DIRECTORY

OF

BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

ON THE

ROLL OF THE BURNS FEDERATION, 1902.

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KILMARNOCK Burns Club. Instituted 1808. Federated
1885. President, J. Julian Cameron, M.A., Academy,
Kilmarnock; Vice-President, Robert Wylie, Lavinia, London
Road; Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas Amos, M. A., 40 St.
Andrew Street. Committee, ex- Provost Mackay, J. P.,
Captain D. Sneddon, J.P., D. M'Naught, J.P., Joseph
Brockie, J.P., D. Murray, M.A., B.Sc., John Kerr, B.L.,
G. A. Innes, F. E. I.S., Geo. Dunlop, W. M'Menan, B.A.,
R. D. Tannahill, F.S.I., J. B. Wilson, J.P., Wm. Heron,
and John Newlands. 150 members.

LONDON, The Robert Burns Club. Instituted 1868.
Federated 1885. President, Dr. J. Richmond Bryce, Stroud
Green Road, N.; Vice-President, J. Clifford Brown, 6 and 8
Lime Street Square, E.C.; Secretary and Treasurer, W. C.
Daniels, Manaton, 37 Chardmore Road, Stoke-Newington, N.
Committee, R. Gunn Mackay, R. W. Murray, A. M'Killican,
H. D. Colvill Scott, F. W. Warren, C. J. Wilkinson
Pimbury, A. Stephen, T. F. Myers, Arthur R. Molison,
and John Page. 128 members.

ALEXANDRIA Burns Club. Instituted 1884. Federated 1885.
President, John Sharp, 7 John Street, Renton; Vice-
President, James M'Farlane, Linnbrane Terrace, Alexandria;
Secretary, Duncan Carswell, Linnbrane Terrace, Alexandria;
Treasurer, Donald Campbell, 116 Bank Street. Committee,
John M'Gown, Robt. M'Gown, Jas. Murray, Peter Conachie,
Robert Stirling, and Hugh Howie. 30 members.
GLASGOW Tam o' Shanter Club. Instituted 1880. Federated
1885. President, David Milne, 124 Bothwell Street; Vice-
President, Charles Marshall, 68 Bath Street; Secretary, G. L.
Cumming, Blythswood Drive; Committee, John Muir,
Andrew Crawford, M. M'Kenzie, Samuel Palmer, Thomas
Thomson, George H. Forrest, John Smith, James M'Kenzie,
and ex-President G. S. Galt.

CALLANDER Burns Club. Instituted 1877. Federated 1885.
President, William Russell; Secretary, James S. Anderson,
Callander.

No. 5. ERCILDOUNE Burns Club.

Instituted 24th January, 1885. Federated 26th November, 1885. President, William Kerr, Earlston; Vice Presidents, T. Murdison and A. Nichol, Earlston; Secretary and Treasurer, Archibald Black, Aitchisons' Place, Earlston; Committee, Messrs. Grieve, Wallace, Bone, Aitchison, Cameron, Douglas, Stafford, Miles, Fox, Noble, Wight, Monroe, Blackadder, and Huggans. 100 members. No. 6. ALLOA Burns Club. Federated 1885. President, George B. M'Murtrie, Ochil Street; Vice-Presidents, Alexander Reid, John Simpson, and George Burton; Treasurer, William

Bringan, Coalgate; Secretary, David Hughes, Mar Place,
Alloa. 30 members.

No. 7. GLASGOW Thistle Burns Club. Instituted roth March, 1882.

No. 9.

Federated 1885. President, James Mearchant, 136 Govan Street, S.S.; Vice-President, Alexander Rennie, 41 Cumberland Street, S.S.; Treasurer, A. Kerr, 24 Thistle Street, S.S.; Secretary, John Peters, 150 Main Street, Anderston; Committee, R. Crockhart, D. Douglas, D. Liddell, John Frame. Limited to 40 members.

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No. 8. MORPETH AND DISTRICT Burns Club (dormant). Secretary, John Dobson, Oldgate Street, Morpeth. GLASGOW Royalty Burns Club. Instituted 1882. Federated 1886. President, James M'Culloch; Vice-President, George Murray; Secretary and Treasurer, W. C. Rodger, 44 Bath Street. Committee, John M'Guffie, James M'Nicoll, James Martin, Wellwood Rattray, A.R S.A., T. Graham, and W. H. M'Donald. 173 members.

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No. II.

No. 12.

DUMBARTON Burns Club. Instituted 1859. Federated
1886. President, Provost MacFarlane; Vice-Presidents, C.
M. Stevenson, and W. Mayer; Secretary and Treasurer,
Quartermaster M'Gilchrist. Committee, Provost M'Farlan,
Dean of Guild Kirk, ex-Dean of Guild Allan, ex-Councillor
Macphie, Major Thomson, and Dr. W. A. M'Lachlan, M.D.
36 members.

CHESTERFIELD Burns Society. President, Robert Howie,
Ashgate Road; Vice-Presidents, D. S. Anderson, West Park;
Dr. Goodfellow, Old Road, Brompton; Hon. Secretary,
George Edward Drennan, 77 Salter Gate, Chesterfield;
Derbyshire.

BARROW IN FURNESS Burns Club. Federated 1886.
President, Samuel Boyle; Secretary, Alexander M'Naught,
4 Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness.

No. 13. ST. ANDREWS Burns Club. Instituted 1869. Federated 1886. President, James Leask, White Ha'; VicePresident, Rev. R. W. Wallace, St. Leonard's Parish; Secretary, W. G. M. Brown, 116 South Street; Treasurer, Michael Power, Rowan Villa; Committee, Bailie Murray, G. C. Douglas, Wm. Blyth, James Gillespie, Wm. Duncan, and John Angus. Meet in the Royal Hotel. 140 members.

No. 14. DUNDEE Burns Club. Instituted 1860. Federated 1886. President, J. Binny; Vice-President, H. Ross; Secretary, Edward Peill, 36 Nethergate, Dundee; Treasurer and Librarian, E. Dobson, 127 Nethergate. 60 members.

No. 15. BELFAST Burns Club. Instituted 1872. Federated 1886. President, W. H. Anderson, East Hillbrook, Holywood; Vice-President, Peter Galloway; Secretary and Treasurer, Barclay M'Conkey; Auditor, James Gemmell; Committee, A. M'Cowatt, J. Denvar, W. Campbell, J. L. Russell, J. Jenkins, A. E. M'Farlane. 64 members.

No. 16. SYDNEY Burns Club. Instituted 1880. Federated 1886. President, Alex. Kethel, J.P.; Vice-Presidents, James Muir and Thomas Lamond; Treasurer, W. W. Bain; Secretary, W. Telfer, School of Arts, Pitt Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 400 members.

No. 17. NOTTINGHAM Scottish Society Burns Club (dormant). Federated 1886. President, R. Hemingway; Vice-President, John Johnstone; Secretary, D. Stuart Hepburn, 9 Wellington Circus, Nottingham.

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No. 21.

LIVERPOOL Burns Club. Instituted 1877. Federated 1886.
Secretary and Treasurer, James M William, 63 Coltart Road,
Liverpool. 70 members.

No. 19. AUCKLAND Burns Club and Literary Society. Instituted 1884.
Federated 1886. President, James Stewart, C.E., Short-
land Street, Auckland; Vice-Presidents, George Fowlds,
James M'Farlane, A. Moncur; Treasurer, Charles Dunn, c/o
Messrs. Brown, Barrett & Co.; Secretary, John Horne,
Wellington Street; Committee, Alex. Wright, Arthur Dunn,
William Moncur, Earnest Jones, William Stewart.
AIRDRIE Burns Club. Instituted 1885. Federated 1886.
President, George S. Rankin, Esq., The Laurels, Hamilton;
Vice-President, James Hamilton; Secretary and Treasurer,
R. C. Platt, 26 South Bridge Street, Airdrie. 55 members.
GREENOCK Burns Club. Instituted 1802. Federated 1885.
Honorary President, Sir Thos. Sutherland, K. C. M. G., LL.D.,
M.P.; President, Robert Caird, Esplanade; Vice-Presidents,
D. M'Innes, Charing Cross, Greenock, and Anderson Roger,
Port-Glasgow; Treasurer, A. T. Anderson, 21 Newton Street;
Secretaries, J. B. Morison, 55 Forsyth Street, and C. N.
Morison, 12 Lyle Street; Librarian, J. M. Farquhar, 10
Ardgowan Square. Club room (always open), 36 Nicolson
Street; Janitor, Alexander Stevens. 300 members.
The EDINBURGH Burns Club. Instituted 1848. Federated
1886. President, Robert Cranston. Treasurer of the City of
Edinburgh; Vice President, Archibald Menzies, S.S.C.;
Secretary, George T. Clunie, C.A., 2 St. Andrew Square,
Edinburgh; Treasurer, J. A. Trevelyan Sturrock, S.S.Č., 34
Castle Street, Edinburgh; Committee, Thos. Carmichael,
S.S. C., William Robertson, S.S. C., Andrew Gordon, James
Masterton, James Ford, W. Ivison Macadam, F.R.S.E.,
George A. Munro, S.S. C., Andrew Isles, W. J. Robertson,
Robert Hogg, R. A. Lindsay, S.S.C., James Ewart, J. R.
Burgess, J. L. Ewing, C. Martin Hardie, R.S.A., S. M3Mur-
ray, J. Miller Craig, W. Bertram Miller, H. D. Ezard, and
Councillor W. Fraser Dobie. 150 members.

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No. 23. ADELAIDE South Australian Caledonian Society. Instituted
1881. Federated 1886. Chief, John Wyles, J.P., Pirie
Street, Adelaide; Chieftain, T. W. Fleming, Waymouth Street,
Adelaide; Chieftain, Alex. Dowie, Rundle Street, Adelaide ;
Treasurer, D. W. Gray, Grenfell Street, Adelaide; Secretary,
H. G. M'Kittrick; Society's Office Address, 70 Grenfell
Street, Adelaide, S.A.; Hon. Auditors, D. Nicholson
and A. Ronald Scott; Committee, D. W. Melvin, R. H.
Crawford, Philip Tod, John Drummond, T. H. Smeaton,
George Fowler Stewart, James Murray. Branches of the S.A.
Caledonian Society established in Port Adelaide, Gawler,
Mount Gambier, Port Augusta, Millicent, Port Pirie.
GLASGOW Bank Burns Club. Instituted 1844. Federated in
1886. President, William Bowie, 220 Buchanan Street; Vice-
President, Robert Johnston, Spoutmouth; Treasurer, Alex.
Gray, 97 Great Hamilton Street; Secretary, John Gentle,
116 Gallowgate, Glasgow. 150 members.
WINNIPEG St. Andrew's Society. Federated in 1886. Chief,
W. A. Dunbar; Secretary, David Philip, Government Buildings,
Winnipeg, Man. Rooms, Unity Hall, Hain Street.

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No. 25.

No. 26. PERTH Burns Club. Instituted 1873. Federated on 19th June, 1886. President, William Whitelaw, Huntingtower

Park, by Perth; Vice-President, Dr. Holmes Morrison,
Marshall Place; Treasurer, William Stevenson, Balhousie
Villas; Secretary, James Harper, 68 St. John Street, Perth.
Meet in Salutation Hotel, Perth. 80 members.

No. 27. GLASGOW Springburn Burns Club. Federated 1886. President, Thos. D. Wilson, 4 Bellvue Terrace; Vice-President, Dr. W. A. Mason; Secretary, William M'Bain, Janefield Cottage, Springburn, Glasgow; Committee, John Flint, John Young, Alex. Forbes, Thomas Forsyth, Robert Kirkland, Wm. T. Muir. 37 members.

No. 28.
No. 29.

The JOLLY BEGGARS Burns Club, Mauchline.

BOLTON Junior Burns Club. Instituted 6th September, 1881. Federated 1886. President, Peter Nisbet; VicePresident, James Flockart; Secretary and Treasurer, Harry George, 32 Halstead Street, The Harregh, Bolton. members.

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No. 30. BLACKBURN Burns Club. Instituted 1878. Federated 1886. President, W. Ferguson. Ainsworth Street; Vice-President and Treasurer, William M'Kie, Wellington Street; Secretary, Robert M'Kie, Victoria Street, Blackburn. 20 members.

No. 31. SAN FRANCISCO Scottish Thistle Club. Instituted 18th March, 1882. Federated 1886. Royal Chief, W. A. Dawson, Hughes' Hotel; Chieftain, Andrew Ross, 1208A Howard Street; Treasurer, John Ross, 26 Eddy Street; Recorder, George W. Paterson, 801 Guerrero Street. 250 members.

No. 32. NEWARK Caledonian Club. Federated in 1886. President, John Huggan; Treasurer, Paul Buchanan, corner of 16th Avenue and Bergen Street; Secretary, John Hogg, Caledonian Club, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.

No. 33. GLASGOW Haggis Club. Instituted 1872. Federated 1886. President, Archibald Armour; Vice-President, Robert W. Turner; Hon. Secretary, Robert John Cameron; Hon. Treasurer, Thomas Macfarlane; Committee, The above and the ex-President. 50 members (limited).

No. 34. GLASGOW Carrick Burns Club. Instituted 1859.

Federated

1887. President, Donald Campbell; Vice-President, Duncan Norval; Secretary, C. C. Thomson, 99 Grant Street, Glasgow; Treasurer, Robert Norval. Meet in 62 Glassford Street, Glasgow, on the last Tuesday of every month. 40 members. No. 35. DALRY Burns Club. Instituted 1826. Federated 1887. President, David Johnstone, Inspector of Schools; VicePresident, Robert Fulton, Writer; Secretary and Treasurer, Alexander Comrie, Accountant, Dalry, Ayrshire. This is the oldest known Burns Club with an unbroken record of its transactions to date. 30 members. The anniversary meeting is held on the Friday nearest 25th January.

No. 36. GLASGOW Rosebery Burns Club. Instituted 1885. Federated 1887. Patron, Lord Rosebery; President, P. T. Marshall; Vice-President, Alexander Pollock; Secretary, R. Murray Dunlop, 136 Wellington Street; Treasurer, C. F. Macpherson, 3 Holmhead Crescent, Cathcart; Committee, W. Davidson, H. A. Fisher, J. Robertson, H. Sturdy, Dr. Biggs, W. Allan. Librarian, John Smith. 180 members.

No. 37. DOLLAR Burns Club. Instituted 14th January, 1887. Federated 29th December, 1897. President, John Benson Green, Station Road; Vice-President, Charles Arrol, Castle Terrace ;