THE CLAN HOME ASSOCIATION
The Association was inaugurated following the very successful and enjoyable Gathering attended by fifty-five people in the summer of 2003. During the course of this Gathering a formal meeting was held at the Hirsel, the home of our chief, the earl of Home, in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. This meeting voted unanimously in favour of the formation of an Association of those bearing the name of Home or Hume, those related thereto, or those wishing to join by affinity or affection to the Clan Home. A working party was formed from volunteers and the following year, 2004, the Constitution of the Association was adopted at the first Annual General meeting presided over by Lord Home.
The Council of the Association then devoted its main efforts to examining the best way of taking up an offer by the Berwickshire Civic Society for us to purchase Hume Castle, of which they were the proprietors for the time being. Consequently, the Association resolved to form the Hume Castle Preservation Trust, which is a company limited by guarantee and which is registered as a Scottish charity and the castle was conveyed to the Trust on August 31st 2005 at a ceremony of ‘Turf and Stane’ the ancient way of taking Sasine of a property.
In addition to the castle, the Association intends to devote its efforts to promulgating in different ways as full and as accurate a history as possible of the Name, its origins, its leading and interesting personalities through the ages and its influence on the history of the East March of the Scottish Border, Berwickshire, Scotland, the United Kingdom and beyond.
The 4th AGM was held at the Caledonian Club in London on 5th November 2007. The creation of a Clan Home Association was discussed and as a result of the interest shown at the AGM a working party was formed, headed up by Gospatric Home.
We are indebted to the hard work of the following members of the website development team:
Gospatric Home - Project Lead and Editor
Carol Andrews - Website developer
Penny Denby
Dr Ian Maitland Hume
Charlotte Milne Home