl 	1814-1864	
28 October 1853 	The Lord Panmure 	1801-1874	Earl of Dalhousie from 1860
2 May 1856 	The Duke of Argyll 	1823-1900	
6 July 1857 	the Lord Kinnaird 	1807-1878	
7 March 1859 	The Marquess of Ailsa 	1816-1870	
2 March 1860 	The Earl Fife 	1814-1879	
1 July 1861 	The Earl of Zetland 	1795-1873	Resigned on receiving the Garter on 26 December 1872
1 July 1861 	The Lord Belhaven and Stenton 	1793-1868	
12 March 1862 	The Earl of Airlie 	1826-1881	
10 May 1864 	The Lord Napier 	1819-1898	
15 October 1864 	H.R.H. The Prince Alfred 	1844-1900	Duke of Edinburgh from 1866
28 July 1865 	The Lord Lovat 	1802-1875	
28 August 1865 	The Earl of Stair 	1819-1903	
24 May 1867 	H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 	1841-1910	King Edward VII from 1901
14 May 1868 	The Duke of Atholl 	1840-1917	
1 March 1869 	The Earl of Southesk 	1827-1905	
24 May 1869 	H.R.H. The Prince Arthur 	1850-1942	Duke of Connaught and Strathearn from 1874
13 May 1870 	The Earl of Minto 	1814-1891	
21 March 1871 	John Campbell styled Marquess of Lorne 	1845-1914	Duke of Argyll from 1900
24 May 1871 	H.R.H. The Prince Leopold 	1853-1884	Duke of Albany from 1881
12 December 1874 	The Lord Colville of Culross 	1818-1903	Viscount Colville of Culross from 1902
29 April 1875 	The Marquess of Bute 	1847-1900	
5 August 1875 	William Montagu-Douglas-Scott styled Earl of Dalkeith	1831-1914	Duke of Buccleuch from 1884
9 December 1876 	Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet 	1818-1878	
22 February 1878 	The Duke of Hamilton 	1845-1895	
22 February 1878 	The Marquess of Lothian 	1833-1900	
30 June 1879 	The Earl of Seafield 	1815-1881	
22 November 1879 	The Duke of Montrose 	1852-1925	
16 March 1881 	The Earl Fife 	1849-1912	Duke of Fife from 1889
17 September 1881	H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge 	1819-1904	
21 November 1881 	The Earl of Dalhousie 	1847-1887	
28 December 1887 	The Earl of Galloway 	1835-1901	
7 December 1891 	The Earl of Crawford 	1847-1913	
5 July 1893 	H.R.H. The Duke of York 	1865-1936	Duke of Cornwall from 1901; Prince of Wales from 1901; King George V from 1910
28 June 1895 	The Earl of Rosebery 	1847-1929	
26 October 1898 	The Marquess of Tweeddale 	1826-1911	
25 February 1899 	The Earl of Home 	1834-1918	
29 March 1900 	The Marquess of Zetland 	1844-1929	
12 July 1900 	The Earl of Hopetoun 	1860-1908	Marquess of Linlithgow from 1902
10 January 1901 	The Lord Balfour of Burleigh 	1849-1921	
1 June 1901 	The Earl of Erroll 	1852-1927	
8 August 1902 	The Duke of Roxburghe 	1876-1932	
8 August 1902 	The Earl of Haddington 	1827-1917	
16 March 1905 	The Earl of Leven 	1835-1906	
27 September 1906	The Earl of Aberdeen 	1847-1934	Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair from 1915
15 May 1908 	The Lord Tweedmouth 	1849-1909	
18 October 1909 	The Lord Hamilton of Dalzell 	1872-1952	
19 June 1911 	The Earl of Mar and Kellie 	1865-1955	
19 June 1911 	The Lord Reay 	1839-1921	
19 May 1913 	The Viscount Haldane 	1856-1928	
15 October 1913 	H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught 	1883-1938	
29 June 1914 	The Lord Kinnaird 	1847-1923	
16 January 1915 	The Lord Lovat 	1871-1933	
20 March 1917 	The Duke of Buccleuch 	1864-1935	
31 July 1917 	Sir Douglas Haig 	1861-1928	Earl Haig from 1919
3 June 1918 	The Duke of Atholl 	1871-1942	
1 October 1921 	The Earl of Crawford 	1871-1940	
23 June 1922 	H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 	1894-1972	King Edward VII from 1936; Prince Edward from 1936; Duke of Windsor from 1937
26 April 1923 	H.R.H. The Duke of York 	1895-1952	King George VI from 1936
16 May 1923 	The Earl of Kintore 	1852-1930	
5 February 1926 	The Viscount Novar 	1860-1934	
9 August 1927 	The Lord Elphinstone 	1869-1955	
4 June 1928 	The Marquess of Linlithgow 	1887-1952	
11 October 1928 	The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 	1855-1944	
11 June 1929 	The Duke of Sutherland 	1888-1963	
11 June 1929 	Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet 	1866-1956	
28 March 1930 	The Earl of Home 	1873-1951	
2 January 1933 	Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet 	1845-1937	
3 June 1933 	H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester 	1900-1974	
3 June 1933 	The Earl of Elgin 	1881-1968	
4 June 1934 	The Earl of Leven 	1890-1947	
4 June 1934 	Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel 	1876-1951	
24 April 1935 	H.R.H. The Duke of Kent 	1902-1942	
11 May 1937 	H.M. The Queen 	1900-2002	Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1952
11 May 1937 	Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet 	1887-1948	
11 May 1937 	The Earl of Stair 	1879-1961	
8 November 1940 	The Marquess of Lothian 	1882-1940	
12 June 1941 	Sir Archibald Sinclair, 4th Baronet 	1890-1970	Viscount Thurso from 1952
11 June 1942 	The Earl of Airlie 	1893-1968	
1 January 1945 	Sir Andrew Cunningham, 1st Baronet 	1883-1963	Baron Cunningham of Hyndhope from 1945; Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope from 1946
17 June 1947 	The Duke of Montrose 	1878-1954	
17 June 1947 	The Earl of Rosebery 	1882-1974	
1 November 1949 	The Duke of Buccleuch 	1894-1973	
8 December 1951 	The Duke of Hamilton 	1903-1973	
8 December 1951 	The Earl of Haddington 	1894-1986	
21 April 1952 	H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh 	1921- 	
22 March 1955 	The Earl of Crawford 	1900-1975	
22 March 1955 	The Lord Bisland 	1892-1970	
8 May 1956 	Sir John Stirling 	1893-1975	
8 May 1956 	The Lord Mathers 	1886-1965	
14 May 1957 	The Lord Kinnaird 	1880-1972	
14 May 1957 	The Lord Rowallan 	1895-1977	
15 October 1962 	H.M. The King of Norway 	1903-1991	
16 October 1962 	The Earl of Home 	1903-1995	Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963; Baron Home of the Hirsel from 1974
12 March 1963 	Sir Robert Gordon Menzies 	1894-1978	
25 June 1965 	Sir James Wilson Robertson 	1899-1983	
12 April 1966 	The Earl of Wemyss 	1912-2008	
18 February 1969 	The Lord Reith 	1889-1971	
18 February 1969 	Sir Charles Maclean, 11th Baronet 	1916-1990	Baron Maclean from 1971
26 April 1971 	Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor 	1889-1981	
26 April 1971 	The Earl of Dalhousie 	1914-1999	
30 November 1972 	Sir Robert Forbes-Leith, 2nd Baronet 	1902-1973	
30 November 1972 	The Lord Clydesmuir 	1917-1996	
26 April 1973 	The Viscount Muirshiel 	1905-1992	
30 November 1973 	Lord Birsay 	1905-1982	
30 November 1973 	Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel 	1910-2004	
30 November 1974 	The Lord Ballantrae 	1911-1980	
30 November 1976 	The Earl of Selkirk 	1906-1994	
30 November 1976 	The Lord McFadzean 	1903-1996	
11 February 1977 	H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 	1948- 	
30 November 1978 	Lord Cameron 	1900-1996	
30 November 1978 	The Duke of Buccleuch 	1923-2007	
30 November 1981 	The Earl of Elgin 	1924- 	
30 November 1981 	The Lord Thomson of Monifieth 	1921-2008	
30 November 1983 	The Lord Maclehose of Beoch 	1917-2000	
30 November 1983 	The Lord Cameron of Balhousie 	1920-1985	
29 November 1985 	The Earl of Airlie 	1926- 	
29 November 1986 	Sir Iain Tennant 	1919-2006	
30 November 1990 	The Viscount Whitelaw 	1918-1999	
30 November 1993 	Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet 	1911-1996	
30 November 1995 	The Lord Younger of Prestwick 	1931-2003	Viscount Younger of Leckie from 1997
29 November 1996 	The Viscount of Arbuthnott 	1924-2012	
29 November 1996 	The Earl of Crawford 	1927- 	
29 November 1996 	Lady Marion Fraser 	1932- 	
29 November 1996 	The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden 	1926- 	
27 November 1997 	The Lord Mackay of Clashfern 	1927- 	
30 November 2000 	H.R.H. The Princess Royal 	1950- 	
30 November 2000 	The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn 	1935- 	
30 November 2002 	The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood 	1941- 	
30 November 2002 	Sir William Anderson 	1936- 	
1 December 2004 	The Lord Steel of Aikwood 	1938- 	
1 December 2004 	The Lord Robertson of Port Ellen 	1946- 	
30 November 2007 	The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk 	1935- 	
30 November 2007 	William Garth Morrison 	1943-2013	
30 November 2009 	The Lord Hope of Craighead 	1938- 	
30 November 2009 	The Lord Patel 	1938- 	
25 May 2012 	H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge 	1982- 	
30 November 2013 	The Earl of Home 	1943- 	
30 November 2013 	The Lord Smith of Kelvin 	1944-