500 IIIGIILAXD AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



9/// President, 1 8 3 5 - 1 8 36. 



George, fifth and last Duke of Gordon, G.C.B., was 

 elected 13th January 1835. His Grace was born 2nd Feb- 

 ruary 1770, and died 28th I\Iay 1836. 



At the general meeting on June 27, 1836, the Directors 

 and officers of the Society appeared in deep mourn- 

 ing for the Duke, his Grace having died while he held the 

 office of President. In taking the chair, the Marquis of 

 Lothian, as the organ of the Society, made a most appro- 

 priate and feeling address. The death of the President, he 

 observed, from his high character and worth, had caused a 

 blank not only in the Society, but in the country. Born in 

 the highest rank and to princely estates, his station and the 

 kindliness of his heart brought him in connection with every 

 class. He was honoured by his king and revered by his 

 tenantry, and his mind being devoted to the improvement 

 of his country, he had determined, when called to the head 

 of the Highland Society, to have directed in that capacity 

 his talents and influence to the furtherance of those great 

 objects which it is associated to promote. His Grace had 

 proposed to have presided at this meeting, as well as at the 

 meeting at Perth in October. But Providence had destined 

 that these pleasing anticipations should not be realised. 

 His name had ceased to exist, but it would be long remem- 

 bered by his country.* 



I oth President, 1 8 3 7- 1 84 1 . 



George Granville, second Duke of Sutherland, K.G., 

 w'as elected loth January 1837. His Grace was born 8th 

 August 1786, and died 28th February 1861. 



In noticing His Grace's services at the general meeting 

 on I2th January 1841, the Marquis of Tweeddale said there 

 had not been a President of the Society who had put him- 

 self to more trouble, or who had gone to a greater distance, 

 not only at great personal inconvenience, but also while in 

 a state of considerable ill health. 



I I th President, 1 84 1 - 1 845 . 



Charles, fifth Duke of Richmond, K.G., was appointed 



* In the year 1876, the Duke of Richmond was created Duke of Gordon. 



