List of Knights and Ladies of The Thistle - Twentieth Century

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, 10th Baronet 1866–1956 1929 Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home 1873–1951 1930 Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet 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 1924–2012 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