“A number of people in and about Glasgow connected with Galloway comprehending the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and the Shire of Wigtown, by extraction, marriage or residence after several meetings, and mature deliberation on the subject, Did, in order to raise and support a fund for their mutual benefit and advantage, agree and resolve, upon the 22nd day of August 1791 to form and accordingly did form themselves into a facility under the name and designation of The Glasgow Galloway Brotherly Society ...” from a hand written article of 1793 in the Hornel Library, Broughton House.

Its aims have always remained the same: to aid charitable, benevolent or educational purposes associated with Galloway and to encourage a love for and interest in Galloway.

Membership is drawn from ex-Gallovidians, people who have relatives from Galloway or who have developed an interest and love of the ancient province.