Devonshire Association

[3] The only time the association has met outside of Devon was when it held its annual meeting in Launceston as Hine was too ill to travel.

In 1932 the first of a number of local branches was established in Plymouth, and subject-based sections were formed, specialising in botany, buildings, entomology, geology, history, literature, folklore and the dialect of Devon.

At this event local visits are organised, along with a formal dinner and an AGM, at which an honorary president takes office, invited from those "of standing and importance" in the county.

[2] Since 2006 the association has also held an annual President's Symposium on a topic of his or her choosing; the one in 2007, for instance concerned farming in Devon.

[8] The association's 150th anniversary in 2012 was marked by a major conference in Torquay, the home town of its founder, William Pengelly.