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| Robert Sherrard |
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Alexander Irwin |
| Daniel Sherrard |
Henry Campsie |
| James Steward |
Samuel Harvy |
| William Crookshanks |
William Cairns |
| James Spike |
Samuel Hunt |
| Alexander Cunningham |
Robert Morrison |
| John Conningham |
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Most credit for the formation of the Apprentice Boys
Association and the celebrations must go to the Siege Governor and the
hero
Colonel
John Mitchelburne. To him must be ascribed the distinction and
honour of preserving trophies of triumph captured during the Siege and
placing them in the Cathedral. The giving of the City and the Apprentice
Boys their own distinctive Crimson colour and flag. The formation of the
first Apprentice Boys club of which he was principle organiser and
probably first President, forerunner of later Governors. The planning of
the earliest anniversary celebrations. The first hoisting of the Crimson
Flag on the Cathedral tower.
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