Royal Celtic Society
Organization
Dates
- Usage: 1873 to present day.
Biography
Founded as the Celtic Society in 1820. The Society received its 'Royal' designation from Queen Victoria in 1873.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Archive of the Royal Celtic Society.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13898
Content Description
The archive of the Royal Celtic Society, founded in 1820 as the Celtic Society, and bearing its 'Royal' designation since 1873. Among the founder members were Captain William Mackenzie of Gruinard, Sir David Stewart of Garth and Sir Walter Scott, the Society's first vice president.
The archive contains minute books, financial records, membership lists, correspondence, files on the Society's history and constitution, photographs, newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous matter.
Dates:
1820-1974.