- Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned these titles shortly before his marriage. At the time of his engagement he was known as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. In 1947, he married Princess Elizabeth, the heiress to King George VI. - Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. However, she is more directly involved with the United Kingdom, where the Royal Family resides, and the Monarchy is historically indigenous. Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, … - Prince Arthur Of Connaught
Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert; 13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. Prince Arthur held the title of a British prince with the style "His Royal Highness". He also served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 20 November 1920 to 3 December 1923. - Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (27 January 1773 - 21 April 1843), was the sixth son of George III and his consort, Queen Charlotte. He was the only surviving son of George III who did not pursue an army or naval career. - Alexander Duff 1st Duke of Fife
Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, KG, KT, GCB, GCVO, PC (10 November 1849-12 January 1912), styled Viscount Macduff between 1857 and 1879 and The Earl Fife between 1879 and 1889, was a Scottish peer who married Princess Louise of Wales, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Queen Alexandra. - Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving eighteen and a half years. He had a rapid rise to power, but his first term as Prime Minister was a failure. He spent eight years in opposition, during which he founded the Liberal Party. He was re-elected Prime Minister at the 1949 elections, … - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth, was the Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952. After her husband's death, she was known as "Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother", to avoid confusion with her daughter, Elizabeth II. Before her husband ascended the throne, from 1923 to 1936 she was known as the Duchess of York. She was the last Queen of Ireland and Empress of India. - George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG KT FRS PC (28 January 1784 - 14 December 1860) was a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative & Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855. - Stewart Sutherland Baron Sutherland of Houndwood
Stewart Ross Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood, KT, FRSE, FBA (born 25 February 1941) is a Scottish academic and public servant. Educated at the University of Aberdeen and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he was appointed assistant lecturer in Philosophy at the University College of North Wales, and three years later returned to Scotland as a lecturer at the University of Stirling. - Richard O'Connor
Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, KT, GCB, DSO, MC, ADC (21 August 1889 - 17 June 1981) was a British Army general who commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of World War II. He was the field commander for Operation Compass, in which his forces completely destroyed a much larger Italian army - a victory which nearly drove the Axis from Africa entirely, and in turn, … - Fitzroy MacLean
Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle MacLean of Dunconnel, 1st Baronet of Strachur and Glensluain was a Scottish diplomat, soldier, adventurer, writer and politician. In "Eastern Approaches", MacLean recounted his extraordinary adventures in Soviet Central Asia, and in the Western Desert Campaign, where he specialized in commando raids behind enemy lines. It has been speculated that Ian Fleming used Maclean as one of his inspirations for James Bond. - John Stirling
Sir John Stirling, KT, MBE, TD (16 September 1893 – 21 March 1975) was a Scottish soldier and politician. The eldest son of William Stirling of Fairburn, he was educated at Harrow School and at Magdalen College, Oxford. He served with the Lovat Scouts from 1914–1935, and was awarded the MBE in 1919. He was a Member of Ross and Cromarty County Council from 1919–1970, serving as Convener from 1935–1961. - Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl of Berkeley
Lt.-Col. Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley KT (February 18 1715/16 - January 9 1755), was the son of Vice-Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley and Lady Louisa Lennox. He was made an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards in November 1734, and succeeded his father on August 17, 1736 as 4th Earl of Berkeley, 12th Baron Berkeley and 4th Viscount Dursley. In 1737, he was created Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Constable of St. Briavel's Castle, … - David Steel
David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC (born 31 March 1938) is a British and Scottish politician and a Liberal Democrat member of the UK House of Lords. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its 1988 merger with the Social Democratic Party that formed the Liberal Democrats, and was briefly joint interim leader of the new party, then known as the Social and Liberal Democrats. - Iain Tennant
Sir Iain Mark Tennant KT FRSA (11 March 1919-25 September 2006) was a Scottish businessman. Born in North Berwick, Tennant was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards from 1940 to 1942, and was an intelligence officer with 201 Guards' Brigade. He was captured at the surrender of Tobruk and was a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany until 1945. - Henry Scott 3rd Duke of Buccleuch
Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry (2 September 1746 - 11 January 1812), was a Scottish nobleman. Scott was the eldest son of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith and his wife, Caroline. He succeeded his grandfather as Duke of Buccleuch in 1751. He was educated at Eton College and through his step-father Charles Townshend, was able to travel abroad with Adam Smith as his tutor from 1764 to 1766. - Thomas Dundas 2nd Earl of Zetland
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, Baron Dundas of Aske, co.York, and a Baronet, KG (5 February 1795 - 6 May 1873) was a British nobleman and politician. Born in Marylebone, London, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1818 he was elected Whig Member of Parliament for his father and grandfather's old seat of Richmond, becoming representative for York twelve years later. In 1835 he returned to Parliament as member for Richmond, … - Marion Fraser
Lady Marion Anne Fraser, LT (born 17 October 1932) is a figure of note in Scotland, particularly in church and music circles. She was educated at Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar School, Glasgow, at the University of Glasgow, and at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She is married to Sir William Kerr Fraser, former Permanent Secretary at the Scottish Office. She was Her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1994 and 1995. - David Wilson Baron Wilson of Tillyorn
David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, KT, GCMG (born 14 February 1935) was a British administrator, diplomat and Sinologist. Lord Wilson of Tillyorn was the second to last Commander-in-Chief and 27th Governor of Hong Kong (from 1987 to 1992). - John Murray 1st Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl KT, PC (24 February 1660-14 November 1724) was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He was born in 1660 to the 2nd Earl of Atholl and his wife, the former Lady Amelia Stanley. His maternal grandparents were the 7th Earl of Derby and the Countess of Derby. He was styled Lord Inverary until 1676, when his father (who had also succeeded as 5th Earl of Tullibardine in 1670) was created Marquess of Atholl, … - Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Consort
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was the only husband of a British queen regnant to have formally held the title of Prince Consort. Upon Queen Victoria's death in 1901, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha succeeded the House of Hanover on the British throne. - Anne Royal Anne Princess Royal
The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family and the only daughter of Elizabeth II. She is the seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, and is currently ninth in the line of succession to the British Throne. At the time of her birth, she was third in line, but moved to second place from when her mother became Queen, until the birth of her brother, The Prince Andrew, in 1960. - James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, KSI, PC (20 July 1811 - 20 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat, best known as Governor General of the Province of Canada and Viceroy of India. He was the son of the 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine. His second wife was Lady Mary Lambton, daughter of the 1st Earl of Durham, … - William Whitelaw 1st Viscount Whitelaw
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (June 28, 1918 - July 1, 1999), commonly known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative politician. - William Douglas 4th Duke of Queensberry
William Douglas (1724-1810), 4th Duke of Queensberry was a Scottish nobleman. Born in Peebles, the only son of William, second Earl of March, and his wife, Lady Anne Hamilton, he succeeded his father to the Earldom of March in 1731 and his mother to the Earldom of Ruglen in 1748. He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1761 and was a Scottish representative peer from 1761. He was Vice Admiral of Scotland from 1767 to 1776. - James Graham 6th Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose (1 May 1878-20 January 1954) KT CB CVO VD was a Scottish nobleman, politician and engineer. The eldest son of Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose, he was educated at Eton College. In 1906 he married Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton, the only child of the 12th Duke of Hamilton. He succeeded to his father's titles in 1925. He served in the Mercantile Marine and ASC in South Africa (medal and 3 clasps), 1900; served Auxiliary Naval Service, … - David Charteris 12th Earl of Wemyss
Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and 8th Earl of March, KT, DL, (born 19 January 1912) succeeded his grandfather in 1937. He was educated at Eton College and at Balliol College, Oxford (BA 1933). He was a Colonial Administrator in Basutoland from 1937 until 1944. He was a Lieutenant with the Lovat Scouts (Territorial Army) from 1932 to 1944, and served with the African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps in the Middle East from 1941 to 1944. - Charles Hope 1st Earl of Hopetoun
Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (1681-26 February 1742) was a Scottish nobleman He was the son of John Hope, of Hopetoun (son of Sir James Hope of Hopetoun who was son of Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet of Craighall), resident at the Castle of Niddry, the barony of which he purchased from Lord Wintoun. His father also purchased the barony of Abercorn with the office of heritable sheriff of the co. - James Murray 2nd Duke of Atholl
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl KT, PC (28 September 1690-8 January 1764) was a Scottish peer and a patron of Niel Gow, the Scottish fiddler and composer. James was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1690, the son of the 1st Duke of Atholl. From 1715 to 1724, he was Whig MP for Perthshire and he was a founding Governor of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 to alleviate London's problem with abandoned children. He was also Governor of the Isle of Man from 1736 to 1744. - George Mathers
George Mathers KT PC DL (28 February 1886 - 26 September 1965) was a Scottish Labour Party politician. Born and educated in Newtown St Boswells, Roxburghshire, from 1899 he served as a clerk with the North British Railway. He was active in the trade union and labour movement from 1908, becoming President of the Carlisle Trades Council and Labour Party from 1917-1920. He was elected a member of Carlisle City Council in 1919, before transferring to Edinburgh in 1921. - Prince George George Duke of Kent
The Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 - 25 August 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of George V and Mary of Teck. He held the title of Duke of Kent from 1934 until his death in 1942. - John Murray 1st Marquess of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Atholl, Viscount Glenalmond, KT (May 2 1631-May 6 1703) was a leading Scottish royalist and defender of the Stuarts during the English Civil War of the 1640s, until after the rise to power of William and Mary in 1689. He succeeded as Earl of Atholl on his father's demise in June 1642. - Douglas Graham 5th Duke of Montrose
Douglas Beresford Malise Ronald Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose KT (7 November 1852 - 10 December 1925) was a Scottish nobleman. The 3rd son of 4th Duke and Caroline Agnes, youngest daughter of the 2nd Lord Decies, he was educated at Eton College and succeeded his father in 1874. He joined the Coldstream Guards in 1872, transferred to the 5th Lancers, 1874, and retired 1878; late Colonel commanding 3rd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. - Thomas Hamilton 6th Earl of Haddington
Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington KT (c. 1680 - 29 November 1735) was a Scottish politician. The son of Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington and Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess of Rothes, he was christened on 5 September 1680. He married Helen Hope, daughter of John Hope and Margaret Hamilton, in 1696. His elder brother John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes succeeded to the Earldom of Rothes in 1700. - John Murray 3rd Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl KT PC (6 May 1729 - 5 November 1774) was the son of Lord George Murray. On 23 October 1753, he married his first cousin, Lady Charlotte Murray, at Dunkeld. They had nine children: *Lady Charlotte Murray (1754-1808) *John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (1755-1830) *Rt. Rev. - Robert Lindsay 29th Earl of Crawford
Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres, KT, GCVO, PC (born 5 March 1927), styled Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975, is a Scottish hereditary peer and politician. The elder son of the 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, he succeeded to the titles in 1975. He is Premier Earl of Scotland and Head of the House of Lindsay. He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. - Alexander Gordon 4th Duke of Gordon
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon KT (18 June 1743- 1827) was a Scottish nobleman. He was described by Kaimes as the "greatest subject in Britain", and was also known by the nickname "Cock o' the North". He is credited as the founder of the Gordon Setter breed of dog, having popularised a 200 year old breed during the the 18th century and then formalised its breed standard in 1820. - Henry Innes-Ker 8th Duke of Roxburghe
Henry John Innes-Ker (24 July 1876 - 29 September 1932) was the 8th Duke of Roxburghe. He was the son of James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe and Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill. He married Mary Goelet on 10 November 1903, and had one child, George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe. His sister-in-law was the actress Jose Collins. - Robert Dundas 2nd Viscount Melville
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (March 14, 1771-June 10, 1851) was a British statesman, the son of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount. Dundas was the Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1794, Rye in 1796 and Midlothian in 1801. He was also Keeper of the Signet for Scotland from 1800. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1807 and a Knight of the Thistle in 1821, and was Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1814. - John Campbell 9th Duke of Argyll
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th and 2nd Duke of Argyll, KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known before 1900, was a British nobleman and was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. He is now remembered primarily for the place names bestowed on Canadian geography in honour of his wife, for his metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121, …
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