Jackie Bird was our Guest Chair for the 2025 lunch.
Jackie is one of Scotland’s best known and most experienced broadcast journalists. She has presented many key events for TV, as well as being President of the National Trust for Scotland.
Those who have been kind enough to act as Guest Chair at our previous lunches include:
| Hayley Miller |
| Fiona Stalker |
| Isabel Fraser |
| Viv Lumsden |
| Shareen Nanjiani |
| Jenny Younger |
| Fiona Armstrong |
| Sheena McDonald |
| Hannah Gordon |
| Kaye Adams |
| Bridget McConnell |
| Sally Magnusson |
| Sally McNair |
| Kirsty Wark |
| Martha Steedman |
| Joanna Service |
| Dr. Anne Lorne Gillies |
| Mrs. Grant of Rothiemurchus |
| Group Captain Elizabeth Sandison |
| Air Commodore Helen Renton |
| Brigadier Helen Cattanach |
| Commandant Vonia McBride |
| Brigadier H. G. Meechie |
| Lady Fraser (Sir William) |
| Lady Fraser (Sir Campbell) |
| Lady Muir |
| Lady Edmonstone |
| The Hon. Mrs. Jean Bruce of Glen Tanar |
| Lady Strange |
| Lady Rotherwick |
| Lady Moncrieff |
| Lady Maclean |
| The Lady Macdonald of Macdonald |
| Lady Clydesmuir |
| Lady Jean Wemyss |
| Lady Mariota Napier |
| Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey |
| Lady Ruth Balfour of Balbirnie |
| The Viscountess of Arbuthnott |
| The Countess of Wemyss and March |
| The Countess of Strathmore |
| The Countess of Moray |
| The Countess of Minto |
| The Countess of Mar and Kellie |
| The Countess of Mansfield and Mansfield |
| The Countess of Haddington |
| The Countess of Elgin and Kincardine |
| The Countess of Eglinton and Winton |
| The Countess of Dundee |
| The Countess of Cromartie |
| The Countess of Airlie |
| The Lady Jean Fforde |
| The Marchioness of Bute |
| The Duchess of Roxburghe |
| The Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon |
| The Duchess of Buccleuch & Queensberry |
| The Duchess of Argyll |
