{{About|the three successive Scottish antiquarian societies|the English society|Spalding Gentlemen's Society}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} The '''Spalding Club''' was the name of three successive [[antiquarian]] and [[Text publication society|text publication]] societies founded in [[Aberdeen]], which published scholarly editions of texts and [[archaeology|archaeological]] studies relevant to the history of [[Aberdeenshire (historic)|Aberdeenshire]] and its region. The clubs were named after the 17th-century historian [[John Spalding (historian)|John Spalding]].<ref name="DNBSpalding "/>
==First club== The original club was founded by [[Joseph Robertson (historian)|Joseph Robertson]] (1810–1866) in 1839,<ref>{{cite DNB|title=Robertson, Joseph (1810-1866)}}</ref> and included among its members [[Cosmo Innes]] and [[John Stuart (antiquarian)|John Stuart]]. Stuart served as secretary and was editor of many of the works published.<ref name="dnbStuart">{{cite DNB |wstitle=Stuart, John (1813–1877)}}</ref> 38 quarto volumes appeared in the club's main numbered series, as well as another six volumes uniform with but not part of that series. Its last volume appeared in 1871.<ref name="rhs">{{cite web |title=Spalding Club: Publications |publisher=Royal Historical Society |url=https://files.royalhistsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/17210757/spaldingclub.pdf |access-date=24 April 2024 }}</ref> Seventeen of these volumes were edited by John Stuart: his more important works included ''Sculptured Stones of Scotland'' (1856 and 1867), a highly valued work of antiquarian reference; and ''[[Book of Deer|The Book of Deer]]'' (1869), an edition of an important manuscript [[Gospel Book]] held at one time at the [[abbey of Deer]].<ref name="dnbStuart "/>
==Second club== The New Spalding Club was founded at Aberdeen in 1886.<ref name="DNBSpalding">{{cite DNB |wstitle =Spalding, John |first =William |last = Galloway |volume=53 |quote=''Sources:'' Pref. by Dr. Stuart to Spalding Club edit. of Spalding's History; Par. Reg. [[New Aberdeen]].}}</ref> Its founders included [[Alexander Forbes Irvine]] [[FRSE]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0370164600052184|title=Obituary for Alexander Forbes Irvine of Drum|page=xxiii|website=Cambridge.org|access-date=27 November 2021}}</ref> It published 45 volumes in its numbered series, and another seven uniform with but not part of that series. Its last volume appeared in 1924.<ref name="rhs"/><ref name="jisc">{{cite web |title=Records of the New Spalding Club (1886–1928), Aberdeen |url=http://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb231-ms0485-0486;ms0607-0613;ms2257;ms2264;ms2529;ms3023 |website=JISC Archives Hub |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref> The Secretary from its founding was [[Peter John Anderson]] (1853–1926), Librarian of the [[University of Aberdeen]].<ref name="LP">{{cite journal |title=Mr P. J. Anderson, M.A., L.L.B. |first=Edward Denny |last=Bacon |author-link=Edward Denny Bacon |journal=[[The London Philatelist]] |volume=35 |issue=413 |date=May 1926 |page=107 }}</ref><ref name="jisc"/>
==Third and final club== The Third Spalding Club was founded in 1928. It published 22 volumes, ceasing publication in 1960.<ref name="rhs"/><ref name="jisc"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite book |first=W. Douglas |last=Simpson |chapter=The Three Spalding Clubs: a century in retrospect |title=Third Spalding Club Miscellany |volume=2 |location=Aberdeen |publisher=Third Spalding Club |year=1940 |pages=xiii–xxxii }} *{{cite journal |first=Donald J. |last=Witherington |title=Aberdeen antiquaries: the founding of the Spalding Club in 1839 |journal=Aberdeen University Review |volume=44 |date=1971–1972 |pages=42–55 }}
==External links== * {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Spalding%20Club%2C%20Aberdeen%22|title=Internet Archive Search: creator:"Spalding Club, Aberdeen"|work=[[Internet Archive]]|accessdate=28 November 2010}}
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