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About The Burns Club of London

Colin Rae Brown, who founded the Burns Club of London in 1868, was a native of Greenock and President of its famous Burns Club in 1843. A wealthy newspaper proprietor, he came to London in 1863 and held the first of twelve grand Burns dinners in his Kensington town house with himself as chairman and chief orator. As these celebrations grew in popularity he guided the Club to full maturity. He was also largely responsible for the formation of the Burns Federation in 1885 and as a result of his endeavours our Club is No. 1 on the Federation's worldwide roll. If you would like to attend a really good Burns Supper in London you need look no further than our Birthday Festival Dinner. We celebrate the life and works of Scotland's National Bard with a good meal and a programme of toasts, poetry, songs and ceilidh dancing to live music.