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".[1]
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The HighlandSocietyofLondon is a charity registered in England and Wales, with "the view of establishing and supporting schools in the Highlands and...
Royal Highland and Agricultural Societyof Scotland (RHASS) was founded in Edinburgh in 1784 as the HighlandSocietyof Edinburgh. The society is responsible...
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Warburg, London. Sinclair, John (1813) An Account of the HighlandSocietyofLondon, from its establishment in May 1773, to the commencement of the year...
Name: "Son of Andrew" Tartan: First seen in 1815 when collected by the "HighlandSocietyofLondon." It has an azure field and it is one of several Scottish...
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international popularity. Highland aristocrats set up HighlandSocieties in Edinburgh (1784) and other centres including London (1788). The image of the romantic highlands...
Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal [ˈfuət̪ɪçən nəŋ ˈɡɛː.əl̪ˠ], the "eviction of the Gaels") were the forced evictions of a...
collection of songs related to the Jacobite risings, compiled by the Scottish poet and novelist James Hogg on commission from the HighlandSocietyofLondon in...
London. His name appears on the membership list for the HighlandSocietyofLondon. This had been recently established to 'promote the Interests of the...
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London. p. 236. MacPhail, James Robertson Nicolson (1914). Highland Papers. Vol. 2. Edinburgh : T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society....
in need of amendment," in The Highland Bagpipe: The Impact of the HighlandSocietiesofLondon and Scotland, 1781–1844", M.Litt, University of Edinburgh...
member of the HighlandSocietyofLondon, Airds published a short history of the society in 1978. He has also written several books on the history of Clan...
replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact...
MacGregor, is a Highland Scottish clan that claims an origin in the early 9th century. The clan's most famous member is Rob Roy MacGregor of the late 17th...
and Dancers" was included in the 1841 meeting, and in 1848 the HighlandSocietyofLondon donated a Gold Medal, after their own piping competition ceased...
Piping SocietyofLondon is a Societyof bagpipers, formed in 1932. The Society aims to support and promote the heritage of Scottish Highland bagpiping...
The Highland and Island Emigration Society was a charitable society formed to promote and assist emigration as a solution to the Highland Potato Famine...
MacGregor, Patrick (1841), The Genuine Remains of Ossian, Literally Translated, HighlandSocietyofLondon Porter, James (2019). Beyond Fingal's cave :...
(adds detail that he was so honored by The HighlandSocietyofLondon, not The Highland and Agricultural Society in Scotland). Calder 1912, p. XXXVI. Calder...
Piping SocietyofLondon Annual Competition The Bratach Gorm at the Scottish Piping SocietyofLondon Annual Competition The HighlandSocietyofLondon Gold...
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