MEMBERSHIP. 54 1 



The Hon. General Alexander ?ilackay. He was brother to Lord Reay, 

 and was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Scotland in 1780. 

 He was chosen a Director in 1784, and died in 1789. 



Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart. A banker of eminence in Edin- 

 burgh. His history is well known. Chosen one of the Directors in 1785, and 

 a Vice-President in 1786. He died in 1806. 



Sir William Forbes of Craigievar, Bart. He married in 17S0 the eldest 

 daughter of the twelfth Lord Sempill, and died in 1816. The present Sir Wm. 

 Forbes is heir presumptive to the title now held by the Baroness Semphill. 



Sir Robert Menzies of Menzies, Bart. He died in 1786, when the title 

 reverted to his kinsman, Sir John, who became a member in 1791. Sir 

 John died in 1800, and the title devolved upon his first cousin, Sir Robert, 

 who, as one of the original constituent members, is afterwards referred to. 



Sir John Lockhart Ross of Balnagown, Bart. He was a distinguished 

 naval officer, and rose to the rank of Admiral. Was elected an Extraordinary 

 Director in 1785. 



Sir William Murray of Ochtertyre, Bart. Was chosen to serve as a 

 Director in 1784, and again appointed to the same office in 1789. He died 

 in 1800. 



Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, Bart. Elected a Director in 1785, and a 

 Vice-President in 1789. Died in 1798. 



Sir James Grant of Grant, Bart. Occupied the chair at some of the 

 earlier meetings of the Society; was named a Vice-President in 1784; and, 

 after promoting the objects of the Society in various ways, died in 181 1. 



Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk, Bart. Was nominated an Extraordin- 

 ary Director in 1785, and an Ordinar)' one in 1786. He died in 1796. 



Sir James Riddell of Ardnamurchan, Bart., and his eldest son, Thomas 

 Milles Riddell. The latter died in 1796, and the former in 1797. 



Sir George Munro of Poyntzfield. 



Robert Arbuthnott, Secretarj' to the Board of Trustees for Fisheries and 

 Manufactures in Scotland. Was elected a Director in 1784. He died on the 

 6th of November 1803, and was buried in Gre}'friars Churchyard. His son 

 (William Arbuthnott) was created a baronet by King George IV. in person, 

 24th August 1822, at the banquet given to the King by the Magistrates, where 

 Mr Arbuthnott presided as Lord Provost of the City. 



Alexander Baillie of Dochfour. Chosen to fill the office of Extraordinary 

 Director in 1785, and of ordinarj' Director in 1787. He died in 1798, and was 

 succeeded by his brother, Evan Baillie, M.P. for Bristol. 



Henry Balneaves of Edradour. 



Ewan Cameron of Fassifem. Afterwards Sir Ewan Cameron, Bart. 



Robert Campbell of Monzie. Became a Director in 1784. His son, 

 Lieut. -Colonel (afterwards General) Alexander Campbell, yr. of Monzie, was 

 also one of the Original Members. 



Donald Campbell of Sonachan. His son, Robert Campbell, late of Son- 

 achan, became a member in 1802, and was for many years 'the father of the 

 Society.' He was born in 1779, and died on 13th June 1877, in his 98th year. 



Captain (afterwards General) Duncan Campbell of Lochnell. Attended 

 the Jubilee dinner in 1833. 



John Campbell of Airds. Elected an Extraordinarj- Director in 1785, 

 and again in 1787. 



