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Irvine Burns Club

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The Irvine Burns Club was founded on 2 June 1826 and is one of the world's longest continuously active Burns Clubs. [1]

44 relations: Agnes Broun, Agnes Maclehose, Alexander Fleming, Alexander Nasmyth, Alison Begbie, Ann Park, Ayr, Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton, Bobby Lennox, Burns Club Atlanta, Burns Clubs, Cambridge, David Sillar, Earl of Eglinton, Gilbert Burns (farmer), Helen Hyslop, Irvine Harbour, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Jack Nicklaus, Jackie Stewart, Jean Armour, Jean Gardner, Jean Glover, Jenny Clow, John MacKenzie (doctor), Lochlea, South Ayrshire, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Campbell (Highland Mary), Mary Morison, May Cameron, Nelly Blair, Nelly Kilpatrick, Peggy Thompson, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect., Richard Brown (captain), Robert Burns, Robert Burns World Federation, Roger Bannister, Roslin Castle, Scotland, The Hermitage, Friars Carse, William Burnes, Winnie Ewing, Winston Churchill.

Agnes Broun

Agnes Broun (or Brown) (17 March 1732 – 14 January 1820), or Agnes Burnes, was the mother of the poet Robert Burns.

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Agnes Maclehose

Agnes Maclehose (26 April 1758 – 23 October 1841Scotland's People, Death record of Agnes Craig or McIhose (OPR Deaths 685/03 0340 0368 CANONGATE)), or Agnes Craig, known to her friends as 'Nancy' Retrieved: 2012-04-03 and to Robert Burns followers as Clarinda, was a Scotswoman who had an unconsummated affair with Burns during 1787-88, on which he based the song, "Ae Fond Kiss" (1791).

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Alexander Fleming

Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician, microbiologist, and pharmacologist.

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Alexander Nasmyth

Alexander Nasmyth (9 September 175810 April 1840) was a Scottish portrait and landscape painter, a pupil of Allan Ramsay.

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Alison Begbie

Alison Begbie, Ellison Begbie or Elizabeth Gebbie is said to have been the daughter of a farmer, born in the parish of Galston, and at the time of her courtship by Robert Burns she was a servant employed at Carnell House, then known as Cairnhill, close to the River Cessnock, situated about 2 miles from Loudoun.

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Ann Park

'Helen Anne', 'Anna' or Ann Park, Retrieved: 27 February 2012 later Ann Park was baptised on 16 December 1770 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Ayr

Ayr (Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a large town and former Royal Burgh on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland.

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Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton

The Bachelors' Club is a National Trust for Scotland museum located at 1 Sandgate Street, Tarbolton, KA5 5RB.

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Bobby Lennox

Robert Lennox, MBE (born 30 August 1943, Saltcoats, Ayrshire) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Celtic Football Club and was a member of their 1967 European Cup winning team known as the Lisbon Lions.

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Burns Club Atlanta

The Burns Club of Atlanta, officially organized in 1896, is a private social club and literary and cultural society commemorating the works and spirit of the 18th century national poet of Scotland, Robert Burns.

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Burns Clubs

Burns Clubs exist throughout the world to encourage and cherish the memory of Robert Burns, to foster a love of his writings and generally to encourage an interest in the Scots Language and Literature.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.

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David Sillar

David Sillar (1760–1830), farmer, poet, grocer, schoolteacher and baillie was a close friend of the poet Robert Burns.

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Earl of Eglinton

Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.

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Gilbert Burns (farmer)

Gilbert Burns (1760 – 1827), the younger brother of Robert Burns the poet, was born at Alloway.

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Helen Hyslop

Helen Hyslop, also Nelly or Ellen Hyslop was a 'noted local beauty' in Moffat and a strong local tradition maintains that Burns was for some time a great admirer of her and she had an affair with Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796).

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Irvine Harbour

The harbours serving Irvine at Seagatefoot and Fullarton in North Ayrshire have had a long and complex history.

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Irvine, North Ayrshire

Irvine (Irvin, Irbhinn) is an ancient settlement, in medieval times a royal burgh, and now a new town on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Jack Nicklaus

Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer.

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Jackie Stewart

Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart, (born 11 June 1939) is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland.

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Jean Armour

Jean Armour (25 February 1765 – 26 March 1834), also known as the "Belle of Mauchline", was the wife of the poet Robert Burns.

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Jean Gardner

Jean Gardner or later Jean Hill, was "a young woman of very surpassing beauty," with a "light foot and an ensnaring eye," Retrieved: 7 November 2012 but she may have been thirteen years older than Robert Burns with whom she was on friendly or 'intimate' terms.

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Jean Glover

Jean Glover or Jennifer Glover (1758–1801) was a Scottish poet and singer.

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Jenny Clow

Janet, Jennie or Jenny Clow was a domestic servant to Mrs Agnes Maclehose, née Craig (1759-1841), the Clarinda to Robert Burns' Sylvander.

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John MacKenzie (doctor)

John MacKenzie was a native of Ayrshire, where he married Helen Miller d.1827, one of the "Six proper Mauchline belles" who is buried in Irvine's Old Parish church.

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Lochlea, South Ayrshire

Lochlea or Lochlie (pronounced 'Lochli') was situated in a low-lying area between the farms and dwellings of Lochlea and Lochside in the Parish of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

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Mary Campbell (Highland Mary)

Mary Campbell also known as Highland Mary, Retrieved: 17 March 2012 (was christened Margaret, March 1763 Retrieved: 23 March 2012 – 1786) she was the daughter of a sailor in a revenue cutterAnnandale, V.1, Page 173 named Archibald Campbell of Daling, whose wife was Agnes Campbell of Achnamore or Auchamore, by Dunoon on the Cowal Peninsula in 1762.

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Mary Morison

Mary Morison or Mary Morrison (1771 – 29 June 1791), Retrieved: 2012-03-11 may have been the "lovely Mary Morison", whom the poet Robert Burns admired as a girl of sixteen.

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May Cameron

May Cameron also known as Margaret, Peggy, or Meg Cameron, Retrieved: 2012-03-11 was a servant in Edinburgh, working at a house close to that of William Creech, Burns's Edinburgh publisher.

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Nelly Blair

Nelly Blair, later Nelly Smith (17591820) is sometimes suggested as being Scottish poet Robert Burns' first love.

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Nelly Kilpatrick

Nelly or Nellie Kilpatrick, later Nelly Bone (17591820).

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Peggy Thompson

Margaret "Peggy" Thompson, later Margaret Neilson, was the housekeeper at Coilsfield House or Montgomery Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect commonly known as the Kilmarnock volume or Kilmarnock edition, is a collection of poetry by Robert Burns, first printed and issued by John Wilson of Kilmarnock on 31 July 1786.

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Richard Brown (captain)

Richard Brown (1753 – 1833) or Ritchie Broun in Scots was born in Irvine.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Robert Burns World Federation

The Robert Burns World Federation is a literary society based at the 3A John Dickie Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA1 1HW.

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Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was a British middle-distance athlete, doctor and academic who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.

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Roslin Castle

Roslin Castle (sometimes spelt Rosslyn) is a partially ruined castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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The Hermitage, Friars Carse

The Hermitage was a folly first built by Captain Robert Riddell of Friars Carse (known as Glenriddell at this time and later returned to its ancient name) as part of his enthusiasm for antiquities.

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William Burnes

William Burnes or William Burness (11 November 1721 – 13 February 1784), the father of Robert Burns the poet, was born at either Upper Kinmonth or Clochnahill Farm, Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, and trained as a gardener at Inverugie Castle, Aberdeenshire, before moving to Ayrshire and becoming a tenant farmer.

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Winnie Ewing

Winifred Margaret Ewing (born 10 July 1929) is a Scottish nationalist, lawyer and prominent Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was a Member of Parliament (Hamilton 1967–70; Moray and Nairn 74–79), Member of the European Parliament (Highlands and Islands 1975–1999) and Member of the Scottish Parliament (Highlands and Islands 1999–2003).

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvine_Burns_Club

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