The Spalding Club was the name of three successive

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and text publication societies founded in

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, which published scholarly editions of texts and

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studies relevant to the history of

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and its region. The clubs were named after the 17th-century historian John Spalding.

First club

The original club was founded by Joseph Robertson (1810–1866) in 1839, and included among its members

Cosmo Innes Cosmo Nelson Innes FRSE (9 September 1798 – 31 July 1874) was a Scottish advocate, judge, historian and antiquary. He served as Advocate-Depute, Sheriff of Elginshire, and Principal Clerk of Session. He was a skilled decipherer of ancien ...

and John Stuart. Stuart served as secretary and was editor of many of the works published. Thirty-eight quarto volumes appeared in the club's main numbered series, as well as another six volumes uniform with but not part of that series. Seventeen of these volumes were edited by John Stuart: his more important works included ''Sculptured Stones of Scotland'' (1856 and 1867), a highly valued work of antiquarian reference; and '' The Book of Deer'' (1869), an edition of an important manuscript

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held at one time at the

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. The club ceased to be active after 1870.

Second club

The New Spalding Club was founded at Aberdeen in 1886. Its founders included

Alexander Forbes Irvine Alexander Forbes Irvine, 20th Laird of Drum FRSE JP DL LLD (1818–1892) was a Scottish landowner, advocate, philosopher and amateur astronomer. He was a prominent member of Clan Irvine and held the family seat of Drum Castle until his death. Life ...

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. It published forty-five volumes in its numbered series, and another seven uniform with but not part of that series. Its last volume appeared in 1924.
The Secretary from its founding was

Peter John Anderson Peter John Anderson (1853 – 12 May 1926"Mr. P.J. Anderson, M.A., L.L.B." by Edward Denny Bacon in ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. 35, No. 413, May 1926, p. 107.) was the Librarian of the University of Aberdeen from 1894 and a noted philatelis ...

(1853–1926), Librarian of the

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."Mr. P.J. Anderson, M.A., L.L.B." by

Edward Denny Bacon Sir Edward Denny Bacon, KCVO (29 August 1860 – 5 June 1938)Biography
in the ...

in ''

The London Philatelist ''The London Philatelist'' was first published in January 1892
by

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