The Highland Society of London is a
charity
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registered in England and
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, with "the view of establishing and supporting schools in the
Highlands
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and in the Northern parts of Great Britain, for relieving distressed Highlanders at a distance from their native homes, for preserving the antiquities and rescuing from oblivion the valuable remains of
Celtic
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literature, and for promoting the improvement and general welfare of the Northern parts of Great Britain".
History
The Society was founded in 1778 by Highland gentlemen resident in London and was
incorporated by
Act of Parliament
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on 21 May 1816.
Within a year of its foundation, its members had come to include a number of notable Scots:
[Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster Bt., ''An Account of the Highland Society of London'' (London, 1813)]
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* Lord Macleod
* Sir Harry Monro
* Hon Archibald Fraser of Lovat
* Archibald Macdonald
Sir Archibald Macdonald, 1st Baronet (13 July 1747 – 18 May 1826) was a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician.
Early life
He was the posthumous son of Sir Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baronet, and younger brother of the 8th baronet (see Baron Ma ...
* Hon. General Fraser (President)
* Lord Adam Gordon
* The Earl of Eglinton
* John Macpherson
* The Duke of Gordon
* The Duke of Atholl
* John Campbell of Calder
* The Earl of Seaforth
* Lord Frederick Campbell
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* The Earl of Caithness
* Major-General Munro
* William Wemyss
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Early life
He was the son of the Hon. James Wemyss, third son of the 5th Earl of Wemyss, and his wife ...
The Presidents over the first 25 years of the Society's existence were:[
* 1778 ]Simon Fraser of Lovat
Simon Fraser of Lovat (19 October 1726 – 8 February 1782) was a son of a notorious Jacobite clan chief, but he went on to serve with distinction in the British army. He also raised forces which served in the Seven Years' War against the Fren ...
* 1779 Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton
Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton (18 May 172630 October 1796) was a Scottish General and Member of Parliament (MP) in the British Parliament. He was also the Clan Chief of the Clan Montgomery. Montgomerie fought in the Seven Years' Wa ...
* 1780 James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
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* 1781 Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
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* 1782 Lord Adam Gordon
* 1783 John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, KT, PC, FRS (30 June 1755 – 29 September 1830), styled Marquess of Tullibardine from 1764 to 1774, was a Scottish peer.
Life and career
Murray was the eldest son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, and his ...
* 1784 Lord Adam Gordon
* 1785 John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
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* 1786 John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane
* 1787 Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
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Life
Hamilton was born at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the son o ...
* 1788 Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth
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* 1789 Francis Stuart, 9th Earl of Moray
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* 1790 James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife
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Heritage
James Duff was second son of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife, and Jean Grant (daughter of Sir James Grant of Pluscardine, Baron ...
* 1791 Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald
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Macdonald was the younger son of Sir Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baronet, and his wife Lady Margaret (née Montg ...
* 1792 George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll
George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll, (22 September 1768 – 22 October 1839), styled Earl of Campbell from 1768 to 1770 and Marquess of Lorne from 1770 to 1806, was a Scottish Whig politician and nobleman.
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Argyll was the el ...
* 1793 George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
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Early life
George was born at Edinburgh on 2 F ...
* 1794 Robert Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull
* 1795 John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, KT, PC, FRS (30 June 1755 – 29 September 1830), styled Marquess of Tullibardine from 1764 to 1774, was a Scottish peer.
Life and career
Murray was the eldest son of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, and his ...
* 1796 Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet
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* 1797 George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly
George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly, (28 June 1761 – 17 June 1853), styled Lord Strathavon until 1795 and known as The Earl of Aboyne from 1795 to 1836, was a Scottish peer.
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George was the son of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboy ...
* 1798 Eric Mackay, 7th Lord Reay
* 1799 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
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* 1800 Hector Munro, 8th laird of Novar
* 1801 James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes
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He was the eldest son of James Forbes, 17th Baron Forbes, by Catherine, only daughter of Sir Robert Innes, baronet, of Orton. The lands of Forbes, Aberdeen ...
* 1802 Alexander Macdonald, 2nd Baron Macdonald
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Macdonald was the eldest son of Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Skye, Scotland, and his wife Elizabet ...
* 1803 George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
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Early life
George was born at Edinburgh on 2 F ...
* 1804 Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon KG PC FRS FSA (3 October 1767 – 18 August 1852) was a Scottish politician and art collector.
Life
Born on 3 October 1767 at St. James's Square, London, a son of Archibald H ...
* 1805 Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
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* 1806 Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
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* 1807 Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
* 1808 Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
* 1809 George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
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George was born at Edinburgh on 2 F ...
* 1810 George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
* 1811 George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
* 1812 George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
* 1813 Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
Activities
In 1782, the Society was instrumental in securing the repeal of the statutory proscription of Highland Dress
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introduced after the Jacobite rising of 1745
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. It has a well known and definitive collection of clan tartans, established in the early 19th century. In its early days it was active in the investigations into the authenticity of the poems supposedly by Ossian
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, which it had also helped to publish.
The Society supports and awards annual prizes for piping
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Industrial process piping (and accompan ...
, including gold medals at the Northern Meeting
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History
The Northern Meeting was set up in 1798 "for the purpose of promoting a Social Intercourse", and early editions ...
and Argyllshire Gathering
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History
A meeting on 23 August 1871 held at the Argyll Arms Hotel led to a resolution to have an "Annual Gathering of the Gentry of the County of Argyll for social purposes" ...
. Its early records are deposited in the National Library of Scotland
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.
References
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