- Alec Douglas-Home
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC (2 July 1903 - 9 October 1995) 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British Conservative (actually SUP) politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October 1964. - James Grant
Sir James Monteith Grant KCVO, WS, FSA Scot. (19 October 1903 - 1 December 1981) was Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland from 1969 to 1981. Educated at the Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh, where he studied law, he was appointed a Writer to the Signet in 1927. His first heraldic appointment was as Carrick Pursuivant in 1946. He was promoted to Marchmont Herald in 1957 and then to Lord Lyon in 1969. - 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. - 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, … - 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, … - 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. - Charles Lyell
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, KT, (November 14, 1797 - February 22, 1875) was a Scottish lawyer, geologist, and populariser of uniformitarianism. Charles Lyell was born in Kinnordy, Angus, the eldest of ten children. Lyell's father, also named Charles, was a lawyer and botanist of minor repute and first exposed the younger Charles to the study of nature. Charles spent much of his childhood at the family’s other home, Bartley Lodge in the New Forest, England, … - James Broun-Ramsay 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, KT, PC (April 22 1812 - December 19 1860) was a British statesman, and a colonial administrator in India. Born in Dalhousie Castle, Scotland, he crowded into his relatively short life conspicuous public service in the United Kingdom, and established an unrivalled position among the master-builders of the Indian empire. - Malcolm Innes Of Edingight
Sir Malcolm Rognvald Innes of Edingight KCVO, WS, LLB, FSA Scot. (b. 25 May 1938) was Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland from 1981 until 2001. The third son of Sir Thomas Innes of Learney (Lord Lyon from 1945 to 1969) and Lady Lucy Buchan, third daughter of the 18th Earl of Caithness, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and at the University of Edinburgh where he studied law. He was appointed a Writer to the Signet in 1964. - 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. - William Eric Kinloch Anderson
Sir William Eric Kinloch Anderson, KT FRSE (born 27 May 1936) is Provost of Eton College. Dr Eric Anderson was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh and gained a first class honours degree in English at the University of St. Andrews, where he was awarded an Honorary DLitt in 1981. He studied for a B.Litt at Balliol College, where his thesis was on the novels of Sir Walter Scott. - 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. - 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. - George Robertson Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, KT, GCMG, FRSA, PC (born 12 April 1946, in Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, Scotland) was the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and early January 2004; he succeeded Javier Solana in that position. He served as Defence Secretary for the United Kingdom from 1997 to 1999, … - 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, … - James Hamilton 5th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, KT, FRS, (5 January 1703-2 March 1743) was a Scottish peer, the son of the 4th Duke of Hamilton. Hamilton attended Winchester College from 1716 to 1717 and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford on 6 June 1719. He succeeded to his father's title of Duke of Hamilton in 1712. At the foundation of the noted charity, the Foundling Hospital in London, … - Francis Grant
Sir Francis James Grant KCVO, LLD, WS (1863 - 1953) was a Scottish officer of arms who eventually rose to the office of Lord Lyon King of Arms. Grant served in the Court of the Lord Lyon as as Carrick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary beginning on 17 May 1886. This appointment lasted until his promotion to the office of Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary and Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records on 8 September 1898. - John Campbell 4th Duke of Argyll
General Sir John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll KT PC (c. 1693 - 9 November, 1770) was a Scottish Whig politician in the 17th and 18th centuries. He was born to John Campbell, third son of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, and Elizabeth Elphinstone, daughter of John Elphinstone, 8th Lord Elphinstone. In 1720 he married Mary Drummond Ker, daughter of John Drummond Ker, 2nd Lord Bellenden of Broughton. Campbell joined the army at a young age, … - David Ogilvy 13th Earl of Airlie
David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 8th (or 13th) Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, PC, (born 17 May 1926), is the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 7th (or 12th) Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke. His younger brother was the Rt. Hon. Sir Angus Ogilvy, the husband of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent. Born in London, Lord Airlie was educated at Eton, and served in the Scots Guards during the Second World War. - James Graham 3rd Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose KG, KT (8 September 1755 - 30 December 1836) was a Scottish nobleman and statesman. Known before his succession to the ducal title in 1790 as Lord Graham, he was Member of Parliament for Richmond from 1780, and for Great Bedwyn from 1784 to 1790. He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1783 to 1789, and as co-Paymaster of the Forces from 1789 to 1791. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor and Vice-President of the Board of Trade in 1789. - 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. - John Scott 9th Duke of Buccleuch
Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry, KT, VRD, JP, DL (born 28 September 1923) is a Scottish Peer, politician and landowner. The only son of the 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry and the former Mary Lascelles, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He is the largest private landowner within the United Kingdom. - Fox Maule-Ramsay 11th Earl of Dalhousie
Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCB, PC (22 April 1801 – 6 July 1874), known as Fox Maule before 1852, as The Lord Panmure between 1852 and 1860 and as The Earl of Dalhousie after 1860, was a British politician. Fox Maule was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Panmure (1771-1852), and a grandson of the 8th Earl of Dalhousie. Christened Fox as a compliment to Charles James Fox, the great Whig, … - 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. - John Murray 4th Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl KT PC FRS (30 June 1755-29 September 1830) was the son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl and his wife, Charlotte. On 26 December 1774, he married Jane Cathcart, daughter of the 9th Lord Cathcart and they had three children: *Lady Amelia Sophia Murray (d. 19 June 1849) *John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl (1778-1846) *James Murray, 1st Lord Glenlyon (1782-1837) Jane died in 1790 and John married Marjory Forbes, … - James Hamilton 4th Duke of Hamilton
Lt. General Sir James Douglas-Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, 1st Duke of Brandon and 1st Baron of Dutton, KG, KT, (11 November 1658 – 15 November 1712) was a Scottish nobleman, the Premier Peer of Scotland and Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse. He was a Master of the Great Wardrobe, Master-General of the Ordnance, Ambassador, Member of Parliament for Lancashire and Colonel-in-Chief of his regiment. - 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. - Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone 16th Lord Elphinstone
Sidney Herbert Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone and 2nd Baron Elphinstone KT (27 July 1869 - 28 November 1955) was a Scottish nobleman. The son of the 15th Lord Elphinstone and Constance, daughter of the 6th Earl of Dunmore, he was educated at Marlborough College and succeeded his father in 1893. In 1910 he married Lady Mary Bowes Lyon, daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore. They had five children: *Hon. Mary Elizabeth (1911-1980), died unmarried. *Hon. - Douglas Douglas-Hamilton 14th Duke of Hamilton
Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, KT, GCVO, AFC, PC, DL, FRCSE, FRGS, (3 February 1903 - 30 March 1973) was a Scottish nobleman and pioneering aviator. He was the eldest of four brothers who were to make military history by all being at the rank of Squadron Leader or above simultaneously at the outbreak of World War II. - John Hope 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC (25 September 1860 - 29 February 1908), known as Viscount Aithrie before 1873 and as The Earl of Hopetoun between 1873 and 1902, was the first Governor-General of Australia. Hope was born at South Queensferry, West Lothian in Scotland the eldest son of the 6th Earl of Hopetoun. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, … - James Hamilton 6th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton, KT, (10 July 1724-17 January 1758) was a Scottish peer. Hamilton was the son of the 5th Duke of Hamilton and was styled as Marquess of Clydesdale from his birth until his father's death. He was educated at Winchester College from 1734 to 1740 and graduated from St Mary Hall, Oxford on 14 April 1743. On 14 February (St. Valentine's Day) 1752, Hamilton met the society beauty Elizabeth Gunning at Bedford House in London. - 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 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, … - James Maitland 8th Earl of Lauderdale
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale KT PC (26 January 1759 - 10 September 1839), was a controversial Scottish politician and writer. He was a Member of Parliament from 1780 until 1789 representing Newport and Malmesbury, and succeeded his father, James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale, in 1789. In the House of Commons he took an active part in debate, and in the House of Lords, where he was a representative peer for Scotland, … - George Hamilton 1st Earl of Orkney
Field Marshal, the 1st Earl of Orkney KT(February 9, 1666 - January 29, 1737) was a British soldier and nobleman. - James Mackay Baron Mackay of Clashfern
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC (born 2 July 1927) is a Scottish advocate and former Lord Chancellor (1987-1997). Born in Edinburgh, the son of a railway signalman, Mackay was educated at George Heriot's School, the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge University where he undertook degrees in mathematics and then did postgraduate study in that subject. - 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. - James Graham 4th Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose, KT, PC (16 July 1799 - 30 December 1874) was a British politician. He was the only son of his father's second marriage (to Caroline Marie Montagu, the daughter of the Duke of Manchester). He married Caroline Agnes Beresford, the daughter of Lord Decies. During the mid-nineteenth century he occupied minor positions outside the cabinet in the short-lived governments of Lord Derby. He and his wife had one son, Douglas, … - 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, …
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