New Members of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle

On the 10th of March 2024, His Majesty the King appointed the following people to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT/LT).

The Right Honourable the Baroness Black of Strome DBE
The Right Honourable the Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws KC
Sir Godfrey Palmer OBE

New Members of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle

On the 10th of June 2022, Her Majesty the Queen appointed the following people to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT/LT).

The Right Honourable Dame Elish Angiolini DBE

The Right Honourable Sir George Reid

New Knight of the Order of the Thistle

As part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2018, Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Sir Ian Wood GBE a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT).

The Order of the Thistle is the highest honour in Scotland and was founded in 1687.

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018

The Queen’s Birthday honours list 2018 has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as

Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT)

Sir Ian Wood GBE

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Professor Richard Henderson
Dame Kiri Jeanette Te Kanawa DBE

Knight Bachelor (Sir)

Mr Kenneth Dalglish MBE
The Hon. Bernard Jenkin MP
Mr Jim Ratcliffe
Mr Mark Rowley QPM
Professor Simon Schama CBE

Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Professor Mary Beard OBE
Ms Louise Ellman, MP
The Rt Hon. Eleanor Laing MP
Ms Emma Thompson

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Ms Kate Adie OBE
Mr Bamber Gascoigne
Mr Tom Hardy
Ms Jo Malone MBE
The Hon. Hannah Rothschild

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Mr Jermain Defoe
Mr Monty Don
Mr Anthony Joshua
Ms Keira Knightley
Ms Lizzy Yarnold

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

The Earl of Portland (Timothy Bentinck)
Ms Niomi McLean-Daley (Ms Dynamite)
Miss Stacey Dooley
Mr William Fox-Pitt
Ms Lucy Worsley

New Knight of the Order of the Thistle

As part of the New Year’s Honours List for 2018, Her Majesty the Queen has appointed His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KBE a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT). The Order of the Thistle is the highest honour in Scotland and was founded in 1687.

Two New Members of the Order of the Thistle

Two new members of the The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT) have been announced in the New Year’s Honours they are as follows:

The Rt Hon The Earl of Home CVO CBE (David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home)
The Rt Hon Robert Haldane Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin