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The Earl of Rosslyn was appointed Chairman in No- 

 vember 1862; and on his retirement from the office in 1866, 

 the Right Hon. Mr Nisbet Hamilton thus referred to the 

 cause of it : ' When we know that his resignation arises, not 

 from any unwillingness on his part to discharge the duties 

 of chairman of this committee, but is caused, I regret to say, 

 from illness which incapacitates him from giving due atten- 

 tion to the objects and interests of this Society, I need not 

 state, in the presence of so many gentlemen who are so 

 well able to appreciate the merits of the Earl of Rosslyn, 

 how deeply we feel, and how much w^e regret that we are 

 to be deprived of his services, not only as an excellent man 

 of business, but as one who, on all occasions, has come here 

 as Vice-President to occupy the chair at our meetings. 

 When we consider the cause of his retirement, and that the 

 noble Earl is a pattern country gentleman, we must all 

 deeply regret that he is not able any longer to attend to 

 those duties in connection with the Society which he has 

 discharged with so much satisfaction to the Society gene- 

 rally, and to all the individual members who have come in 

 contact with him.' Lord Rosslyn died i6th June 1866 ; 

 and at the General Meeting on i6th January 1867, Mr 

 Kinloch, yr. of Gilmerton, in concluding his report on the 

 General Shows, added like testimony to Lord Rosslyn's 

 valuable services, remarking that he believed — and he said 

 it advisedly — that to few men was the Society more 

 indebted for its present prosperity and popularity than to 

 the late Earl of Rosslyn. On Mr Kinloch's motion, 

 seconded by the Duke of Buccleuch, it was resolved to 

 enter in the minutes a record of the sense the Society 

 entertained of the value of the services rendered to its 

 interests by Lord Rosslyn. 



At the General Meeting on 17th January 1866, the 

 appointment of Mr Kinloch as Chairman of the General 

 Show Committee was reported, and on his resignation, the 

 following resolution was passed at the General Meeting, 

 17th January 1872 : ' That the special thanks of the Society 

 be tendered to Alexander Kinloch, Esq., yr. of Gilmerton, 

 for the very zealous and efficient discharge of the duties 



