Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Atlanta Burns Club Visit 2009
Past Presidents and Previous Immortal Memory Speakers
The Inverness Burns Club has a long tradition of the President choosing the guest (or member) who will deliver the Immortal Memory at the Annual Burns Supper(s) during their tenure as President. Below is a list of our Past Presidents and their choices of speakers over the years…
Past Presidents Immortal Memory
Year Club President Year Speaker
1949-50 William Gray 1949 Baillie William Gray
1950 T E M Landsborough
1950-53 James A Grigor 1951 The Rt Hon Thomas Johnston PC
1952 The Rt Hon The Earl of Selkirk OBE AFC
1953 The Hon Lord Gibson
1953-56 Alexander Cullen 1954 John M Bannerman OBE
1955 Nigel Tranter
1956 Douglas Young
1956-60 W E C Rankine 1957 Noel Stevenson OBE
1958 Wilfred Taylor
1959 Lionel Daiches
1960 Dr John MacCormick
1960-61 D J MacDonald 1961 David D Murison
1961-63 A B Lawson 1962 Rev James L Dow
1963 Dr Ronald Mavor
1963-66 J S Swanson 1964 Rev Stanley D Mair
1965 Russell Johnston MP
1966 Lord Birsay CBE TD
1966-68 D F MacDougall 1967 Capt Ben Coutts
1968 T J Honeyman
1968-70 L S Pollitt 1969 James Scotland
1970 Arthur G Boyne
1970-72 N R Y Agnew 1971 Jack House
1972 Dr William McL Dewar CBE
1972-74 Alexander Fraser 1973 Jane Burgoyne
1974 Rev James Currie
1974-77 J F Michie 1975 Andrew Charters
1976 The Rt Hon The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine
1977 Andrew Hamilton
1977-79 Clifford F Parr 1978 Rev James Currie
1979 Prof George Bruce
1979-81 Charles C Morgan 1980 Peter MacLeod
1981 Wynford Vaughan-Thomas OBE
1981-83 Helen Innes 1982 James A MacKay
1983 Sheriff Roy A Wilson
1983-85 W R McPhee 1984 Sheriff J Irvine Smith
1985 Jimmy Spankie
1985-87 D C Caldwell 1986 J A D Michie
1987 J F (Ian ) Michie
1987-89 E B B McD Simpson 1988 Lionel Daiches
1989 Andrew Charters QPM
1989-91 H A M Fraser 1990 John D Pollock
1991 Dr Farquhar Mackintosh CBE
1991-93 E F Murdoch 1992 Charles Kennedy MP
1993 Iain Robertson
1993-95 Nan Crawford 1994 David M Henderson
1995 Stuart M Wallace
1995-97 E D M Cheyne MBE 1996 Louis Grassie
1997 Graeme Lapsley CBE
1997-99 D M Henderson 1998 The Very Rev Dr James A Simpson
1999 The Hon Lord MacLean
1999-01 Alison Marr 2000 Dr James Hunter
2001 Bill Robertson
2001-03 Fergus Ewart 2002 Joan Aitken
2003 Iain A Gordon
2003-05 Iain Gordon 2004 D Wilson Ogilvie
2005 Hugh MacKay
2005-07 Chris Silver 2006 William Roe
2007 James Fraser
2007-08 Hugh Grant 2008 Fergus Ewing MSP
2008-10 Cliff G Sim 2009 Ian MacMillan
2010 Prof Charles Munn OBE
2010-12 Michael Halley 2011 Dr Ian Gill
2012 Neil MacArthur
2012-14 Campbell Dickson 2013 Craig Anderson
2014 Dr Kirsteen McCue
2014-16 Dawson Lamont 2015 Cliff G Sim (Standing in for Charles Kennedy)
2016 Graham McLachlan
2016-18 Hugh Grant 2017 James McPherson
2018 Iain A Gordon
2018-20 Iain A Gordon 2019 Iain Harkins
2020 The Very Rev William C Hewitt
2020-21 Cliff G Sim 2021 No supper held
2021-22 David Henderson 2022 No supper held
2022-23 Chris Silver 2023 James Fraser
2023- Trevor Nicol 2024 Dr Ian Moir