thumb|List of Knights of the Thistle, [[St Giles' Cathedral]]
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle was founded in 1687. Dates shown are for election or installation. Probably incomplete.
Seventeenth century
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Arms
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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! S1
| 75px
| 75px
| James VII
| 1633–1701
| 1687
| Sovereign of the order upon establishing it
|-
! 1
| 75px
| 75px
| James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
| 1648–1716
|rowspan=8|1687
|rowspan=8|Founder knight
|-
! 2
| 75px
| 75px
| George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon
| 1649–1716
|-
! 3
| 75px
| 75px
| John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl
| 1631–1703
|-
! 4
| 75px
| 75px
| James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
| 1658–1712
|-
! 5
|
| 75px
| Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth
| 1661–1701
|-
! 6
| 75px
| 75px
| John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort
| 1650–1715
|-
! 7
| 75px
| 75px
| George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton
| 1635–1692
|-
! 8
|
| 75px
| |Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray
| 1634–1701
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! S2
| 75px
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| Mary II
| 1662–1694
|rowspan=2|1688
|rowspan=2|Nominally sovereign upon accession
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! S3
| 75px
| 75px
| William II
| 1650–1702
|}
Anne (1702–1714)
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8" id="Knights Founder"
! S4
| 75px
| Anne
| 1665–1714
| 1702
| Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne
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! 9
| 75px
| John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
| 1680–1743
|rowspan=8|1704
| Resigned 1710 when made KG
|-
! 10
| 75px
| John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
| 1659–1724
|
|-
! 11
| 75px
| William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
|d. 1721
|
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! 12
| 75px
| James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
| 1674–1705
|
|-
! 13
| 75px
| George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
|1666–1737
|
|-
! 14
| 75px
| James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
| 1663–1730
|
|-
! 15
| 75px
|William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian
| 1661–1722
|
|-
! 16
| 75px
|Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery
| 1674–1731
|
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! 17
| 75px
| John Erskine, Earl of Mar
| 1675–1732
| 1706
| Degraded in 1715
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! 18
| 75px
|Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun
| d. 1731
| 1706
|
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! 19
| 75px
| John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
| 1673–1747
| 1710
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! 20
| 75px
| David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore
| 1656–1730
| 1713
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|}
George I (1714–1727)
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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! S5
| 75px
| George I
| 1660–1727
| 1714
| Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne
|-
! 21
| 75px
| John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland
| 1661–1733
| 1716
|
|-
! 22
| 75px
|William Cadogan, 1st Baron Cadogan
| 1670–1726
| 1716
| Later Earl Cadogan
|-
! 23
| 75px
| Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington
| 1680–1735
| 1717
|
|-
! 24
| 75px
| Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville
| 1674–1722
| 1721
|
|-
! 25
| 75px
| Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
| 1695–1751
| 1725
| Later 2nd Duke of Buccleuch
|-
! 26
| 75px
|William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex
| 1697–1743
| 1725
| Resigned 1738 when made KG
|-
! 27
| 75px
| Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont
| 1676–1740
| 1725
|
|-
! 28
| 75px
| James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
| 1703–1743
| 1726
|
|}
George II (1727–1760)
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
! S6
| 75px
| George II
| 1683–1760
| 1727
| Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne
|-
! 29
| 75px
| Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville
| 1697–1753
| 1730
|
|-
! 30
| 75px
| Charles Stuart, 6th Earl of Moray
| 1660–1735
| 1731
|
|-
! 31
| 75px
| Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore
| 1700–1785
| 1732
|
|-
! 32
| 75px
| James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
| 1690–1764
| 1734
| Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
|-
! 33
| 75px
| William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian
| 1690–1767
| 1734
| Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
|-
! 34
| 75px
| James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
| 1703–1768
| 1738
|
|-
! 35
| 75px
| John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
| 1713–1792
| 1738
| Resigned 1762 when made KG
|-
! 36
| 75px
| Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun
| 1681–1742
| 1738
|
|-
! 37
| 75px
| Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley
| 1716–1755
| 1739
| Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire
|-
! 38
| 75px
| James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray
| 1708–1767
| 1741
|
|-
! 39
| 75px
|John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford
| 1701–1767
| 1742
| Envoy Extraordinary to Prussia
|-
! 40
| 75px
| Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart
| 1707–1770
| 1743
|
|-
! 41
| 75px
| Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon
| 1720–1752
| 1748
|
|-
! 42
| 75px
| William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair
| 1699–1768
| 1752
|
|-
! 43
| 75px
| Francis Greville, 1st Earl Brooke
| 1719–1773
| 1753
| Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire
|-
! 44
| 75px
| John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes
| 1698–1767
| 1753
| Governor of Duncannon
|-
! 45
| 75px
| James Douglas-Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton
| 1724–1758
| 1755
|
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George III (1760–1820)
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
! S7
| 75px
| George III
| 1738–1820
| 1760
| Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne
|-
! 46
| 75px
| Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart
| 1721–1776
| 1763
|
|-
! 47
| 75px
|William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March
| 1725–1810
| 1763
| Later 5th Duke of Queensberry
|-
! 48
| 75px
| John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll
| 1693–1770
| 1765
| Colonel of the 2nd (Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons
|-
! 49
| 75px
| Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch
| 1746–1812
| 1767
| Resigned 1794 when made KG
|-
! 50
| 75px
| John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl
| 1729–1774
| 1767
| Former Lord of Mann
|-
! 51
| 75px
|Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
| 1748–1825
| 1767
| Resigned 1793, made KG
|-
! 52
| 75px
| William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian
| 1710–1775
| 1768
| Colonel of the 11th Regiment of Dragoons
|-
! 53
| 75px
| David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont
| 1727–1796
| 1768
| Later 2nd Earl of Mansfield
|-
! 54
| 75px
| John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe
| 1740–1804
| 1768
| Lord of the Bedchamber
|-
! 55
| 75px
|The Prince William Henry
| 1765–1837
| 1770
| Later Duke of Clarence and St Andrews and William IV, later still King
|-
! 56
| 75px
|Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery
| 1729–1814
| 1771
|
|-
! 57
| 75px
|Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington
| 1747–1786
| 1773
| Teller of the Exchequer
|-
! 58
| 75px
| Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
| 1743–1827
| 1775
|
|-
! 59
| 75px
| John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway
| 1736–1806
| 1775
|
|-
! 60
| 75px
|William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian
| 1737–1815
| 1776
|
|-
! 61
| 75px
| Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
| 1756–1799
| 1786
|
|-
! 62
| 75px
| Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury
| 1739–1814
| 1786
| Lord Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte
|-
! 63
| 75px
| James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
| 1755–1836
| 1793
| Resigned 1812 when made KG
|-
! 64
| 75px
| John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett
| 1756–1819
| 1794
| Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
|-
! 65
| 75px
| George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton
| 1761–1827
| 1797
| Lord Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte
|-
! 66
| 75px
| John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
| 1755–1830
| 1800
| Grand Master of the Antient Grand Lodge of England
|-
! 67
| 75px
| William Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart
| 1755–1843
| 1805
| Later Earl Cathcart
|-
! 68
| 75px
| George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
| 1784–1860
| 1808
| Prime Minister 1852–1855
|-
! 69
| 75px
| Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch
| 1772–1819
| 1812
|rowspan=5|Appointed by the Prince Regent
|-
! 70
| 75px
|Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton
| 1739–1819
| 1812
|-
! 71
| 75px
| George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway
| 1768–1834
| 1814
|-
! 72
| 75px
| Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny
| 1755–1843
| 1814
|-
! 73
| 75px
| Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
| 1750–1823
| 1815
|-
! 74
| 75px
| Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury
| 1773–1856
| 1819
| Appointed by the Prince Regent. Later Marquess of Ailesbury.
|}
George IV (1820–1830)
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | N°
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Image
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
! S8
| 75px
| George IV
| 1762–1830
| 1820
| Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne
|-
! 75
| 75px
| William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian
| 1763–1824
| 1820
| Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire and Midlothian
|-
! 76
| 75px
| George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale
| 1787–1876
| 1820
| Pro-Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
|-
! 77
| 75px
|Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis
| 1770–1846
| 1821
| Later Marquess of Ailsa
|-
! 78
| 75px
| James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
| 1759–1839
| 1821
| Former Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
|-
! 79
| 75px
| Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
| 1771–1851
| 1821
| First Lord of the Admiralty
|-
! 80
| 75px
|Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry
| 1777–1837
| 1821
| Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries
|-
! 81
| 75px
| George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne
| 1761–1853
| 1827
| Later 9th Marquess of Huntly
|-
! 82
| 75px
| Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick
| 1779–1853
| 1827
| Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire
|-
! 83
| 75px
|James Duff, 4th Earl Fife
| 1776–1857
| 1827
| Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire
|-
! 84
| 75px
| Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray
| 1771–1848
| 1827
| Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire
|-
! 85
| 75px
| The Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
| 1773–1843
| 1830
| Son of George III
|-
! 86
| 75px
| Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
| 1806–1884
| 1830
| Resigned 1835 when made KG
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William IV (1830–1837)
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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! 87
| 75px
| William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll
| 1801–1846
| 1834
| Master of the Horse to Queen Adelaide
|-
! 88
| 75px
| David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield
| 1777–1840
| 1835
| Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire
|}
Victoria (1837–1901)
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | N°
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Image
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
! S9
| 75px
| Victoria
| 1819–1901
| 1837
| Became sovereign of the order upon accession to the throne
|-
! 89
| 75px
| John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane
| 1796–1862
| 1838
| Former Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
|-
! 90
| 75px
|James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe
| 1816–1879
| 1840
|
|-
! 91
| 75px
| Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery
| 1783–1868
| 1840
|
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E1
| 75px
| Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
| 1819–1861
| 1842
| Consort of Queen Victoria
|-
! 92
| 75px
| William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
| 1806–1898
| 1843
|
|-
! 93
| 75px
| John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute
| 1793–1848
| 1843
| Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire and Glamorgan
|-
! 94
| 75px
| James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose
| 1799–1874
| 1845
| Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire and former Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
|-
! 95
| 75px
| John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair
| 1771–1853
| 1847
| Former Colonel of the 92nd Regiment of Foot
|-
! 96
| 75px
| James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
| 1811–1863
| 1847
| Viceroy of India
|-
! 97
| 75px
| James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie
| 1812–1860
| 1848
| Later Marquess of Dalhousie<br>Viceroy of India
|-
! 98
| 75px
| Robert Dundas Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown
| 1785–1859
| 1848
|
|-
! 99
| 75px
| Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun
| 1785–1853
| 1852
| Colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
|-
! 100
| 75px
| Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton
| 1780–1858
| 1853
| Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
|-
! 101
| 75px
| Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington
| 1780–1858
| 1853
| Former First Lord of the Admiralty
|-
! 102
| 75px
| Fox Maule Ramsay, 1st Baron Panmure
| 1801–1874
| 1853
| Later 11th Earl of Dalhousie
|-
! 103
| 75px
| George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl
| 1814–1864
| 1853
| Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
|-
! 104
| 75px
| George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
| 1823–1900
| 1856
| Postmaster General
|-
! 105
| 75px
| George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird
| 1807–1878
| 1857
| Former Master of the Buckhounds
|-
! 106
| 75px
| Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa
| 1816–1870
| 1859
|
|-
! 107
| 75px
| James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
| 1814–1879
| 1860
| Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire
|-
! 108
| 75px
| Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland
| 1795–1873
| 1861
| Resigned 1872 when made KG
|-
! 109
| 75px
| Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton
| 1793–1868
| 1861
|
|-
! 110
| 75px
| David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie
| 1826–1881
| 1862
|
|-
! 111
| 75px
| Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier
| 1819–1898
| 1864
| Ambassador to Prussia
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E2
| 75px
| The Prince Alfred Ernest Albert
| 1844–1900
| 1864
| Later Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
|-
! 112
| 75px
| Thomas Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat
| 1802–1875
| 1865
| Lord Lieutenant of Inverness
|-
! 113
| 75px
| John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair
| 1819–1903
| 1865
| Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E3
| 75px
| The Prince Albert Edward, Duke of Rothesay
| 1841–1910
| 1867
| Son of Queen Victoria, later King Edward VII
|-
! 114
| 75px
| John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl
| 1840–1917
| 1868
|
|-
! 115
| 75px
| James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk
| 1827–1905
| 1869
| Former Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E4
| 75px
| The Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert
| 1850–1942
| 1869
| Son of Queen Victoria, later Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
|-
! 116
| 75px
| William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto
| 1814–1891
| 1870
|
|-
! 117
| 75px
| John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne
| 1845–1914
| 1871
| Later 9th Duke of Argyll
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E5
| 75px
| The Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert
| 1853–1884
| 1871
| Son of Queen Victoria, later Duke of Albany
|-
! 118
| 75px
| Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross
| 1818–1903
| 1874
| Later Viscount Colville of Culross
|-
! 119
| 75px
| John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
| 1847–1900
| 1875
|
|-
! 120
| 75px
| William Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
| 1831–1914
| 1875
| Later 6th Duke of Buccleuch
|-
! 121
| 75px
| Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet
| 1818–1878
| 1876
| Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
|-
! 122
| 75px
| William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton
| 1845–1895
| 1878
|
|-
! 123
| 75px
| Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian
| 1833–1900
| 1878
| Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
|-
! 124
| 75px
| John Ogilvy-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield
| 1815–1881
| 1879
|
|-
! 125
| 75px
| Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose
| 1852–1925
| 1879
|
|-
! 126
| 75px
| Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
| 1849–1912
| 1881
| Later Duke of Fife and son-in-law of Queen Victoria
|-
! 127
| 75px
| John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie
| 1847–1887
| 1881
|
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E6
| 75px
| Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
| 1819–1904
| 1881
| Agnatic first cousin of Queen Victoria
|-
! 128
| 75px
| Alan Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway
| 1835–1901
| 1888
|
|-
! 129
| 75px
| James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
| 1847–1913
| 1891
| Former President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E7
| 75px
| Prince George, Duke of York
| 1865–1936
| 1893
| Grandson of Queen Victoria, later King George V
|-
! 130
| 75px
| Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
| 1847–1929
| 1895
| Prime Minister 1894–1895
|-
! 131
| 75px
| William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale
| 1826–1911
| 1898
|
|-
! 132
| 75px
| Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home
| 1834–1918
| 1899
| Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire
|-
! 133
| 75px
| Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland
| 1844–1929
| 1900
| Former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
|-
! 134
| 75px
| John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
| 1860–1908
| 1900
| Later Marquess of Linlithgow
|}
Edward VII (1901–1910)
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|+Edward VII (1901–1910)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | N°
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Image
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! 135
| 75px
| Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh
| 1849–1921
| 1901
| Secretary for Scotland
|-
! 136
| 75px
|Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll
| 1852–1927
| 1901
|
|-
! 137
| 75px
| Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe
| 1876–1932
| 1902
|
|-
! 138
| 75px
| George Baillie-Hamilton-Arden, 11th Earl of Haddington
| 1827–1917
| 1902
| Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian
|-
! 139
| 75px
| Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven
| 1835–1906
| 1905
| Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
|-
! 140
| 75px
| John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen
| 1847–1934
| 1906
| Later Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
|-
! 141
| 75px
| Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
| 1849–1909
| 1908
| Lord President of the Council
|-
! 142
| 75px
| Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
| 1872–1952
| 1909
|
|}
George V (1910–1936)
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|+George V (1910–1936)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | N°
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Image
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! 143
| 75px
| Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar
| 1865–1955
| 1911
| Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire
|-
! 144
| 75px
| Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay
| 1839–1921
| 1911
| Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire and former Governor of Bombay
|-
! 145
| 75px
| Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
| 1856–1928
| 1913
| Lord High Chancellor
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E8
| 75px
| Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught
| 1883–1938
| 1913
| Governor-General of South Africa, husband of the 2nd Duchess of Fife
|-
! 146
| 75px
| Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird
| 1847–1923
| 1914
|
|-
! 147
| 75px
| Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat
| 1871–1933
| 1915
|
|-
! 148
| 75px
| John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
| 1864–1935
| 1917
| Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries
|-
! 149
| 75px
| Douglas Haig
| 1861–1928
| 1917
| Later Earl Haig
|-
! 150
| 75px
| John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl
| 1871–1942
| 1918
| Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire
|-
! 151
| 75px
| David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
| 1871–1940
| 1921
| First Commissioner of Works
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E9
| 75px
| The Prince Edward, Duke of Rothesay
| 1894–1972
| 1922
| Son of King George V, later King Edward VIII
|-
! 152
| 75px
| John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute
| 1881–1947
| 1922
| Former Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E10
| 75px
| The Prince Albert, Duke of York
| 1895–1952
| 1923
| Son of King George V, later King George VI
|-
! 153
| 75px
| Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
| 1852–1930
| 1923
| Former Governor of South Australia
|-
! 154
| 75px
| Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar
| 1860–1934
| 1926
| Former Governor-General of Australia
|-
! 155
| 75px
| Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone
| 1869–1955
| 1927
| Former Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
|-
! 156
| 75px
| Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
| 1887–1952
| 1928
| Viceroy of India
|-
! 157
| 75px
| Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
| 1855–1944
| 1928
| Lord Lieutenant of Angus
|-
! 158
| 75px
| George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland
| 1888–1963
| 1929
| Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland
|-
! 159
| 75px
| Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet
| 1866–1956
| 1929
|
|-
! 160
| 75px
| Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home
| 1873–1951
| 1930
| Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire
|-
! 161
| 75px
| Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet
| 1845–1937
| 1933
| Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E11
| 75px
| The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
| 1900–1974
| 1933
| Son of King George V
|-
! 162
| 75px
| Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin
| 1881–1968
| 1933
| Former Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
|-
! 163
| 75px
| Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven
| 1890–1947
| 1934
|
|-
! 164
| 75px
| Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel
| 1876–1951
| 1934
|
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E12
| 75px
| 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.
George VI (1936–1952)
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|+George VI (1936–1952)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | N°
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Image
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
! E13
| 75px
| Queen Elizabeth
| 1900–2002
| 1937
| Consort of King George VI
|-
! 165
| 75px
| Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet
| 1887–1948
| 1937
| Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire
|-
! 166
| 75px
| John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair
| 1879–1961
| 1937
| Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown
|-
! 167
| 75px
| Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian
| 1882–1940
| 1940
| British Ambassador to the United States
|-
! 168
| 75px
| Sir Archibald Sinclair, 4th Baronet
| 1890–1970
| 1940
| Later Viscount Thurso
|-
! 169
| 75px
| David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
| 1893–1968
| 1942
| Lord Chamberlain to The Queen
|-
! 170
| 75px
| Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
| 1883–1963
| 1945
| First Sea Lord
|-
! 171
| 75px
| James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose
| 1878–1954
| 1947
| Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire
|-
! 172
| 75px
| Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery
| 1882–1974
| 1947
| Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian
|-
! 173
| 75px
| Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch
| 1894–1973
| 1949
| Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire and former Lord Steward
|-
! 174
| 75px
| Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
| 1903–1973
| 1951
| Lord Steward
|-
! 175
| 75px
| George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington
| 1894–1986
| 1951
| Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian
|}
Elizabeth II (1952–2022)
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|+ Elizabeth II (1952–2022)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | N°
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Image
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Life
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
! S9
| 75px
| Elizabeth II
| 1924–2012
| 1996
| Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire
|-
! 210
| 75px
| Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford
| b. 1982
| 2012
| Grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2020 and 2021
|-
! 223
| 75px
| David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home
| 1943–2022
| 2014
|
|-
! 224
| 75px
| Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin
| b. 1944
| 2014
| Former Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation
|-
! 225
| 75px
| Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch
| b. 1954
| 2017
| Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
|-
! 226
| 75px
| Sir Ian Wood
| b. 1942
| 2018
|
|-
! 227
| 75px
| Lady Elish Angiolini
| b. 1960
| 2022
| Former Lord Advocate
|-
! 228
| 75px
| Sir George Reid
| Consort of King Charles III
|-bgcolor="#CCECFF"
!E20
| 75px
| 75px
| The Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
| b. 1964
| 2024
| Brother of King Charles III, twice Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
|-
!229
| 75px
| 75px
| Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome
| b. 1961
| 2024
|
|-
!230
| 75px
| 75px
| Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
| b. 1950
| 2024
|
|-
!231
| 75px
| 75px
| Sir Geoff Palmer
| 1940–2025
| 2024
|
|}
See also
- List of knights and ladies of the Garter
- List of knights of St Patrick
- List of knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath
- List of knights and dames grand cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- List of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire