Seating plan for RSGS 13th anniversary banquet
RSGS anniversary banquet Waterloo rooms Saturday February 13th 1897
At the thirtieth anniversary banquet of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society there were 260 guests present, which was one of largest ever groups ever assembled in the Waterloo banqueting hall. The group assembled in the Victoria Hall and viewed an obelisk with a portrait of the explorer on the front. Dr Nansen was the guest of honour and wore his Norwegian order of St Olaf, with the Norwegian flag on display in the gallery opposite the chairman’s table. The Marquis of Tweedale was in the chair, and the Lord Provost McDonald sat to the left of the chair with Dr Nansen on his right. After dinner the gallery was occupied by a number of ladies including Mrs Nansen.
