DIRECTORY

OF

BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

ON THE

ROLL OF THE BURNS FEDERATION, 1917.

No. 0 KILMARNOCK Burns Club.

Instituted 1808.

Federated

1885. Place and date of meeting, George Hotel, 25th
January. President, Rev. A. B. Thomson, B.D., Edge-
hill Manse, Kilmarnock; Vice-president, Rev. Henry
Brown, M.A., Portland Road Manse, Kilmarnock;
Secretary, Thomas Amos, M.A., 19 Glebe Road, Kilmarnock,
Committee Provost Smith, J.P.; D. M'Naught, J.P.;
Jas. Middleton, J.P.; ex-Bailie Munro, J.P.; Geo. A.
Innes, F.E.I.S.; Councillor Wm. M'Menan, B.A.; Major
D. Yuille.

No. 1-The LONDON Robert Burns Club. Instituted 1868. Federated 1885. Place of meeting, Hotel Cecil and Holborn Restaurant. President, John Garioch Whyte, 67 Broomfield Avenue, Palmer's Green, London, N.; Vice-president, William Will, Morningside, Marryat Road, Wimbledon, Surrey; Secretary, Peter Neil M'Farlane, Tallis House, Whitefriars, London, E.C.: Hon. Treasurer, Chas. J. Wilkinson-Pimbury, 60 Marmora Road, Honor Oak, London, S.E. Special features of Club-Instead of usual entertainments, the Club has entertained throughout the summer and autumn wounded and convalescent men of the Scots Guards.

No. 2-ALEXANDRIA Burns Club.

Instituted 1884. Federated 1885. Place and date of meeting, Village School, Ist Monday of each month. President, Richard G. Stevenson, Stevenson Place, Alexandria; Vice-president, Donald M'Dougall, Bridge-End Tavern, Bonhill, Alexandria ; Secretary, Duncan Carswell, Linnbrane Terrace, Alexandria. Treasurer, Jas. Mirrilees, Charleston House, Alexandria. Committee-Dugald Stevenson, Richard Thomson, Wm. M'Gregor, John Barton, Harry Flowers, and John M'Nae.

No. 3-GLASGOW Tam o' Shanter. Instituted 1880. Federated 1885. Place and date of meeting, Trades House Restaur ant, 89 Glassford Street, Glasgow, last Tuesday of winter months. President, Councillor John Smith, 89 Glassford Street, Glasgow; Vice-president, John F. Anderson, Rose Villa, Stepps; Secretary, J. Jeffrey Hunter, solicitor, 89 Bath Street, Clasgow. Committee-Messrs John Carmichael, Jas. Kerr, B.L., H. J. Altmann, John Ballan

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tyne, W. Munro Denholm, Geo. Giles, P.F., Gerard Morrison, Alex. Mackenzie, T. P. Thomson, Dr John T. Maclachlan, Wm. Renfrew, Thos. Smith, J. H. Hurll. Special features of Club-Literary evenings and useful movements for the promotion of the Burns cult.

-CALLANDER Burns Club.
1885.

Instituted 1877. Federated

Federated

-ERCILDOUNE Burns Club. Instituted 1885.
26th November, 1885. Place of meeting, Red Lion
Hotel, Earlston. President, J. M. D. Simpson, Esq.,
Broomfield House, Earlston; Vice-president, Henry
Wallace, High Street, Earlston; Secretary, A. M. Black,
Market Place, Earlston. Special features of Club-
Celebration of Poet's Birthday; Annual Trip to places of
interest; lectures, &c.

-ALLOA Burns Club.

Instituted 1873. Federated 1885.

Instituted 1882.

GLASGOW Thistle Burns Club.
Fede-
rated 1885. Place of meeting, 11 Miller Street, Glasgow.
President, John Vallance, 57 College Street, Glasgow;
Vice-president, Councillor Alex. Allan, 13 Eglinton Street,
Glasgow ; Secretary, D. R. Montgomery, 122 South
Portland Street, Glasgow; Treasurer, John Eadie, 11
Miller Street, Glasgow.

MORPETH and District Burns Club.

-GLASGOW Royalty Burns Club. Instituted 1882. Federated 1882. Place and date of meeting, Bank Restaurant, 1st Thursday in October, at 7.30 p.m. President, George Guthrie, Abingdon, Mansefield Avenue, Cambuslang ; Vice-president, James Macfarlane, 51 Bath Street, Glasgow; Secretary, George F. Howarth, 14 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. Trustees-George Murray, Alex. Goodall, and James Dawson.

No. 10-DUMBARTON Burns Club.

Instituted 1859. Federated
1886. Place and date of meeting, Elephant Hotel, 25th
January. President, John Menzies, Bonhill Road,
Dumbarton; Vice-president, ex-Councillor John Douglas,
High Street, Dumbarton; Secretary, Wm. Baird, Union
Bank House, Dumbarton. Committee John MacPher-
son, Robt. M'Murray, John M'Clelland, Charles M'Kinnon,
J. B. Cameron, Major T. M‘Gill Graham, H. W. Ballardie,
Geo. Chapman, D. Clague. Special features of Club-
Celebration of the Poet's Birthday.

No. 11 CHESTERFIELD Burns Society. Federated 1886.
No. 12—BARROW-IN-FURNESS Burns Club.

Federated 1888.

No. 13 ST. ANDREWS Burns Club. Instituted 1869. Federated 1886. Place of meeting, Royal Hotel. President, Rev. Professor Allan Menzies, D.D., 58 South Street, St.

Andrews; Vice-president, W. Macbeth Robertson, soli-
citor, St. Andrews; Secretary, David Fraser, Lilybank,
Largo Road, St. Andrews. Committee-C. R. Christie,
Joseph Foster, J. G. Petrie, T. Evans Johnston, D. Hardie,
Andrew Bennett, Rev. R. W. Wallace, and J. Cargill
Cantley.

No. 14-DUNDEE Burns Club. Instituted 1860. Federated 5th March, 1886. Place of meeting, 36 Nethergate, Dundee. Hon. President, J. Martin White, Balruddery; President, David Brown; Vice-president, John Brown; Secretary, John Purves; Treasurer, H. Pettie. Committee John Purves, John M'Kelvie, Peter Davie, G. S. Middleton. Curators-J. Purves, D. Brown, H. Pettie, G. S. Middleton. Auditors--Jas. Knowles and D. Dewar.

No. 15-BELFAST Burns Club. Instituted 1872.

1886.

Federated

No. 16-SYDNEY Burns Club, N.S.W. Instituted 1880. Federated 1886. Secretary, W. Telfer, School of Art, Pitt Street, Sydney.

No. 17-NOTTINGHAM Scottish Society. Federated 1886.

No. 18-LIVERPOOL Burns Club. Instituted 1866. Federated 1886. Place and date of meeting, Hotel St. George, Lime Street, Liverpool, 25th January, 1917. President, Colonel Richard Bulman, V.D., Mersey Chambers, Liverpool ; Secretary, Major Robert Sinclair Archer, V.D., Clifton House, Birkenhead. Chairman of committee--Alex

ander Smith (surviving Founder of the Club).

No. 19-AUCKLAND Burns Club.

Instituted 1884. Federated

1886.

No. 20- -AIRDRIE Burns Club. Instituted 1885. Federated 1886. Place and date of meeting, Royal Hotel, Airdrie, 25th January. President, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur, D.S.O., Glentore, Airdrie; Vice-president, George E. Swinhoe, Albert House, Airdrie ; Secretary, Lieut.-Colonel G. B. Motherwell, solicitor, 4 East High Street, Airdrie. Committee-Robert Eadie, C. R. Larkman, D. Martyn, jun., J. B. Chapman, and Wm. M'Gregor. Special features of Club Surplus funds distributed each year among local charitable societies, &c.

No. 21-GREENOCK Burns Club (The Mother Club). Instituted 1802. Federated 1886. Place of meeting, Club Rooms, 36 Nicolson Street, Greenock. President, Provost W. B. M Millan, The Craigs, Newark Street, Greenock; Vicepresidents, Hugh M'Lean, Dungourney, Newark Street, Greenock, and James Kinghorn; Secretary, George B. Grieve, 25 Robertson Street, Greenock. Special features of Club-To cherish the name of Robert Burns, and to foster a love for his writings, and generally to encourage a taste for Scottish literature.