Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 
Contact. The Committee.
Contact:
AANHS President: president@aanhs.org
AANHS Secretary: info@aanhs.org
AANHS Treasurer: treasurer@aanhs.org
AANHS Membership is currently being dealt with by the Treasurer
AANHS Publications Convenor: publications@aanhs.org
Present Officers of the Society, & the Committee.
Appointed by Committee
President: Rob Close
Vice-President: Denis Rattenbury
Secretary: Rob Close
Treasurer: Ian Holland
Membership Secretary: Merry Graham
Meetings Organiser: Billy Young
Minute Secretary: Katherine Scott
Publications: Dane Love & Alastair Weir
Website manager: Gordon Higgs
Committee: Alan McFarlane, Chris Hawksworth, Nora Solesbury, Robert Beaton, Sandra Carolan, and those mentioned above.
LIST OF OFFICERS
(in surname order unless stated otherwise)
AYRSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
HON. PRESIDENT
Dwight D. EISENHOWER 1948 – 1969
None 1969
Sir James FERGUSSON 1970 – 1974
None 1974 – 84, and after 1996
Bryce M. KNOX 1984 – 1996
HON VICE-PRESIDENTS
Dr Annie I. DUNLOP 1972 – 1973
Sir James FERGUSSON 1956 – 1970
Geoffrey HUGHES-ONSLOW
1952 – 1956; 1970 – 1972
Lord ROWALLAN 1952 – 1959; 1970 – 1974
James E. SHAW 1952 – 1955
PRESIDENT (in date order)
Marquis of BUTE 1947 – 1956
Commander (Sir) Geoffrey H. HUGHES-ONSLOW
1956 – 1970
David WATSON, obe 1970 – 1973
John STRAWHORN 1973 – 1976
S.M. MacKECHNIE 1976 – 1979
W.S. LANHAM 1979 – 1980
T.A. HENDRY 1980 – 1983
Ronald W. BRASH 1983 – 1986
Sheena M. ANDREW 1986 – 1989
Roland D. GOLIGHTLY 1989 – 1992
Sally (Sarah M.) DICKIE 1992 – 1995
T. Eric MILLER 1995 – 1998
David REID 1998 – 2000
William LAYHE 2000 – 2003
Stanley SARSFIELD 2003 – 2006
Kenneth MONTGOMERIE 2006 – 2009
Ian HOLLAND 2009 – 2012
Ian GARDINER 2012 – 2017
Rob CLOSE 2017 – 2023
James BROWN 2024 – 2025
Rob CLOSE 2025 –
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Sheena M. ANDREW 1982 – 1986
Ronald W. BRASH 1976 – 1983
Sarah M. (Sally) DICKIE 1986 – 1992
Annie I. DUNLOP 1947 – 1972
James W. FORSYTH 1966 – 1973
Ian GARDINER 2009 – 2012
Roland D. GOLIGHTLY 1983 – 1989
Merry GRAHAM 1990 – 1998
T.A. HENDRY 1976 – 1980
Ian W. HOLLAND 2006 – 2009
Lt-Col H.A. HOLME 1954 – 1963
S. Leslie HUNTER 1988 – 1990
A. KENNEDY 1972 – 1976
William D. KERR 1947 – 1950
William S. LANHAM 1973 – 1979
William LAYHE 1995 – 2000
John H.B. LOCHHEAD 1952 – 1954
S.M. MacKECHNIE 1973 – 1976
Rev Archibald MACKENZIE 1952 – 1970
Susan MARTIN 1998 – 2001
T. Eric MILLER 1989 – 1995
Kenneth MONTGOMERIE 2003 – 2006
Denis RATTENBURY current
David REID 1992 – 1998
Angus RODGER 2012 – 2020*
Lord ROWALLAN 1948 – 1950
Stanley SARSFIELD 1998 – 2003
C. SHORE 1947 – 1948
John STRAWHORN 1971 – 1973
W.O.G. TAYLOR 1983 – 1988
R. WAITE 1979 – 1982
A. WILSON 1980 – 1982
SECRETARY (in date order)
John H.B. LOCHHEAD 1947 – 1952
James W. FORSYTH 1952 (acting), 1953 – 1955
Angus F. SUTHERLAND 1956 – 1965
Robert Y. CORBETT 1965 – 1966
Thomas A. HENDRY 1966 – 1970
Ronald W. BRASH 1970 – 1974
R. WAITE 1974 – 1979
W.O.G. TAYLOR 1979 – 1980
R. WAITE 1980 – 1981
George E. SLEIGHT 1981 – 1988
Trevor MATHEWS 1988 – 2002
Sheena ANDREW 2002 – 2018
Denis RATTENBURY 2018 – 2023
Rob CLOSE 2024 –
TREASURER (in date order)
A. KENNEDY 1947 – 1972
Ian L. HERD 1972 – 1989
Mrs Anne JOHNSTONE 1989 – 1999
Mair TILEY 1999 – 2012
Ian HOLLAND 2012 –
EDITOR
Thornton L. TAYLOR 1947 – 1949
Annie I. DUNLOP 1952 – 1957
Annie I. DUNLOP and John STRAWHORN
1958 -1972
John STRAWHORN and Allan LEACH
1972 – 1982
John STRAWHORN 1982 – 1985
John STRAWHORN and Trevor MATHEWS
1985 – 1991
John STRAWHORN, Trevor MATHEWS and David REID
1991 – 1997
Trevor MATHEWS and David REID
1997 – 1998
Editorial Committee after 1998; Publications Committee from 2001*
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY (in date order)
Allan WILSON 1972 – 1982
Mary I.O. FROUD (1983, SLEIGHT)
1982 – 1988
Sheena M. STRUTHERS 1988 – 1998
Morag BRASH 1998 – 2008
Merry GRAHAM 2008 – 2020*
COMMITTEE
Kenneth M. ANDREW, Prestwick 1973 – 1981
Mrs Sheena M. ANDREW, Prestwick (Miss S.M. HALLEY until 1973)
1971 – 1982; 1989 – 2002; 2018-2020*
Mrs Wendy AXFORD, Minishant 1973 – 1980
James BAIN, Kilmarnock 1947 – 1948
David BAIRD, Irvine 1947 – 1948
Thomas BARCLAY, Stewarton 1976 – 1980
Robert BEATON, Ayr 2025 –
George H. BEER (Dalmellington &DCA) 1974 – 1977
John BEGGS, Ardrossan 1947 – 1950
W. BOTTOMLEY, Troon 1980 – 1987
Ronald W. BRASH, Ayr 1967 – 1970; 1974- 1976; 1986 – 1987
James BREEN, Kilmarnock 1948 – 1953
John E. BUCHAN, Ayr 1967 – 1980
Marion BUCHANAN, Irvine 2014 – 2018
John A. BUYERS, Poundland 1947 – 1948
John S. CALDER, Ayr 1954 – 1961
Sandra CAROLAN, Irvine (10, Troon; 14, Irvine)
2006 –
G. CLARK (Dalmaolkeran H&CS) 1977 – 1982
Rob CLOSE, Drongan 2000 – 2006
J. Murray COOK, Maybole 1983 – 2002
Guy S. COPELAND, Ayr 1973 – 1975
Robert Y. CORBETT, Ayr 1961 – 1965
Isobel CRAWFORD, Cumnock 1987 – 1993
David DEANS, Kilmarnock 1947 – 1953
Sarah M. DICKIE, Ayr 1976 – 1986; 1995 – 2014
Neil DICKSON, Troon 2012 – 2014
William J. DILLON, Troon (54/55, Ayr, 56/57, Kilbirnie)
1949 – 1973
Jean M. DIXON, Ayr 1952 – 1966
Sadie EASTON, (KDHG) 1980 – 1981
Ruth FLEMING, Prestwick 1980 – 1983
Mrs W. FORRESTER, Fenwick 1954 – 1960
Miss Margaret FOULDS, Prestwick 1967 – 1971; 1979 – 1988
James W. FORSYTH, Ayr 1947 – 1949; 1957 – 66
Miss P. FRIEL, Glasgow 1994 – 1998
Mary I.O. FROUD See Mary SLEIGHT
Ian GARDINER, Dunure 2006 – 2008
A.B. GAVIN (DDCA) 1977 – 1986
Maurice GIBBS, Dundonald 1985 – 1991
Marion Y. GIBSON, Kilmarnock 1953 – 1974
D. Graham GIRDWOOD, Ayr 1981 – 2007
Roland D. GOLIGHTLY, Prestwick (78/79, Kilmarnock; 92, Symington))
1973 – 1983; 1992 – 1994
Barbara GRAHAM, Kilmarnock 1979 – 1987
Merry GRAHAM, Ayr 2008 –
Dr E.G. HAGGERTY, Maybole 1992 – 2000
Miss Mary B.. HALL, Fairlie (1971, Largs & District HS)
1969; 1971 – 1983
R. HALL, Ayr 1983 – 1984
Marion HAMILTON, Ayr 1978 – 1980
Thomas HAMILTON, Fairlie 1953 – 1969
Josephine HAPPELL, Troon 1976 – 1978
John C. HART, Troon 1997 – 2004, 2005-2006
Chris HAWKSWORTH
Edward HENDERSON, Cumnock 1953 – 1970
Thomas Alastair HENDRY, Darvel (63, Ayr)
1961 – 1965; 1970 – 1975; 1983 – 1992
Ian L. HERD, Ayr 1971 – 1972
Gordon HIGGS, Girvan 2022-
I.L. HOLLAND, Ayr (74, Prestwick; 81, Ayr, 82, Prestwick)
1973 – 1975; 1976 – 1991
Ian W. HOLLAND, Ayr (04, Mossblown) 2003 – 2006
Lt-Col H.A. HOLME, Greenan 1947 – 1954
Mrs Catherine HUGHES, Abbey Society of Kilwinning
1971 – 1976
Commr G.H. HUGHES-ONSLOW, Barr 1948 – 1950
S. Leslie HUNTER, Ayr 1982 – 1988
W.B. IRVING, Dalmellington (1971, Ayr) 1955 – 1975; 1976 – 1983
Jane JAMIESON, Ayr (82, Glasgow; 98, Ayr; 00, Musselburgh; 01, Edinburgh)
1981 – 1984; 1998 – 2003
Mrs J.A.C. JAY (Abbey Society) 1984 – 1985
Mrs Anne JOHNSTONE, Kilmarnock 1988 – 1989; 1999 – 2000
Rev W. Gerald JONES, Kirkmichael 1987 – 2000
Owen KELLY, Saltcoats 1961 – 1973
James KENNEDY, Kilwinning 1969 – 1970; (Abbey Soc:) 1976 – 1983
Mrs Jean KENNEDY, Ayr 1988 – 1991
Bailie William S. LANHAM, Ayr 1947 – 1948; 1971 – 1973
William LAYHE, Ayr 1990 – 1995; 2003 – 2013
J.P. LIVINGSTONE, Ayr 1971 – 1975
Hugh LORIMER, Cumnock 1947 – 1954
Dane LOVE, Auchinleck 1999 – 2000, 2005 – 2008, 2012 –
A. McALLISTER, Ayr 1975 – 1983
David C. McCLURE, Ayr 1995 – 1999
Mrs V. Gabrielle McCRACKEN (KDHG) 1977 – 1980
John McCRINDLE, Dunure 1947 – 1949
Alan McFARLANE, Ayr 2025-
S.M. MacKECHNIE, Ayr 1966 – 1982
Rev. Archibald MacKENZIE, Ayr 1947 – 1950
P.S. MACKIE, Prestwick 1954 – 1969
Jane MACLEAN, Glasgow 1984 – 1987
Alexander G. McLEOD, Darvel 1948 – 1954
Mrs L. McNAIR (DDCA) 1986 – 1989
Miss M. MACWILLIAM, Ayr 1966 – 1969
John W. MAINDS, Kilmarnock 1947 – 1974
Mrs Jennifer MARSHALL, Irvine 1991 – 1996
Susan A. MARTIN, Maybole 1994 – 1998; 2001 – 2009
Trevor MATHEWS, Ayr 1983 – 1985; 1987 – 1988; 2002 – 2011
T. Eric MILLER, Ayr 1987 – 1989; 1998 -1999
Anne MILLIGAN, Ayr 2018 – 2024*
Mrs B. MONTGOMERIE (KDHG) 1985 – 1986
Kenneth MONTGOMERIE, Coylton 1998 – 2014
Bruce MORGAN, Darvel 2000 – 2002
A. MORRIS, Ayr 1975 – 1976
I.C. MORRISON, I.C., Kilmarnock 1974 – 1976
Sarah O’DONOGHUE, Ayr 2003 – 2006
R.M. RAMAGE, Prestwick 1988 – 1989
Marion H. RAMSAY, Loans 1949 – 1950
William RAMSAY, Ardrossan 1952 – 1971
Denis RATTENBURY, Ayr 2013 – 2018
David REID, Ayr 1990 – 1992; 2000 – 2003
Elizabeth RENNIE, Ayr 1983 – 1988
Marion H. (or B.?) RICHMOND, Troon 1952 – 1975
Ian RIGGANS, Ayr 2015 – 2019
William ROACH, Ayr 1990 – 1993; 2003 – 2004
Margaret M. ROBERTSON, Prestwick 1948 – 1949
Angus W. RODGER, Fenwick (KDHG to 88/89)
1981 – 1984; 1987 – 2002; 2008 – 2011
Stanley SARSFIELD, Ayr 1993 – 1998; 2006 – 2016
Katherine SCOTT, Ardrossan 2016 – 2024*
John M. SHORT, Ayr 1952 – 1961
George E. SLEIGHT, Ayr 1980 – 1981; 1988 – 1989
Nora SOLESBURY
Mary I.O. FROUD, Ayr, later SLEIGHT 1981 – 1982; 1988 – 1989
A. STANSFIELD (Abbey Soc) 1983 – 1984
James STEVENSON, Symington 1948 – 1955
John STRAWHORN, Newmilns (1964, Mauchline)
1947 – 1971; 1989 – 1995
Sheena STRUTHERS, Ayr 1980 – 1988; 1998 – 1999
William TANNOCK, Kilwinning 1971 – 1972
Thornton L. TAYLOR, Prestwick 1947 – 1948
W.O.G. TAYLOR, Ayr 1976 – 1979
A.S. TEMPLETON, Muirkirk 1948 – 1949
Mair TILEY, Ayr 1998 – 1999
Mrs M. TORRANCE (Abbey Society) 1985 – 1989
Robert URQUHART, Glasgow 1987 – 1998
David WATSON, Ayr 1956 – 1970; 1973 – 1976
A.M. WEIR, Irvine 1976 – 1980
Alastair WEIR, Kilwinning (15, Irvine) 2014 –
Christopher A. WHATLEY, Kilwinning 1975 – 1980
James S.C. WHYTE, Prestwick 1992 – 1998; 2000 – 2014
Allan WILSON, Ayr 1971 – 1978
A. WILSON, junior (KDHG) 1974 – 1976
Andrew WILSON, Ayr 1999 – 2010
James P. WILSON, Annbank 1947 – 1948
Miss Isa WRIGHT, Ayr 1969 – 1971
Billy YOUNG, Prestwick 2010 –
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