He next studied geology and won a prize of the Highland Society for geological work in Lanarkshire.

This sett appears in the Collection of the Highland Society, 1812.

In 1804 he became a member of the Highland Society.

Tartan: First seen in 1815 when collected by the "Highland Society of London."

He became Director of the Highland Society in 1785.

In 1817 the Highland Society voted him a silver inkstand for an essay on kelp and barilla.

He was a co-founder of the Highland Society of Canada in 1818.

He helped found the Highland Society of Canada in 1818.

He was a member of the Highland Society of Edinburgh (1833).

The Act was repealed in 1782 due to the efforts of the Highland Society of London.