| Name |
Life |
Date |
Notes |
[edit] 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 Douglas, 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 Dunbarton |
1635-1692 |
1687 |
|
| Alexander Stewart, 5th Earl of Moray |
1634-1701 |
1687 |
|
[edit] 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 Johnston, 1st Marquess of Annandale |
d. 1721 |
1704 |
|
| James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith |
1674-1705 |
1704 |
|
| George 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, 23rd 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 Douglas-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 George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon |
1720-1752 |
1748 |
|
| William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries |
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 Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart |
1721-1776 |
1763 |
|
| William Douglas, 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 |
| William Henry 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 |
|
| Prince William Henry |
1765-1837 |
1770 |
Later 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 John 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 |
|
[edit] Nineteenth Century
|
| William Schaw Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart |
1755-1843 |
1805 |
Later Earl Cathcart |
| George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen |
1784-1860 |
1808 |
|
| Charles William Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch |
1772-1819 |
1812 |
|
| Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Montgomerie |
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 Saunders-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 Richard Greville, 3rd Earl Brooke |
1779-1853 |
1827 |
|
| James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife |
1776-1857 |
1827 |
|
| Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray |
1771-1848 |
1827 |
|
| Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex |
1773-1843 |
1830 |
|
| Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch |
1806-1884 |
1830 |
Resigned 1835 when made KG |
| William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll |
1801-1846 |
1834 |
|
| David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield |
1777-1840 |
1835 |
|
| John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane |
1796-1862 |
1838 |
|
| James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe |
1816-1879 |
1840 |
|
| Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery |
1783-1868 |
1840 |
|
| HRH Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
1819-1861 |
1842 |
|
| William David 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 Hamilton 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 George Fraser, 16th 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 Augustus Frederick John Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl |
1814-1864 |
1853 |
|
| George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll |
1823-1900 |
1856 |
|
| George William Fox Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird |
1807-1878 |
1857 |
|
| Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa |
1816-1870 |
1859 |
|
| James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife |
1814-1879 |
1860 |
|
| Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland |
1795-1873 |
1861 |
Resigned 1872 when made KG |
| Robert Montgomery Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton |
1793-1868 |
1861 |
|
| David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie |
1826-1881 |
1862 |
|
| Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier |
1819-1898 |
1864 |
|
| HRH Prince Alfred Ernest Albert |
1844-1900 |
1864 |
Later Duke of Edinburgh |
| Thomas Alexander Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat |
1802-1875 |
1865 |
|
| John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair |
1819-1903 |
1865 |
|
| HRH Albert Edward, Prince of Wales |
1841-1910 |
1867 |
Later Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom |
| John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl |
1840-1917 |
1868 |
|
| James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk |
1827-1905 |
1869 |
|
| HRH Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert |
1850-1942 |
1869 |
Later Duke of Connaught |
| William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto |
1814-1891 |
1870 |
|
| John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne |
1845-1914 |
1871 |
Later 9th Duke of Argyll |
| HRH Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert |
1853-1884 |
1871 |
Later Duke of Albany |
| Charles John 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 Henry Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith |
1831-1914 |
1875 |
Later 6th Duke of Buccleuch |
| William Stirling-Maxwell |
1818-1878 |
1876 |
|
| William Alexander Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton |
1845-1895 |
1878 |
|
| Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian |
1833-1900 |
1878 |
|
| John Charles Ogilvy-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield |
1815-1881 |
1879 |
|
| Douglas Beresford Malise Ronald Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose |
1852-1925 |
1879 |
|
| Alexander William George Duff, 6th Earl of Fife |
1849-1912 |
1881 |
|
| John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie |
1847-1887 |
1881 |
|
| HRH Prince George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge |
1819-1904 |
1881 |
|
| Alan Plantagenet Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway |
1835-1901 |
1888 |
|
| James Ludovic 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 Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery |
1847-1929 |
1895 |
|
| William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale |
1826-1911 |
1898 |
|
| Charles Alexander Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home |
1834-1918 |
1899 |
|
| Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland |
1844-1929 |
1900 |
|
| John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun |
1860-1908 |
1900 |
Later Marquess of Linlithgow |
[edit] Twentieth Century
|
| Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh |
1849-1921 |
1901 |
|
| Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll |
1852-1927 |
1901 |
|
| Henry John Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe |
1876-1932 |
1902 |
|
| George Baillie-Hamilton, 11th Earl of Haddington |
1827-1917 |
1902 |
|
| Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven |
1835-1906 |
1905 |
|
| John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen |
1847-1934 |
1906 |
Later Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair |
| Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth |
1849-1909 |
1908 |
|
| Gavin George Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell |
1872-1952 |
1909 |
|
| Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar and Kellie |
1865-1955 |
1911 |
|
| Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay |
1839-1921 |
1911 |
|
| Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane |
1856-1928 |
1913 |
|
| HRH Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught |
1883-1938 |
1913 |
|
| Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird |
1847-1923 |
1914 |
|
| Simon Joseph Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat |
1871-1933 |
1915 |
|
| John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch |
1864-1935 |
1917 |
|
| Douglas Haig |
1861-1928 |
1917 |
Later Earl Haig |
| John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl |
1871-1942 |
1918 |
|
| David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford |
1871-1940 |
1921 |
|
| HRH 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 Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York |
1895-1952 |
1923 |
Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom |
| Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore |
1852-1930 |
1923 |
|
| Ronald Crauford Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar |
1860-1934 |
1926 |
|
| Sidney Herbert Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone |
1869-1955 |
1927 |
|
| Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow |
1887-1952 |
1928 |
|
| Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
1855-1944 |
1928 |
|
| George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland |
1888-1963 |
1929 |
|
| John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell |
1866-1956 |
1929 |
|
| Charles Cospatrick Archibald 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 James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin |
1881-1968 |
1933 |
|
| Archibald Alexander Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven |
1890-1947 |
1934 |
|
| Donald Walter Cameron |
1876-1951 |
1934 |
|
| HRH Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent |
1902-1942 |
1935 |
|
| HM Queen Elizabeth |
1900-2002 |
1937 |
|
| Iain Colquhoun |
1887-1948 |
1937 |
|
| John James Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair |
1879-1961 |
1937 |
|
| Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian |
1882-1940 |
1940 |
|
| Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair |
1890-1970 |
1940 |
Later Viscount Thurso |
| David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie |
1893-1968 |
1942 |
|
| Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham |
1883-1963 |
1945 |
|
| James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose |
1878-1954 |
1947 |
|
| Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery |
1882-1974 |
1947 |
|
| Walter John 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 |
|
| Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
b. 1921 |
1952 |
|
| Alexander Steven Bilsland, 1st Baron Bilsland |
1892-1970 |
1955 |
|
| David Alexander Robert 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 Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan |
1895-1977 |
1957 |
|
| Olaf 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 Gordon Menzies |
1894-1978 |
1963 |
|
| James Wilson Robertson |
1899-1983 |
1965 |
|
| Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and March |
b. 1912 |
1966 |
|
| John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith |
1889-1971 |
1968 |
|
| Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean |
1916-1990 |
1969 |
|
| Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie |
1914-1999 |
1971 |
|
| Richard Nugent O'Connor |
1889-1981 |
1971 |
|
| Ronald John Bilsland Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir |
1917-1996 |
1972 |
|
| Robert Ian Algernon Forbes-Leith |
1902-1973 |
1972 |
|
| Harald Robert Leslie, Baron Birsay |
1905-1982 |
1973 |
|
| John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel |
1905-1992 |
1973 |
|
| Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel |
1910-2004 |
1973 |
|
| Bernard Edward Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae |
1911-1980 |
1974 |
|
| George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk |
1906-1994 |
1976 |
|
| William Hunter MacFadzean, Baron MacFadzean |
1903-1996 |
1976 |
|
| HRH Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales |
b. 1948 |
1977 |
|
| John Cameron, Baron Cameron |
1900-1996 |
1978 |
|
| Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch |
b. 1923 |
1978 |
|
| Andrew Douglas Alexander Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin |
b. 1924 |
1981 |
|
| George Morgan Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth |
b. 1921 |
1981 |
|
| Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie |
1920-1985 |
1983 |
|
| Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch |
1917-2000 |
1983 |
|
| David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie |
b. 1926 |
1985 |
|
| Iain Mark Tennant |
1919-2006 |
1986 |
|
| William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw |
1918-1999 |
1990 |
|
| Fitzroy Hew Maclean |
1911-1996 |
1993 |
|
| George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie |
1931-2003 |
1995 |
|
| John Campbell Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott |
b. 1924 |
1996 |
|
| Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford |
b. 1927 |
1996 |
|
| Lady Marion Anne Fraser |
b. 1932 |
1996 |
|
| Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden |
b. 1926 |
1996 |
|
| James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern |
b. 1927 |
1997 |
|
| HRH Anne, Princess Royal |
b. 1950 |
2000 |
|
| David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn |
b. 1935 |
2000 |
|
[edit] Twenty-First Century
|
| Stewart Ross Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood |
b. 1941 |
2002 |
|
| William Eric Kinloch Anderson |
b. 1936 |
2002 |
|
| David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood |
b. 1938 |
2004 |
|
| George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen |
b. 1946 |
2004 |
|
