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

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THEROYALBURGESSGOLFINGSOCIETYOFEDINBURGH
Stewart
of
Jamaica,
and
Captain
M`Leane
were
guests
of
the
Society.
The
names
of
Mr.
Dick,
minister
of
Currie,
a
pre-
decessor
in
office
of
that
admirable
raconteur,
the
Rev.
William
Stewart,
present
minister
of
that
parish,
Thomas
Duncan,
writer,
Mr.
Foreman,
W.S.,
John
Rae,
surgeon,
and
Bailie
William
Coulter
appear
in
1794.
In
the
following
year
we
have
the
Town
Council
represented
by
the
Lord
Provost,
Sir
James
Stirling,
Bailie
Eyre,
Convener
Hay,
the
Town
Clerk,
the
Dean
of
Guild,
the
manager
of
the
Charity
Workhouse,
Deacon
Fraser,
and
the
Rev.,
Robert
Walker,
minister
of
the
Canongate,
surely
as
representative
a
deputation
of
municipal
authority
as
could
be
desired.
This
Rev.
Robert
Walker
was
born
in
1776
and
died
in
i
808.
HewasasonofWilliamWalker,ministerofthe
ScotsChurchatRotterdam,andwrote
Kolf:ADutch
Game,
quotedbyJupiterCarlyle(172-2-1805)inhis
articleontheParishofInveresk,in
Sinclair'sStatistical
Account,
1793.
Amongst
others,
it
is
interesting
to
observe
that
George
Lindsay,
Captain
of
the
Blackheath
Society
of
Golfers,
was
a
guest
in
18
2-4,
while
in
18
2-
8
Mr.
Cunning-
ham
of
that
Club
was
made
an
Honorary
Member.
Reciprocal
visitations
took
place
almost
quarterly
between
representatives
of
the
Councils
of
the
Brunts-
field
Links
Society
and
the
Burgess.
Following
upon
the
presentation
of
some
copies
of
AnHistoricalAccountoftheGameofGolf,
nowvery
rare,
compiled
by
John
Cundell,
Secretary
of
the
Club,
a
prominent
Leith
brewer
and
golfer
of
his
period,
printed
by
the
Thistle
Club
of
Leith
in
182-4,
the
Captain
and
office-bearers
of
that
Club,
were
made
Honorary
Members
of
the
Burgess.
The
copies
presented
to
the
Burgess
on
that
occasion
have
all
disappeared.
This
historical
account
of
the
game
of
golf
is
recognised
as
the
first
essay
on
this
subject
in
existence.
Many
social,
golfing,
and
other
clubs
of
the
period
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