Major Frederick Alexander Colquhoun Boothby (1 September 1909 – 27 February 1979) was a Scottish nationalist military and paramilitary leader.
However, rumours about rituals taking place on his property involving naked youths and blood rites received publicity in the national press, and he abruptly moved to Broughton in the Scottish Borders.
The club united radical nationalists, including Hugh MacDiarmid, Oliver Brown, Wendy Wood and Douglas Young.
[9] Doubts have arisen over whether Boothby was a double-agent working for the British secret service at the time of his paramilitary activity.
As early as 1972, MacDiarmid wrote in the 1320 Club's magazine "...if Boothby is playing a double-game, he must be exposed and got rid of".