St Andrew’s Ball Guests of Honour

2024      Mr. Colin Mochrie and Ms. Debra McGrath
2023      Grand Chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, and Ms. Tami Rice
2022      Ian Duncan, Baron Duncan of Springbank, PhD, FDS; and Mr. Benjamin Brust
2019       Peter McAuslan, C.M. and Ellen Bounsall
2018       Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Munro Ferguson of Novar
2017       Sir Malcolm and Lady MacGregor of MacGregor
2016       Ian Skone-Rees, FSA Scot and Eileen Skone-Rees
2015       Charles William Harley Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull, and the Countess Kinnoull
2014       Richard Pound, OC, OQ, QC, Ad. E, FCA
2013       Karyn Brooks, Senior Vice-President, BCE
2012       Major General Mike Riddell-Webster and Mrs Riddell-Webster
2011        Dr Steve MacLean and Nadine Wielgopolski
2010       Lt Gen Sir Alistair Irwin, KCB, CBE and Lady Irwin
2009       Gen (Ret) A John GD de Chastelain and Mrs Maryanne de Chastelain
2008       Lord and Lady Dalmeny
2007       The Honorable Andrew B. Howard and Mrs. Kate Howard
2006       Mr Robert and Mrs Tatiana Ritchie
2005       Charles Edward, Lord Bruce and Lady Bruce
2004       Lt Col Sir Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn and Lady Ogilvy-Wedderburn
2003       The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun
2002       The Viscount and Viscountess Dupplin
2001       Mr John E Cleghorn, OC, FCA and Mrs Pattie Cleghorn
2000       The Earl and Countess of Southesk
​1999       Lord and Lady Balfour of Burleigh
1998       General John de Chastelain, CMM, OCC, CD (Ret) and Mrs Mary Ann de Chastelain
1997       Sir Anthony Googenough, KCMG, British High Commissioner to Canada, and Lady Goodenough
1996       The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith
1995       The Earl and Countess of Minto
1994       The Rt Hon Andrew Hepburne-Scott, Master of Polwarth and the Rt Hon Mrs Anna Hepburne-Scott
1993       The Earl and Countess of Dundonald
1992       The Duke and Duchess of Argyll
1991       The Earl and Countess of Erroll
1990       Lord and Lady Ramsay
1989       The Viscount and Viscountess Melgund
1988       The Earl and Countess of Dundee
1987       Col (Ret) The Hon W David Arbuthnott, MBE and Mrs Arbuthnott
1986       Lord and Lady Elphinstone
1985       Major Sir Torquil Matheson of Matheson, Bart, and Lady Matheson
1984       Lord and Lady Campbell of Croy
1983       Col The Hon Sir William A Macpherson of Cluny and Lady Macpherson
1982       The Earl and Countess of Mansfield
1981       The Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1980       Major The Hon Lachlan Maclean, Younger of Duart and Mrs Maclean
1979       Brigadier Sir Gregory MacGregor of MacGregor and Lady MacGregor
1978       Major General The Earl of Cathcart and the Countess of Cathcart
1977       The Viscount and Viscountess of Thurso
1976       The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton
1975       The Macneil of Barra and Mrs Macneil
1974       The Duke and Duchess of Argyll
1973       The Viscount and Viscountess Melgund
1972       The Earl and Countess of Elgin and Kincardine
1971       Lord and Lady Macdonald of Macdonald
1970       Col Donald H Cameron of Lochiel and Mrs Cameron
1969       Brig Sir Bernard Fergusson and Lady Fergusson
1968       Lt Gen Sir William Turner and Lady Turner
1967       The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie
1966       Lord and Lady Ogilvy
1965       Lord and Lady Polwarth
1964       The Earl and Countess of Mansfield
1963       The Earl and Countess of Dundee
1962       Major Gen The Viscount Arbuthnott and the Viscountess of Arbuthnott
1961       Capt Alexander Ramsay and the Hon Mrs Ramsay
1960       General Sir Neil Ritchie and Lady Ritchie
1959       The Earl and Countess Haig
1958       The Earl and Countess of Airlie
1957       Sir Fitzroy Maclean and Lady Maclean
1956       The Countess of Errol and Captain Moncrieff
1955       The Rt Hon Vincent Massey
1954       The Earl and Countess of Wemyss
1953       The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury
1952       Lord and Lady Lovat
1951       The Earl and Countess Alexander of Tunis
1950       General Sir Neil Ritchie and Lady Ritchie
1949       The Earl and Countess Alexander of Tunis and Field Marshall Lord Wavell
1948       General HDG Crerar and Mrs Crerar
1947       The Earl of Selkirk
1946       The Earl and Countess of Tunis
1945       The Earl of Athlone and HRH The Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
1941       Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill and Lady Bowhill
1940       Lord Fiset, Lt-Gov, Province of Quebec, and Lady Fiset; Hon P Moffat, US Minister to Canada and Mrs Moffat
1939       Lt Gen AGL McNaughton, Officer Commanding Canadian Army Overseas, and Mrs McNaughton; Brigadier and Mme Archambault
1938       Col Sir Gerald Campbell and Lady Campbell
1937       Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir
1936       Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir
1927       Lord and Lady Willingdon
1925       [Ball not held due to death of Queen Mother]
1920       The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire
1913       HRH Prince Albert, the Duke of Connaught
1911        The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and HRH Princess Patricia
1905       The Earl and Countess Grey
1904       The Earl and Countess Grey
1901       The Earl and Countess of Minto
1900       The Earl and Countess of Minto
1899       The Earl and Countess of Minto
1898       The Earl and Countess of Minto
1896       The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen
1894       The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen
1893       The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen
1887       The Marquess and Marchioness of Landsdowne
1878       The Marquess of Lorne and HRH the Princess Louise
1873       Sir Alex T Galt
1872       “The list of invited guests embraced representatives of all the National Societies, together with members of Parliament and many distinguished Scots from abroad.”
1871      Unknown
1848       Lord and Lady Elgin