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zzTHEROYALBURGESSGOLFINGSOCIETYOFEDINBURGH
ofSt.Cuthbert'sortheWestKirk),whoresidedat
LevenLodge,neartheLinks,hadbeenCaptainfor
thelongperiodofeightyears(1777-1784),andon
hisretiralhereceivedthewell-meriteddistinctionof
beingmadeanHonoraryMember.Hisson,alsonamed
Joseph,PrincipalClerkoftheTeindCourt,was
Secretaryin1777and1778.WilliamSime,authorof
theHistoryofSt.Cuthbert'sortheKestKirk,publishedin
18z9,remarks:"Itmaybeworthmentioningthat,
previoustothepusillanimoussurrenderofEdinburgh
totheyoungPretenderandhisHighlandersin1745,
JosephWilliamson,Advocate,who,beingTown-
Clerk,hadbeenentrustedwiththekeysofthegates,
absolutelyrefusedtodeliverthemup,evento
theLordProvost,andwhencommandedperemp-
torilybyhisLordship,heimploredthathemightbe
permittedatleasttoescapeoverthewalls,soasnot
toshareinthegeneraldisgraceoftheCity."Joseph
Williamsonwasbornin17o6(theyearofhisfather's
decease),anddiedin1795.Itisasingularcircumstance
thataministerinpubliclifein165z(asDavidWilliam-
sonthenwas)shouldhaveasonwholivedtill1795.
Amongotherswhobecameordinarymembersto-
wardsthecloseoftheeighteenthcenturymaybenoted
someinterestingpersonalities,someofwhomwere(and
afewstillare)well-knownbeyondtherealmofgolf.
BailieJohnMeggetofPortsburgh,fromwhomthe
nameofMeggetland,awell-knownportionofsouthern
Edinburgh,originated,wasTreasurerfrom1779to
1783,Captainin1785,Chaplainin1807,andjoint-
Captainduringamemorablesplitinthemanagement
oftheSocietyin18o8:membersappearedatameeting
oftheSocietyinJanuary1819inmourninginmemory
ofCaptainJohnMegget,thefatheroftheClub,who
wasadmittedin1773.
WilliamClarkson'wasawigmaker,or,ashewas
1ThenameofthefamousWillieClarkson,thetheatricalperruquier,
comestomind,butnofamilyconnectionhasbeentraced.

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Chronicle of the Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh, 1735-1935
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