DALRY BURNS CLUB

7th Anniversary

MDCCCXXXII

Members Present

Andrew Crawford, President,

Hugh Morris, Croupier.

William Hamilton, Treasurer.

John Smart, Chaplin

John Montgomerie

James McDonald

Malcolm McDougal

James Steel

James Munn

James Kenyon

Thomas Gibson

James McNair

John Barbour

Robert McArthur

John Kerr

John Hamilton

Hugh Kerr

James Crawford, a native of Dalry, a weaver and extremely jovial

Samuel Sloan, a Native of dalry, He was a Weaver, but in 1860, a Contractor in Glasgow.

William Brown, born in Courthill, Dalry in 1785. He was some years a Weaver, but subsequently a Gardener. He is at present, 1860, employed with the Glengarnock Iron Company, and is handy and generally useful. It frequently falls on him at the anniversary to sing "There was a lad was born in Kyle", which he executes with much animation.

Hugh Manners, a native of Kilwinning, and is Butler at Blair in 1860.


This is the only year in which Andrew Crawford has recorded some of the names of those who proposed some of the toasts:

Andrew Crawford, President
Hugh Morris, Croupier
William Hamilton
James Steel
Robert McArthur
James McNair
James McDonald
John Munn
John Barbour
Burns
Tannahill
Moore
Shakespeare
Skinner
Ramsay
Sir Walter Scott
McNeal
Campbell

21 Members