The RHS London Club committee has confirmed that the drinks party will be held on Tuesday 15th November 2016 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm upstairs at the Iron Duke pub in Mayfair. Full details to the members in September. This is the same location as last year’s successful event. The Iron Duke 11 Avery […]
Date of our next Annual Dinner
Members please make a note of our next Annual Dinner in London, which will be Friday 24th March 2017. More details will follow.
Royal High School of Edinburgh Prize Giving 30 June 2016
The Royal High School of Edinburgh Commemoration and Prize giving was held on the 30th June 2016 in the school assembly hall. The RHS Club in London President, Fraser Wright, attended to give the prizes which the club donates annually. Photos of the presentation party can be viewed here on our Flickr website.
New mobile friendly website
I am pleased to announce the club website has been refreshed to provide a better experience, especially for mobile phone and tablet users.
Photos from our 2016 Annual Dinner
Photos from our 2016 Annual Dinner can be viewed and downloaded from our flickr web pages.
Ronnie Corbett
Ronnie Corbett was one of the most famous Royal High School former pupils of recent times and he was always very proud of his Edinburgh roots. Here are some links to the numerous obituaries which appeared after Ronnie sadly passed away on 31st March 2016. From the Telegraph- “Ronald Balfour Corbett was born in Edinburgh […]
Captain Eric Brown
You will have seen the reports that Royal High former pupil Captain Eric Brown has passed away at the grand age of 97 after a short illness. Eric attended our RHS London Club dinners in 2011 and 2012, as guest speaker, together with his partner Jean and he made a big impression on those audiences […]
Concert with music by Bill Bowie
On 23 April I am going to be conducting the Open University Choir in a concert which marks the extensive restoration of a rather fine pipe organ which is now housed in a modestly-sized church in Stony Stratford. The interest for members of the Club may be that this organ was originally built for St […]