We were founded by Sir Heneage Ogilvie. He met with a small group of surgeons from the UK and Ireland in 1926 and they decided to form a surgical club that would have a home meeting and an overseas meeting every year. The first meetings were held in 1927 - the overseas meeting was held in Paris and the home meeting was in Manchester. That tradition has survived until now and the club continues to thrive. Membership is by invitation, and the current members are drawn from a wide range of surgical specialties. The membership is largely UK based but we have a significant number of international members.