Our Patronesses
From the very beginning, a select group of women has overseen the organisation of the Royal Caledonian Ball and supported its charitable endeavours. Known as Patronesses, they are either Scottish by birth, married to a Scot, or have other strong ties to Scotland. Although they are no longer required to be married - as was the case until relatively recently - and their role is now largely honorary in many ways, the Patronesses continue to provide a vital link to Scotland and a wealth of knowledge, experience and ideas.
Iona, Duchess of Argyll
The Duchess of Argyll
The Marchioness of Huntly
The Marchioness of Lothian
Jennifer, Marchioness of Bute
The Lady Louise Burrell
The Lady Alexandra Etherington
The Countess of Sutherland
The Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery
Marion, Countess of Eglinton and Winton
Malvina, Countess of Moray
The Countess of Moray
The Countess of Lindsay
The Countess of Kinnoull
The Countess of Elgin and Kincardine
The Countess of Dalhousie
The Countess of Rosebery
The Countess of Mansfield and Mansfield
The Dowager Countess Cowley
Lady Hay
Caroline, Lady Dalmeny
Lady Louisa Stewart Howitt
Lady Diana Godfrey-Faussett
Lady Melissa Edwards
Lady Iona Ind
Lady Lucy Garton
Lady Emma Mahmood
Lady Georgina Bullough of Culcreuch DL
Lady Iona Murray Spink
Lady Elspeth Hordern
Lady Helena Wilson
The Lady Strange
The Lady Saltoun
The Lady Ashcombe
Jean, Lady Tweedsmuir
The Lady Strathclyde
The Lady Griffiths
The Lady Hope of Craighall
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie
Baroness Alexandra von und zu Guttenberg
Baroness van Randwyck
The Hon Mrs Thomas Lindsay
The Hon Mrs Montagu Erskine
The Hon Mrs David Dalrymple
The Hon Mrs Hugo Grimston
The Hon Mrs Robin Gurdon
The Hon Sophia Bradford
The Hon Charlotte Drummond of Megginch
The Hon Alexandra Foley
The Hon Fiona Fraser
The Hon Katharine Fraser
The Hon Catherine Herdman
The Hon Mrs John Drummond
The Hon Mrs Jonathan Forbes
Lady Agnew of Lochnaw
Barbara, Lady Grant of Monymusk
Lady Colquhoun of Luss
Lady MacGregor of MacGregor
Lady Ivory of Brewlands
Lady Macpherson of Biallid
Lady Reid
Lady Stevens
Mrs Mark Anderson
Mrs Christopher Arkell
Mrs Richard Baillie
Mrs Daniel Balfour
Mrs Nicholas Bardswell
Mrs Nicholas Bastin
Mrs Justin Bell
Mrs Richard Birchall
Mrs Christopher Boyle
Mrs Evan Bruce-Gardyne
Mrs Alexander Campbell
Mrs Nigel Chamberlayne-Macdonald
Mrs Edward Cole
Mrs Patrick Colquhoun, Younger of Luss
Mrs Charles Craig
Mrs Alexander Crawford
Mrs Guy Dawson
Mrs Gavin Donovan
Mrs Henry Elphick
Mrs Mark Fairbanks-Smith
Mrs Nicholas Fane
Mrs Colin Farquharson of Whitehouse
Mrs Logie Fitzwilliams
Mrs Alexander Friend
Mrs Anthony Foyle
Mrs Simon Fraser
Mrs Robert Gladstone of Capenoch
Mrs Fiona Glynne-Percy
Mrs Benedict Goodall
Mrs Andrew Gordon
Mrs James Greener
Mrs Dominic Grieve
Mrs Thomas Hay
Mrs Alexander Hay of Duns
Mrs James Hender
Mrs James Hepburne Scott
Mrs Marcus Humphrey
Miss Helen Hutton
Mrs Micky Ingall
Miss Laura Irwin
Mrs Jamie Landale
Mrs James Lee-Steere
Mrs Gordon Lee-Steere
Ms Fiona Leslie
Mrs Henry Lowson
Mrs Andrew Lyon-Carroll
Mrs Andrew Macdonald
Mrs Iain Macdonald
Mrs Jack Macdonald
Mrs Charles Macdonald of Tote
Mrs Macdonald of Tote
Mrs Ranald Macdonald Yr of Clanranald
Mrs MacGregor of Cardney
Mrs Anthony Mackenzie Smith
Mrs Angus Macpherson of Biallid
Mrs Duncan Macpherson
Miss Ishbel Macpherson
Mrs Guy Macpherson-Grant
Mrs Thomas Martin
Mrs Owain Mason-Johns
Mrs Alastair Mathewson
Mrs Jeremy Mead
Mrs Pinkie Methven
Mrs David Moody
Mrs Houston Morris
Mrs James Shepherd Morris
Mrs Andrew Murray
Mrs Harry Nickerson
Mrs Edward Novis
Mrs Richard Oliphant of Oliphant
Mrs Charles O’Riordan
Mrs Christopher Pease
Mrs William Ramsay
Mrs Niel Redpath
Mrs Rupert Robson
Mrs Oliver Russell of Ballindalloch
Mrs Iver Salvesen
Mrs Francis Salvesen
Mrs Robert Shields
Mrs John Shields
Mrs Edward Stansfeld
Mrs Robert Stansfeld
Mrs Steuart Fothringham of Pourie
Mrs Charles Steuart Fothringham
Mrs John Stevenson-Hamilton
Mrs Ralph Stewart-Wilson of Balnakeilly
Mrs Jon Strickland
Mrs Barnaby Swire
Mrs Roger Tym
Mrs Charles Vyvyan
Mrs Justin Young
Mrs James Younger