Charles Hay 13th Earl of Erroll - Knight of the Thistle?

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The current profile for Charles Hay 13th Earl of Erroll has him as a Knight of the Thistle - does anyone have a source for this as it doesn't appear in the Scots Peerage, the 5th edition of Burke's Peerage or even on Wikipedia.

Also is there a reason why the profile is project protected?
in Genealogy Help by Sheena Tait G2G6 Pilot (114k points)

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The cited reference is burkes 107rh edition, so looking in thev5th edition might be off by a few decades....
by Keith McDonald G2G6 Mach 9 (98.4k points)
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According to his bio it was a Jacobite title given by "King James III" (aka the Old Pretender).  These are Monopoly-money play-titles.
by Living Horace G2G6 Pilot (620k points)
Thanks RJ, The Complete Peerage, 2nd ed, vol. 5, confirms that he was created KT in March 1705 by titular King James III.

The profile was project protected back in 2014, when PPP was fairly standard.  Since there doesn't seem to any doubt about his name or his parents, I've removed it.

"The Knights of England" v. 1 is a good way to check members of various Orders of Chivalry - the preface on p. vii-viii says "The Order remained in abeyance during the reign of William and Mary, but was revived by Queen Anne by letters patent under the great Seal of Scotland dated 1703, Dec 31." 

The list of Jacobite nominations is on page 75. 

Thanks John.  I'll update his title & some of the references.

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