ur President in 1933 was:
The Most Hon. The Marquess of Linlithgow, KT, GCIE, OBE
The Hon. Lord St. Vigeans presided and delivered the address.
His Toast to Sir Walter has been made available here thanks to sponsorship from Lee A. Simpson.
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Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (24 September 1887 - 5 January 1952) was a British statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943.
Succeeding his father in 1908, Linlithgow served on the Western Front in World War I, and then served in various minor roles in the Conservative governments of the 1920s and 30s, including that of Chairman of the Royal Commission on Agriculture in India and of the select committee on Indian constitutional reform.
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Below is scan of some rather interesting signatures is the this 1934 Bulletin. They have been identified by John Loska as follows:
David Anderson (Lord St. Vigeans) gave the address in 1933, & became president in 1934, when the Marquess of Linlithgow made the address. Macmillan is the Right Hon. Lord Macmillan who became president in 1935, James Curle became president in 1936, Professor George Trevelyan in 1937 & Major General John Hay Beith (the popular writer who used the pseudo. Ian Hay) became president in 1938.
Sponsor: Lee A. Simpson has been Hon. Treasurer of the Club since 2001. Under the stage name of Lee Live he performs at over 70 events per year as a Wedding Singer & DJ. In November 2008 he won the VOWS Awards for best Wedding Music & Entertainment in Scotland.
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