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Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland

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It received a royal charter in 1787 becoming the Royal Highland Society of Scotland, at which membership rose to 150. By the 1870s, membership grew to 4650. The society granted bursaries for education and also ran the Argyll Fund, which educated "young highland gentleman" for the Navy, which was
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The society had its root in 1723 when the Society of Improvers of the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland was created in Edinburgh. This society was abandoned in 1746. A similar society under the name Highland Society of Scotland was created in 1784 with 100 members largely in reaction to the
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Ingliston House, Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, EH28 8NB
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Highland Society of Scotland
Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor
Edinburgh
Royal Highland Show
subsistence crises
highlands and islands of Scotland
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
Agriculture
George IV Bridge
Victoria Street
Edinburgh's Old Town
Henry Mackenzie
Sir Walter Scott
Highland Society of London
Royal Highland Showground
"The Society's Foundation"
the original
"Letter from James MacDonald, secretary, Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, to William K. Rose - University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections"

Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
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Agriculture in the United Kingdom
Economy of the United Kingdom
Agriculture
ADAS (company)
Arla Foods UK
Bernard Matthews

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