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The Highland Society of London is a charity registered in England and Wales, with "the view of establishing and supporting schools in the Highlands 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 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 an act of Parliament, the Highland Society of London Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. xx) on 21 May 1816.
Within a year of its foundation, its members had come to include a number of notable Scots:
Lord Macleod
Sir Harry Monro
Hon Archibald Fraser of Lovat
Archibald Macdonald
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
The Earl of Caithness
Major-General Munro
William Wemyss
The Presidents over the first 25 years of the Society's existence were:
1778 Simon Fraser of Lovat
1779 Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton
1780 James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
1781 Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
1782 Lord Adam Gordon
1783 John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
1784 Lord Adam Gordon
1785 John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
1786 John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane
1787 Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
1788 Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth
1789 Francis Stuart, 9th Earl of Moray
1790 James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife
1791 Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald
1792 George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll
1793 George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
1794 Robert Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull
1795 John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
1796 Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet
1797 George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly
1798 Eric Mackay, 7th Lord Reay
1799 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
1800 Hector Munro, 8th laird of Novar
1801 James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes
1802 Alexander Macdonald, 2nd Baron Macdonald
1803 George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
1804 Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
1805 Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
1806 Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
1807 Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
1808 Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
1809 George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon
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 Dress Act 1746, the statutory proscription of Highland Dress, introduced after the Jacobite rising of 1745. 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, which it had also helped to publish.
The Society supports and awards annual prizes for piping, including gold medals at the Northern Meeting and Argyllshire Gathering. Its early records are deposited in the National Library of Scotland.
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Britania Raya
- Ossian
- Skotlandia
- James Smith dari Jordanhill
- Fungsionalisme struktural
- Walter Scott
- Orde Thistle
- Putri Margaret dari Snowdon
- Sejarah Israel dan Yehuda kuno
- Sosioekonomi
- Highland Society of London
- Highland Society
- Jacobite Relics
- Tartan
- Simon Fraser of Lovat
- Northern Meeting
- Scottish clan
- Highland cattle
- Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
- Celtic society
