Katherine Grainger
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Katherine Jane Grainger, Baroness Grainger, is a Scottish academic and former athlete. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion for
Grainger with her Olympic gold medal
Gold postbox in Aberdeen, Scotland, painted in celebration of Grainger's 2012 Olympic gold win
John Henry Brookes building front, February 2014
Order of the Thistle
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The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland, who asserted
Katherine Grainger
…an Honorary Colonel of the 215 (Scottish) Multirole Medical Regiment, Army Reserve. In June 2026, Grainger was appointed Usher of the Green Rod to the Order of the Thistle, Scotland's highest order of chivalry. Katherine Grainger at World Rowing…
John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort in 1688; originator of the 'revived' order
James V wearing a Thistle-style collar, c. 1538
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex in the robes of a Knight of the Order of the Thistle
Vestments of a Knight of the Thistle