Membership
Membership requires at least one Scottish grandparent, or to have served, in the opinion of the committee of the Club, “in an important capacity in the public service of Scotland”. Most Members are Scots.
The membership comprises a wide cross-section of professions, including lawyers, accountants, bankers and stockbrokers but also professional sportspeople, ambassadors and members of the armed services.
John Logie Baird, inventor of television was a Member. John Smith QC, MP, leader of the Labour Party until his death in May 1994, was a Member and regular user of the club, and occasionally brought young new Members of Parliament to the club, including, in 1984, the newly elected member for Sedgefield, Tony Blair.
Other notable members have included Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Advocate (1979-84), a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1985-87) and Lord Chancellor (1987-97).
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