Name |
Image |
Life |
Date |
Notes |
Knights Founders
|
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth |
75px |
1648–1716 |
1687 |
|
George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon |
75px |
1649–1716 |
1687 |
|
John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl |
|
1631–1703 |
1687 |
|
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton |
|
1658–1712 |
1687 |
|
Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth |
|
1661–1701 |
1687 |
|
John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort |
75px |
1650–1715 |
1687 |
|
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton |
|
1635–1692 |
1687 |
|
Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray |
|
1634–1701 |
1687 |
|
Eighteenth Century
|
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll |
|
1680–1743 |
1704 |
Resigned 1710 when made KG |
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl |
|
1659–1724 |
1704 |
|
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale |
75px |
d. 1721 |
1704 |
|
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith |
|
1674–1705 |
1704 |
|
George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney |
|
1666–1737 |
1704 |
|
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield |
|
1663–1730 |
1704 |
|
William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian |
|
1661–1722 |
1704 |
|
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery |
75px |
1674–1731 |
1704 |
|
John Erskine, 22nd Earl of Mar |
|
1675–1732 |
1706 |
Degraded 1715 |
Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun |
|
d. 1731 |
1706 |
|
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair |
|
1673–1747 |
1710 |
|
David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore |
|
1656–1730 |
1713 |
|
John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland |
|
1661–1733 |
1716 |
|
William Cadogan, 1st Baron Cadogan |
|
1670–1726 |
1716 |
Later Earl Cadogan |
Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington |
75px |
1680–1735 |
1717 |
|
Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville |
|
1674–1722 |
1721 |
|
Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith |
|
1695–1751 |
1725 |
Later 2nd Duke of Buccleuch |
William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex |
|
1697–1743 |
1725 |
Resigned 1738 when made KG |
Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont |
75px |
1676–1740 |
1725 |
|
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton |
75px |
1703–1743 |
1726 |
|
Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville |
|
1697–1753 |
1730 |
|
Charles Stuart, 6th Earl of Moray |
|
1660–1735 |
1731 |
|
Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore |
75px |
1700–1785 |
1732 |
|
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl |
|
1690–1764 |
1734 |
|
William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian |
|
1690–1767 |
1734 |
|
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton |
|
1703–1768 |
1738 |
|
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute |
|
1713–1792 |
1738 |
Resigned 1762 when made KG |
Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun |
|
1681–1742 |
1738 |
|
Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley |
|
1716–1755 |
1739 |
|
James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray |
|
1708–1767 |
1741 |
|
John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford |
|
1701–1767 |
1742 |
|
Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart |
|
1707–1770 |
1743 |
|
Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon |
|
1720–1752 |
1748 |
|
William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair |
|
d. 1768 |
1752 |
|
Francis Greville, 1st Earl Brooke |
75px |
1719–1773 |
1753 |
|
John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes |
|
1698–1767 |
1753 |
|
James Douglas-Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton |
75px |
1724–1758 |
1755 |
|
Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart |
75px |
1721–1776 |
1763 |
|
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March |
75px |
1725–1810 |
1763 |
Later 5th Duke of Queensberry |
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll |
75px |
1693–1770 |
1765 |
|
Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch |
|
1746–1812 |
1767 |
Resigned 1794 when made KG |
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl |
|
1729–1774 |
1767 |
|
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle |
75px |
1748–1825 |
1767 |
Resigned 1793, made KG |
William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian |
|
1710–1775 |
1768 |
|
David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont |
|
1727–1796 |
1768 |
Later 2nd Earl of Mansfield |
John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe |
|
1740–1804 |
1768 |
|
HRH The Prince William Henry |
|
1765–1837 |
1770 |
Later Duke of Clarence and St Andrews and William IV, King of the United Kingdom |
Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery |
|
1729–1814 |
1771 |
|
Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington |
|
1747–1786 |
1773 |
|
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon |
75px |
1743–1827 |
1775 |
|
John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway |
75px |
1736–1806 |
1775 |
|
William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian |
|
1737–1815 |
1776 |
|
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton |
|
1756–1799 |
1786 |
|
Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury |
75px |
1739–1814 |
1786 |
|
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose |
|
1755–1836 |
1793 |
Resigned 1812 when made KG |
John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett |
|
1756–1819 |
1794 |
|
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton |
|
1761–1827 |
1797 |
|
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl |
|
1755–1830 |
1800 |
|
Nineteenth Century
|
William Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart |
|
1755–1843 |
1805 |
Later Earl Cathcart |
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen |
|
1784–1860 |
1808 |
|
Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch |
|
1772–1819 |
1812 |
|
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton |
75px |
1739–1819 |
1812 |
|
George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway |
|
1768–1834 |
1814 |
|
Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny |
|
1755–1843 |
1814 |
|
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine |
|
1750–1823 |
1815 |
|
Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury |
75px |
1773–1856 |
1819 |
Later Marquess of Ailesbury |
William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian |
|
1763–1824 |
1820 |
|
George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale |
|
1787–1876 |
1820 |
|
Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis |
|
1770–1846 |
1821 |
Later Marquess of Ailsa |
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale |
|
1759–1839 |
1821 |
|
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville |
|
1771–1851 |
1821 |
|
Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry |
|
1777–1837 |
1821 |
|
George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne |
|
1761–1853 |
1827 |
Later 9th Marquess of Huntly |
Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick |
75px |
1779–1853 |
1827 |
|
James Duff, 4th Earl Fife |
|
1776–1857 |
1827 |
|
Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray |
|
1771–1848 |
1827 |
|
HRH The Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex |
|
1773–1843 |
1830 |
|
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch |
|
1806–1884 |
1830 |
Resigned 1835 when made KG |
William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll |
|
1801–1846 |
1834 |
|
David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield |
|
1777–1840 |
1835 |
|
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane |
75px |
1796–1862 |
1838 |
|
James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe |
|
1816–1879 |
1840 |
|
Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery |
|
1783–1868 |
1840 |
|
HRH Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
|
1819–1861 |
1842 |
Later Prince Consort |
William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield |
|
1806–1898 |
1843 |
|
John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute |
|
1793–1848 |
1843 |
|
James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose |
|
1799–1874 |
1845 |
|
John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair |
|
1771–1853 |
1847 |
|
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin |
|
1811–1863 |
1847 |
|
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 10th Earl of Dalhousie |
|
1812–1860 |
1848 |
Later Marquess of Dalhousie |
Robert Dundas Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown |
|
1785–1859 |
1848 |
|
Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun |
75px |
1785–1853 |
1852 |
|
Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton |
75px |
1812–1861 |
1853 |
|
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington |
75px |
1780–1858 |
1853 |
|
Fox Maule Ramsay, 1st Baron Panmure |
|
1801–1874 |
1853 |
Later 11th Earl of Dalhousie |
George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl |
|
1814–1864 |
1853 |
|
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll |
|
1823–1900 |
1856 |
|
George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird |
75px |
1807–1878 |
1857 |
|
Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa |
|
1816–1870 |
1859 |
|
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife |
|
1814–1879 |
1860 |
|
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland |
|
1795–1873 |
1861 |
Resigned 1872 when made KG |
Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton |
|
1793–1868 |
1861 |
|
David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie |
|
1826–1881 |
1862 |
|
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier |
|
1819–1898 |
1864 |
|
HRH The Prince Alfred Ernest Albert |
|
1844–1900 |
1864 |
Later Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Thomas Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat |
|
1802–1875 |
1865 |
|
John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair |
75px |
1819–1903 |
1865 |
|
HRH The Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales |
|
1841–1910 |
1867 |
Later Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom |
John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl |
|
1840–1917 |
1868 |
|
James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk |
75px |
1827–1905 |
1869 |
|
HRH The Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert |
|
1850–1942 |
1869 |
Later Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto |
|
1814–1891 |
1870 |
|
John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne |
|
1845–1914 |
1871 |
Later 9th Duke of Argyll |
HRH The Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert |
|
1853–1884 |
1871 |
Later Duke of Albany |
Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross |
|
1818–1903 |
1874 |
Later Viscount Colville of Culross |
John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute |
|
1847–1900 |
1875 |
|
William Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith |
|
1831–1914 |
1875 |
Later 6th Duke of Buccleuch |
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet |
75px |
1818–1878 |
1876 |
|
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton |
75px |
1845–1895 |
1878 |
|
Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian |
|
1833–1900 |
1878 |
|
John Ogilvy-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield |
75px |
1815–1881 |
1879 |
|
Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose |
75px |
1852–1925 |
1879 |
|
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife |
|
1849–1912 |
1881 |
Later Duke of Fife |
John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie |
|
1847–1887 |
1881 |
|
HRH Prince George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge |
|
1819–1904 |
1881 |
|
Alan Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway |
|
1835–1901 |
1888 |
|
James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford |
|
1847–1913 |
1891 |
|
HRH Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert, Duke of York |
|
1865–1936 |
1893 |
Later George V, King of the United Kingdom |
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery |
|
1847–1929 |
1895 |
|
William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale |
75px |
1826–1911 |
1898 |
|
Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home |
75px |
1834–1918 |
1899 |
|
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland |
75px |
1844–1929 |
1900 |
|
John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun |
|
1860–1908 |
1900 |
Later Marquess of Linlithgow |
Twentieth century
|
Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh |
|
1849–1921 |
1901 |
|
Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll |
|
1852–1927 |
1901 |
|
Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe |
|
1876–1932 |
1902 |
|
George Baillie-Hamilton-Arden, 11th Earl of Haddington |
|
1827–1917 |
1902 |
|
Ronald Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven |
|
1835–1906 |
1905 |
|
John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen |
|
1847–1934 |
1906 |
Later Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair |
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth |
|
1849–1909 |
1908 |
|
Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell |
|
1872–1952 |
1909 |
|
Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar |
|
1865–1955 |
1911 |
|
Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay |
|
1839–1921 |
1911 |
|
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane |
|
1856–1928 |
1913 |
|
HRH Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught |
|
1883–1938 |
1913 |
|
Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird |
75px |
1847–1923 |
1914 |
|
Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat |
|
1871–1933 |
1915 |
|
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch |
|
1864–1935 |
1917 |
|
Douglas Haig |
|
1861–1928 |
1917 |
Later Earl Haig |
John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl |
75px |
1871–1942 |
1918 |
|
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford |
|
1871–1940 |
1921 |
|
HRH The Prince Edward Albert Christian George, Prince of Wales |
|
1894–1972 |
1922 |
Later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom |
John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute |
75px |
1881–1947 |
1922 |
|
HRH The Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York |
|
1895–1952 |
1923 |
Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom |
Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore |
|
1852–1930 |
1923 |
|
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar |
|
1860–1934 |
1926 |
|
Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone |
75px |
1869–1955 |
1927 |
|
Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow |
|
1887–1952 |
1928 |
|
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
|
1855–1944 |
1928 |
|
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland |
75px |
1888–1963 |
1929 |
|
Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet |
75px |
1866–1956 |
1929 |
|
Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home |
|
1873–1951 |
1930 |
|
Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet |
75px |
1845–1937 |
1933 |
|
HRH Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester |
|
1900–1974 |
1933 |
|
Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin |
|
1881–1968 |
1933 |
|
Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven |
|
1890–1947 |
1934 |
|
Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel |
|
1876–1951 |
1934 |
|
HRH Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent |
|
1902–1942 |
1935 |
|
HM Queen Elizabeth |
|
1900–2002 |
1937 |
Later The Queen Mother |
Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet |
|
1887–1948 |
1937 |
|
John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair |
|
1879–1961 |
1937 |
|
Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian |
|
1882–1940 |
1940 |
|
Archibald Sinclair |
|
1890–1970 |
1940 |
Later Viscount Thurso |
David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie |
|
1893–1968 |
1942 |
|
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope |
|
1883–1963 |
1945 |
|
James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose |
75px |
1878–1954 |
1947 |
|
Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery |
|
1882–1974 |
1947 |
|
Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch |
|
1894–1973 |
1949 |
|
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton |
|
1903–1973 |
1951 |
|
George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington |
|
1894–1986 |
1951 |
|
HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
|
b. 1921 |
1952 |
Later The Prince Philip |
Steven Bilsland, 1st Baron Bilsland |
|
1892–1970 |
1955 |
|
David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford |
|
1900–1975 |
1955 |
|
John Stirling |
|
1893–1975 |
1956 |
|
George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers |
|
1886–1965 |
1956 |
|
Kenneth Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 12th Lord Kinnaird |
|
1880–1972 |
1957 |
|
Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan |
|
1895–1977 |
1957 |
|
HM Olav V, King of Norway |
|
1903–1991 |
1962 |
|
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home |
|
1903–1995 |
1962 |
Later Baron Home of the Hirsel |
Robert Menzies |
75px |
1894–1978 |
1963 |
|
James Wilson Robertson |
|
1899–1983 |
1965 |
|
David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss |
|
1912–2008 |
1966 |
|
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith |
|
1889–1971 |
1968 |
|
Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean |
|
1916–1990 |
1969 |
|
Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie |
|
1914–1999 |
1971 |
|
Richard O'Connor |
75px |
1889–1981 |
1971 |
|
Ronald Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir |
|
1917–1996 |
1972 |
|
Robert Forbes-Leith |
|
1902–1973 |
1972 |
|
Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay |
|
1905–1982 |
1973 |
|
John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel |
|
1905–1992 |
1973 |
|
Donald Hamish Cameron, 26th Lochiel |
|
1910–2004 |
1973 |
|
Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae |
75px |
1911–1980 |
1974 |
|
George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk |
|
1906–1994 |
1976 |
|
William McFadzean, Baron McFadzean |
|
1903–1996 |
1976 |
|
HRH The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales |
|
b. 1948 |
1977 |
|
John Cameron, Lord Cameron |
|
1900–1996 |
1978 |
|
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch |
75px |
1923–2007 |
1978 |
|
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin |
|
b. 1924 |
1981 |
|
George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth |
|
1921–2008 |
1981 |
|
Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie |
|
1920–1985 |
1983 |
|
Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch |
|
1917–2000 |
1983 |
|
David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie |
|
b. 1926 |
1985 |
|
Iain Tennant |
|
1919–2006 |
1986 |
|
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw |
75px |
1918–1999 |
1990 |
|
Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet |
|
1911–1996 |
1993 |
|
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie |
|
1931–2003 |
1995 |
|
John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott |
|
1924–2012 |
1996 |
|
Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford |
|
b. 1927 |
1996 |
|
Lady Marion Fraser |
|
b. 1932 |
1996 |
|
Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden |
|
b. 1926 |
1996 |
|
James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern |
|
b. 1927 |
1997 |
|
HRH The Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise, Princess Royal |
|
b. 1950 |
2000 |
The Princess Royal |
David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn |
|
b. 1935 |
2000 |
|
Twenty-First Century
|
Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood |
|
b. 1941 |
2002 |
|
Eric Anderson |
|
b. 1936 |
2002 |
|
David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood |
|
b. 1938 |
2004 |
|
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen |
|
b. 1946 |
2004 |
|
William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk |
|
b. 1935 |
2007 |
|
Garth Morrison |
|
1943-2013 |
2007 |
|
David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead |
75px |
b. 1938 |
2009 |
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom |
Narendra Patel, Baron Patel |
|
b. 1938 |
2009 |
|
HRH Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge |
|
b. 1982 |
2012 |
In Scotland often known by his Scottish title as The Earl of Strathearn |
David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home |
|
b. 1943 |
2014 |
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Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin |
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b. 1944 |
2014 |
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