The Scottish Amalgamated Committee was first known as the Glasgow and District Amalgamated Committee and was formed in 1946. A charter was issued by the General Committee and the first elected Chairman was the late Brother Andrew McCall, a member of Glasgow No Surrender. Meetings were held in the Club Rooms of Cathedral Street Orange Halls, Glasgow.

The first Branch Clubs who formed into an Amalgamated Committee were, Glasgow No Surrender, Partick Murray and Govan Mitchelburne Clubs. These Clubs were followed some time later by Irvine Walker, Caldercruix Walker, Bonnyrig Browning, Coatbridge Campsie along with Cambuslang and Bellshill No Surrender Clubs.

Our oldest Branch Club in Scotland is Glasgow No Surrender, receiving their Charter in December 1903 and still active as a Branch Club today. The Partick Murray Club were the yearly hosts for the Closing Of The Gates Parade and Service always held on the Sunday nearest the 18th December, the venue being Vine Street Church, Partick. The most interesting facts of this service was that the Grand Lodge Choir led the praise at the service.

The Chairman Andrew McCall, was a dynamic leader for his time and a great public speaker. It was under his guidance and leadership that the first public rally on 6th June 1959 in Caldercruix, Lanarkshire. This was a huge success and triggered several Branch Clubs to apply to Londonderry for charters. Notable Charter installation was Irvine Walker Club, the first in Ayrshire which was issued by the officers of the Walker Parent Club in Irvine Orange Hall on 1st March 1957. Caldercruix Walker Club’s Charter was issued in Gowan Brae Hall the following day.

Following the success of the first open air rally it was resolved and adopted that the Amalgamated Committee would have an annual event and the date chosen was the third Saturday in May mainly to avoid clashing with existing parades. This date has remained to this day.

The Amalgamated grew in numbers through the 60s, 70s and 80s, with Branch Clubs opening on the back off Irvine Walker, Bridgeton No Surrender, Coatbridge Campsie. The membership remained steady and to date we now have 39 member Clubs and a membership off 1500, we are already working on the opening of another few Clubs and our newest Branch Club, opened in March 2006, was Galston Campsie Club, another welcomed addition to the Association.

The Amalgamated Committee has been served by many great Apprentice Boys and all the previous office bearers must be recognized and commended for maintaining the Committee and adjusting through the years to the ever changing society we all live in. The promotion of the crimson colours across Scotland has been the priority of all The previous and current office bearers and this will remain the target, the current Committee have enjoyed tremendous support from the member Clubs and this has ensured the Committee continues to move in the right direction, preparing for the future, consolidating the Association within Scotland.