The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh is a private members'
club located at 29-31 Abercromby Street,
Edinburgh, EH3 6QE
Scotland.
History
Originally formed in 1921 by
Lord Henry Scott after
World War I for all ranks of the
Royal Scots (absorbed into the Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006) to commemorate the 11,162 Royal Scots who had been killed in the war. Originally a
military club it is now open to wider membership, with preferential membership rates for military and ex-military personnel.
Organisation
The club currently has over 2000 members. The current
Chairman
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of
Trustees is
Major General Mark Strudwick CBE and the
Board of Directors
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is
chaired
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by Mr Shields Henderson. The Club
Committee is
chaired
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by
Col Clinton Hicks.
Notable events
In 2019 the club honoured the
Irish soldier and
Royal Scot Joseph Prosser VC a hero of the
Crimean War. The club is used as a venue for plays during the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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.
See also
*
Scottish Arts Club
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
*
The New Club
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References
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External links
Official website
Gentlemen's clubs in Scotland
Clubs and societies in Edinburgh