| 2009 |
Dr Gordon Dickinson University of Glasgow, Member of RSGS Education and Expeditions Committees Dr Jack Evitt Former Chair of Stirling Centre Dr William Gray Former Chair of Perth Centre Pen Hadow Explorer and Vice-President of the Society Dr James Hansom Retiring Editor of Scottish Journal of Geography Professor John Hume OBE For services to archaeology and the environment Kenneth Maclean For services to teaching in Perth Ronald McLaren Former Chair of Kirkcaldy Centre Alison McGuigan Uddingston Grammar School, for services to geographical education Cameron McNeish For services to the natural environment of Scotland Mike Shand For services to cartography Dr Joanne Sharp Retiring Editor of Scottish Journal of Geography Professor Alan Werrity University of Dundee, for services to geography William Wood For services to geographical education in Scotland |
| 2008 |
Professor Paul Ignatieff, Founding Chairman of the RSGS Dumfries Centre Val Vannet, Head of Geography at Dundee High School |
| 2007 |
Dr Kenneth Cameron, Depute Librarian, University of Strathclyde Dr Hugh Cheape, Depute Curator, National Museums of Scotland Professor George Gordon, Past Chairman of Council, RSGS Dame Barbara Kelly DBE, DL, LLD, Convener, Millennium Forest for Scotland Trust Hamish MacInnes OBE, BEM, explorer, mountaineer, writer, designer and film maker |
| 2006 |
The Earl of Dalkeith. KBE, DL, Past President, RSGS Ian Condie, RSGS Inverness Centre John Grant of Rothiemurchus, DL Professor Kiyonori Kanasaka, Kyoto University Maureen Thomson |
| 2005 |
Dr. Tam Dalyell Kathleen Dalyell Alan Doherty Magnus Macfarlane-Barrow Professor Huw Jones |
| 2004 |
Dr. K.J.H. Mackay, RSGS Stirling Centre Mary Cairncross, RSGS Perth Centre Dr. Margaret Fay Shaw Campbell, Canna Alistair Robinson, retired teacher trainer Ian and Janice Dickson, Ian Dickson Travel Service |
| 2003 |
Ian Fraser, School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh Joy Ingram, Secretary, RSGS Dundee Centre Mary Margaret Murray, Executive Editor, BBC Craoladh nan Gaidheal Heather Willimott, former Chair, RSGS Glasgow Centre Douglas Willis, former Chairman, RSGS Inverness Centre |
| 2002 |
Dr. I. Ann Glen Dr. Patricia & Professor Angus Macdonald Professor Charles McKean John S. Russell William Taylor |
| 2001 |
Professor John Briggs Professor Roger Crofts CBE, Chief Executive, Scottish National Heritage Dr. James Hunter CBE Norman Lyttle Professor John McManus |
| 2000 |
Hamish Brown S. Ian Hogarth G. Little Ms. Eileen Mackay CB Dr. Jeffrey Stone Viscount Younger of Leckie KT KCVO TD DL |
| 1999 |
James R. Carson Professor Ian Cunningham, Chairman, National Trust for Scotland Professor Allan M. Findlay Dr. E.A. FitzPatrick Dr. J. Richard G. Jennings |
| 1998 |
Erica Caldwell, Past President, SAGT Professor Brian Duffield, University of the Highlands and Islands Professor David Ingram Denis Johnson, former Chairman, RSGS Perth Centre H.A.G. Lewis William Taylor, RSGS Glasgow Centre Professor Ian D. Whyte |
| 1997 |
Professor Thomas R. Bone, former Deputy-Principal, University of Strathclyde Alistair B. Cruickshank, former RSGS Director The Rt. Hon. Earl Jellicoe, Past President, RGS Dr. C. Peter A. Levein, Scottish Office Dr. Michael Wood, President, International Cartographic Association Professor William A. Turmeau, Chairman of SEPA |
| 1996 |
Dr. Jean Balfour, former Chairman, Countryside Commission for Scotland Professor Donald Mackay, Chairman, Scottish Enterprise Professor Derek Lyddon, formerly Chief Planner at the Scottish Office Dr. Alexander J. Crosbie Cdr. Angus B. Erskine Professor Ian B. Thompson |
| 1995 |
Robert C. Cumming M. Duddin Professor J.R. Gray Norma Joseph John Mackay Professor R. Wheater Dr. D.L. Wilson |
| 1994 |
Dr. Alexander S. Mather, Aberdeen University Sir Peter Hutchison Lesley A. Hunter HMI Jack Forrest Professor T. Jefferson Maxwell Roger Watts, former Chairman of RSGS Council |
| 1993 |
John C. Bartholomew, Retiring President of RSGS Ken Collins MEP, Chairman, European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health, and Consumer Protection Jean Forbes BA MC MED DipTP MRTPI, Director, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, University of Strathclyde Michael Palin, Actor, traveller, and author Professor R. Gavin L. McCrone CB LLD FRSE, formerly Chief Economic Adviser at the Scottish Office |
| 1992 |
Professor Frank Cunningham, Canada Dr. David Graham-Service, RSGS Sir Donald MacCallum, Businessman and scientist Sir Crispin Tickell Tom Weir, Scottish climber, lecturer, and writer Margaret Wilkes, National Library of Scotland |
| 1991 |
Professor Alexander Fenton Magnus Magnusson KBE, Chairman Designate, Scotish National Heritage Professor V. Bruce Proudfoot, St. Andrews University Revd. R.A. Trotter, Chairman, RSGS Dunfermline Centre David C. Harding OBE, BP Exploration, Europe |
| 1990 |
HRH The Princess Royal, President, Save the Children John W. Forrest, RSGS Glasgow Centre Dr. John Francis, Director (Scotland), Nature Conservancy Council Dr. Alexander H. Smith, Chairman, RSGS Dundee Centre |
| 1989 |
Lester Borley, Director, National Trust for Scotland Duncan I. Cameron, former Chairman of RSGS Council Roger Chapman MBE MA, Director of Plans, Operation Raleigh |
| 1988 |
The Viscount of Arbuthnott, former President of the Society Professor J.B. Caird, University of Dundee Professor J.T. Coppock, formerly Professor of Geography, University of Edinburgh Professor Sir Robert Grieve, former Chairman, Highlands and Islands Development Board |
Previous Designation |
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| 1984 |
W.R. Ballantyne |
| 1974 |
Rt. Hon. Lord Balerno A. Graham Service |
| 1973 |
R.V. Tooley |
| 1969 |
A.F. Morse Miss I.A. Tyrie |
| 1958 |
General Sir James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall KCB CBE DSO MC FRGS |
| 1949 |
H.W. Ahlmann Andre Allix Henry Baulig W.E. Boerman George B. Cressey Marguerite Lefebre Niels Nielsen Carl O. Sauer Maximilien Sorre John K. Wright Renato Biasutti Johann Sölch |
| 1948 |
Donald Macdonald |
| 1945 |
Mrs. John Mathieson Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, USA Prof. R.N. Rudmose Brown, (Sheffield University) for his valuable contributions to polar research Alexander Harrison CA, (Edinburgh) for his strenuous endeavour as a mountaineer |
| 1944 |
Professor Alan G. Ogilvie, University of Edinburgh |
| 1943 |
George Walker, Edinburgh |
| 1942 |
Prof. James Ritchie, Edinburgh Principal J. Cameron Smail, Edinburgh Sir Thomas B. Whitson, Edinburgh |
| 1924 |
Captain Angus Buchanan, Edinburgh |
| 1918 |
Mrs. Ralph Richardson |
| 1911 |
Laurence Pullar FRSE Sir Ernest Shackleton CVO |
| 1910 |
Marc Aurel Stein PhD |
| 1909 |
Prof. Dr. Eugene Oberhummer Prof. Dr. Gustave Hellmann Prof. Fr. Schrader Dr. Arthur de Claparede Prof. Dr. Eugen Warming Prof. Paul Vidal de la Blache Prof. Dr. Ed. Brückner Mrs. A.L. Bruce Sir David Stewart LLD I. Julius Weinberg JP Paul Rottenburg LLD Robert Gourlay LLD A. Crosbie Turner R.W.K. Bain, Advocate David Wylie |
| 1908 |
Lieutenant Boyd Alexander |
| 1907 |
J. Scott Keltie LLD |
| 1906 |
Colonel J. de Schokalsky |
| 1904 |
Sir Clements Markham KCB |
| 1902 |
Hon. A.C. Gregory CMG |
| 1901 |
C.E. Borchgrevink |
| 1900 |
Professor Carl Chun Captain A. Krech Captain Adrian de Gerlache Lieut. Georges Lecointe H.O. Forbes LLD Revd. Robert Laws MD |
| 1899 |
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford Professor A. Penck |
| 1898 |
Dr. R.W. Felkin MD |
| 1895 |
John Allen Brown FGS |
| 1894 |
Sir Charles Tipper Bt GCMG Sir William Renny Watson |
| 1893 |
James Jackson, Librarian, Paris Geographical Society General Lord Roberts VC GCB GCSI GCIE |
| 1892 |
HSH The Prince of Monaco Dr. Thomas Muir A. Silva White Captain F.D. Lugard CB DSO |
| 1891 |
Rt. Hon. Lord Lamington BA |
| 1890 |
Mrs. Isabella L. Bishop William Bonny William C. Dunbar CB Brigr. General A.W. Greely A.J. Mounteny Jephson I.M. Macandrew CA Sir William MacKinnon Bt. Sir William Macgregor KCMG Captain R.H. Nelson Surgeon Dr. Thomas H. Parke AMD Lieut. W.G. Stairs |
| 1889 |
Colonel Sir Henry Yule KCII CB E.G. Ravenstein Henry O'Neill |
| 1888 |
Hugh A. Webster FRSE, Librarian, University of Edinburgh Sir Charles E. Bernard KCSI, late Chief Commissioner of Burma Revd. Robert Hamilton, Melbourne Charles N. Bell; Winnipeg J.P. Thomson |