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  2. Thistle Chapel - Wikipedia

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    The interior of the Thistle Chapel, looking west. The Thistle Chapel, located in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland, is the chapel of the Order of the Thistle.. At the foundation of the Order of the Thistle in 1687, James VII ordered Holyrood Abbey be fitted out as a chapel for the Knights.

  3. Order of the Thistle - Wikipedia

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    When James VII created the modern order in 1687, he directed that the Abbey Church at the Palace of Holyroodhouse be converted to a Chapel for the Order of the Thistle, perhaps copying the idea from the Order of the Garter (whose chapel is located in Windsor Castle). James VII, however, was deposed by 1688; the Chapel, meanwhile, had been ...

  4. St Giles' Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    Located at the south-east corner of St Giles', the Thistle Chapel is the chapel of the Order of the Thistle; it is accessed externally by the east door of the church and from the church itself by the south choir aisle. [356] At the foundation of the Order of the Thistle in 1687, James VII ordered Holyrood Abbey be fitted out as a chapel for the ...

  5. Queen and Duke of Edinburgh become members of prestigious ...

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    (l to r, front row) The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen, the King and the Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, attend the Order of the Thistle Service at St Giles ...

  6. Duke of Edinburgh appointed to Order of the Thistle as new ...

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    The order has a complement of 16 knights and ladies, and in addition the Queen, the Princess Royal and the Duke of Rothesay, as the Prince of Wales is known in Scotland, are Royal Knights of the ...

  7. St Giles’ congregation gives thanks for Queen’s ‘life of service’

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    He said: “St Giles’ houses the Thistle Chapel, home to Scotland’s highest chivalry order, The Order of the Thistle. “The Queen, as Sovereign of the Order, would be in attendance to install ...

  8. Dean of the Thistle - Wikipedia

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    The Dean of the Thistle is an office of the Order of the Thistle, ... In 1886 the office of Dean of the Chapel Royal was revived and united by ... George Hill; 1791 ...

  9. Order of Gimghoul - Wikipedia

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    Hippol Castle. The meeting place of the Order of Gimghoul is Hippol Castle, commonly known as Gimghoul Castle. Club founder Edward Wray Martin was noted as the most vocal proponent of the castle: former UNC English Professor Charles Phillips Russell recalled, "Gimghoul Castle, medieval in form and mysterious in air, owes its existence to the romantic fancies of law student Edward Wray Martin ...