| Description | List of honorary burgesses referenced in the volume:
Page 18: 1 Oct 1877 James Hunter, aged 15, for his role in the perambulation of the Boundary of the Burgh Royalty.
Page 36: 5 Sep 1895 Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, Earl of Kintore, admitted as a free burgess and guild brother in recognition of his public service as Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of South Australia, and in recognition of the long association of his family with the Burgh.
Page 37: 5 Apr 1896 John Smith, Town Clerk depute, admitted as a Free Burgess and Guild Brother, in recognition of his long and faithful services to the Burgh and in commemoration of his fifth perambulation of the Burgh Boundaries.
Page 42: 10 Feb 1902 William Ferguson LLD, chairman of directors of the Great North of Scotland Railway admitted as a free burgess and guild brother.
Page 44 23 Oct 1907 John Kellas, Town Clerk depute, admitted as a Free Burgess and Guild Brother, in recognition of his services to the Burgh
Page 45 23 Oct 1907 Patrick Wood Minto Laing, plumber, admitted as a Free Burgess and Guild Brother, for the interest he has always manifested in the affairs of the community.
Page 46 27 Sept 1950 Alexander Allan, 18 Cairncry Avenue, Aberdeen, a native of the burgh, who, as a boy had attended the riding of the Marches in 1896 and whose grandfather had been elected a Burgess in 1835, was elected an Honorary Burgess.
Page 47: 14 Dec 1953 Mrs Lynn Abel Commander of Tacoma, USA, to be an Honorary Burgess in recognition and appreciation of her generosity to the Burgh, in particular to the Old Folks of the Burgh.
Page 48: 25 June 1958 Alexander Leslie Gray, master baker, to be an Honorary Burgess (in connection to the burgh’s quatercentenary).
Page 49: 25 June 1958 James Milne, master tinsmith, to be an Honorary Burgess (in connection to the burgh’s quatercentenary) .
Page 50: 25 June 1958 Alexander Mitchell Inverurie, in recognition of his services to the Burgh during the period of his membership of the Town Council, and his other public work, including his interest in education and his services to the Scottish Savings Movement, to be an Honorary Burgess (in connection to the burgh’s quatercentenary) .
Page 51: 25 June 1958 William Tait, Paper Manufacturer, Broomend, to be an Honorary Burgess (in connection to the burgh’s quatercentenary) .
1 May 1975: Alexander McNab, retired Inspector of Police, Port Elphinstone, as Honorary Burgess, for services rendered to the Burgh as member of the Town Council and Provost.
Volume is interleaved with a programme for the comemmorative lunch held for the opening of Craigellachie Bridge by Banff County Council and Moray and Nairn Joint County Council in October 1972. |