List of Knights and Ladies of The Thistle - Eighteenth Century

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