The sixth International Geographical Congress was held in London from July 26th to August 3rd 1895. The organising committee consisted of: Major Leonard Darwin (chairman); Rt. Hon. Sir Mountstuart E Grant Duff; Douglas W Freshfield; Henry Seebohm; Rt. Hon. Sir George F Bowen; Colonel Sir Charles W Wilson; General J T Walker; Clements R Markham; Dr R N Cust; E Delmar Morgan; Cuthbert E Peek; Halford J Mackinder; J Y Buchanan; J Scott Keltie (secretary); Sir Frederick A Abel; Sir Henry Barkly; Faithfull Begg; General J F D Donnelly; and Rev. T W Sharpe.

The first International Geographical Congress was held in Antwerp in 1871. Subsequent meetings led to the establishment of the International Geographical Union in Brussels, Belgium, in 1922.