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CHAPTERXI
OFFSPRINGSOCIETIESOFTHEBURGESS
NEWdepartureinconstitutionalauthorityonthe
partoftheBurgessisevidenttenyearsafterthe
obtainmentoftheirownSealofCause.In18To
therewasgrantedbytheSocietyaCharterandDiploma
toCharlesMackenzieoftheislandofBarbadosto
enablehimtofoundagolfingsocietythere.Apparently
Mr.Mackenziehadmetwithdifficultiesinhisobjective,
aswefindthatthisCharterwasonlyconfirmedaslate
asDecember1817,whenhewasabouttoreturnto
BarbadosafterasubsequentvisittoEdinburgh.This
DiplomaconstitutedhimrepresentativeoftheBurgess
SocietyatBarbadoswithfurtherpowertofounda
Societythereinemulationofitsparent.
Inthemeantime,anotherCharterofasimilarnature
hadbeengrantedtoCharlesMacDowalloftheisland
ofSt.Vincent,homeonholidayfromtheWestIndies
in1814.Mr.MacDowallhadbecomeanordinary
memberoftheSocietyinFebruaryofthatyear,andin
Septemberfollowinghestatedatameetingofthe
membersthathewassoontoreturntotheisland,and
beinganxioustoextendthebenefitsoftheroyal
gametothatdistantpartoftheworldhesolicited
fromtheSocietysuchaDiplomaorCommissionas
mightenablehimtoformagolfingsocietyonhis
return,"tobecomposedofsuchgentlemeninthat
islandandadjoiningsettlementsaswereadmirersof
anddesirousofparticipatinginthemanlyexercise
ofgolf."
ApparentlythegoverningbodyoftheBurgess
58
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CHAPTERXI
OFFSPRINGSOCIETIESOFTHEBURGESS
NEWdepartureinconstitutionalauthorityonthe
partoftheBurgessisevidenttenyearsafterthe
obtainmentoftheirownSealofCause.In18To
therewasgrantedbytheSocietyaCharterandDiploma
toCharlesMackenzieoftheislandofBarbadosto
enablehimtofoundagolfingsocietythere.Apparently
Mr.Mackenziehadmetwithdifficultiesinhisobjective,
aswefindthatthisCharterwasonlyconfirmedaslate
asDecember1817,whenhewasabouttoreturnto
BarbadosafterasubsequentvisittoEdinburgh.This
DiplomaconstitutedhimrepresentativeoftheBurgess
SocietyatBarbadoswithfurtherpowertofounda
Societythereinemulationofitsparent.
Inthemeantime,anotherCharterofasimilarnature
hadbeengrantedtoCharlesMacDowalloftheisland
ofSt.Vincent,homeonholidayfromtheWestIndies
in1814.Mr.MacDowallhadbecomeanordinary
memberoftheSocietyinFebruaryofthatyear,andin
Septemberfollowinghestatedatameetingofthe
membersthathewassoontoreturntotheisland,and
beinganxioustoextendthebenefitsoftheroyal
gametothatdistantpartoftheworldhesolicited
fromtheSocietysuchaDiplomaorCommissionas
mightenablehimtoformagolfingsocietyonhis
return,"tobecomposedofsuchgentlemeninthat
islandandadjoiningsettlementsaswereadmirersof
anddesirousofparticipatinginthemanlyexercise
ofgolf."
ApparentlythegoverningbodyoftheBurgess
58
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Sports publications > Chronicle of the Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh, 1735-1935 > (94) |
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Description | More than 230 sports publications from the National Library of Scotland's collections. Featured sports include football, rugby, golf, shinty, athletics, bowls, cricket and hockey. Among the material from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are match programmes, club histories, and handbooks. From the late 20th century are promotional materials to encourage greater diversity in sport. Most items cover sports activities in Scotland. There are also publications relating to the Olympics and international matches. |
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