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* {{wk2|Blades Club}} – M's private cards club in the [[James Bond]] novels, notably ''{{wk2|Moonraker}}''.
* {{wk2|Blades Club}} – M's private cards club in the [[James Bond]] novels, notably ''{{wk2|Moonraker}}''.
* {{wk2|The Diogenes Club}} – {{wk2|Mycroft Holmes}}'s club in the {{wk2|Sherlock Holmes}} stories.
* {{wk2|The Diogenes Club}} – {{wk2|Mycroft Holmes}}'s club in the {{wk2|Sherlock Holmes}} stories.
* {{wk2|Drones Club}} – {{wk2|Bertie Wooster}}'s club in {{wk2|P. G. Wodehouse}}'s {{wk2|Jeeves}} stories.
* {{wk2|Drones Club}} – {{wk2|Bertie Wooster}}'s club in P. G. Wodehouse's {{wk2|Jeeves}} stories.
* Etheric Explorers Club – a society featured in a series of short stories by {{wk2|Paul Marlowe}}.
* Etheric Explorers Club – a society featured in a series of short stories by {{wk2|Paul Marlowe}}.
* {{wk2|Junior Ganymede Club}} – {{wk2|Jeeves}}'s club for gentlemen's gentlemen ({{wk2|valet}}s) in {{wk2|P. G. Wodehouse}}'s {{wk2|Jeeves}} stories.
* {{wk2|Junior Ganymede Club}} – {{wk2|Jeeves}}'s club for gentlemen's gentlemen ({{wk2|valet}}s) in P. G. Wodehouse's {{wk2|Jeeves}} stories.
* Progress Club – a club which "intended to do great things for the {{wk2|Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party}} . . . and had in truth done little or nothing." in ''{{wk2|The Prime Minister}}'' by {{wk2|Anthony Trollope}}.
* Progress Club – a club which "intended to do great things for the {{wk2|Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party}} . . . and had in truth done little or nothing." in ''{{wk2|The Prime Minister}}'' by {{wk2|Anthony Trollope}}.
* {{wk2|The Tankerville Club}} - Featured in two {{wk2|Sherlock Holmes}} stories.
* {{wk2|The Tankerville Club}} - Featured in two {{wk2|Sherlock Holmes}} stories.

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See Gentlemen's clubs for an explanation of this particular sort of club.

Current Gentlemen's Clubs

  • Alexandra Club - @ WP - SM-201 Entry (Ladies); established in 1884
  • Alpine Club (UK) - @ WP ; established in 1857
  • Royal Anglo-Belgian Club - @ WP ; established in 1909, associated with the Royal Thames Yacht Club.
  • Army and Navy Club - @ WP ; established in 1838
  • Arts Club - @ WP ; established in 1863
  • Athenaeum Club - @ WP ; established in 1824
  • Authors' Club - @ WP ; established in 1891
  • Bath Club - @ WP ; established in 1894
  • Beefsteak Club - @ WP
  • Boodle's - @ WP ; established in 1762
  • Brooks's - @ WP - SM-201 Entry; established in 1764
  • Buck's Club - @ WP ; established in 1919
  • Caledonian Club - @ WP ; established in 1891
  • Canning Club - @ WP - SM-201 Entry; established in 1910; as the Argentine Club
  • Carlton Club - @ WP ; established in 1832
  • Cavalry and Guards Club - @ WP ; established in 1890
  • City Livery Club - @ WP ; established in 1914
  • City of London Club - @ WP ; established in 1832
  • City University Club - @ WP ; established in 1895
  • Cobden Club - @ WP ; established in the 1870s
  • Commonwealth Club - @ WP ; established in 1868
  • East India Club - @ WP ; established in 1849
  • Fox Club - @ WP ; established in the home of Charles Fox (1749-1806), Whig politician.
  • Garrick Club - @ WP ; named after the actor David Garrick - @ WP ; established in 1831 at 35 King Street, Covent Garden - @ WP . Moved to Garrick Street in 1864.
  • Guards' Club - @ WP ; established in 1810
  • Hurlingham Club - @ WP ; established in 1869
  • Lansdowne Club - @ WP ; established in 1935
  • Marylebone Cricket Club - @ WP (MCC); established in 1786
  • National Liberal Club - @ WP ; established in 1882
  • Naval Club - @ WP ; established in 1919
  • Naval & Military Club - @ WP ; established in 1862. (Formerly nicknamed the "In and Out Club" after the signage at its former premises Cambridge House - @ WP .)
  • New Cavendish Club - @ WP ; established in 1920
  • Number Ten Club - @ WP ; established in 1955
  • Oriental Club - @ WP ; established in 1824
  • Oxford and Cambridge Club - @ WP ; established in 1821
  • Phyllis Court Club - @ WP ; established in 1905
  • Portland Club - @ WP ; was, prior to 1825: the 'Stratford Club' (established circa 1815)
  • Pratt's Club - @ WP ; established in 1857
  • Reform Club - @ WP ; established in 1836
  • Roehampton Club - @ WP ; established in 1901
  • Royal Air Force Club - @ WP ; established in 1917
  • Royal Automobile Club - @ WP ; established in 1897
  • Royal Over-Seas League - @ WP ; established in 1910
  • Royal Thames Yacht Club - @ WP ; established in 1775
  • Savage Club - @ WP - SM-201 Entry; established in 1857
  • Savile Club - @ WP ; established in 1868
  • Sloane Club - @ WP ; established in 1920
  • Travellers Club - @ WP ; established in 1819
  • Turf Club (Gentlemen's Club) - (No info @ Wikipedia) ; established in 1861
  • University Women’s Club - @ WP ; established in 1886
  • White's - @ WP ; established in 1693
  • Victory Services Club - @ WP ; established in 1907

Defunct or merged clubs

  • Aldwych Club - @ WP ; established in 1910
  • Albermarle Club - @ WP (Ladies and Gentlemen); established in 1874
  • Almack's - (No info @ Wikipedia) ; first established in 1765 til 1867; and again 1908 until 1961
  • American Club - @ WP ; established in 1919
  • Argentine Club; established in 1910; later became the Canning Club
  • Arthur's - @ WP ; established in 1765, closed in the 1940s - former premises now occupied by the Carlton Club - @ WP
  • Devonshire Club - @ WP ; established in 1874, merged with the East India Club - @ WP in 1977
  • Eccentric Club - @ WP ; established in 1890, its members were mostly elected to the East India Club - @ WP in 1976
  • Junior Carlton Club - @ WP ; merged with the Carlton Club - @ WP in 1976
  • Marlborough Club - @ WP ; established in 1868, merged with the Windham Club - @ WP and the Orleans Club - @ WP in 1945
  • Marlborough-Windham Club - @ WP ; established in 1945 by merger of Marlborough Club - (No info @ Wikipedia) , Orleans Club - (No info @ Wikipedia) and Windham Club - @ WP s, closed 1953
  • Press Club - @ WP ; established in 1882
  • Public Schools Club - @ WP ; merged with the East India Club - @ WP in 1977
  • St James's Club - @ WP ; established in 1857, amalgamated with Brooks' in 1978
  • Sports Club - @ WP ; merged with the East India Club - @ WP in the 1980s
  • Union Club - @ WP - SM-201 Entry; est. 1822, closed 1925 - premises now 'Canada House' in Trafalgar Sq
  • United Service Club - @ WP ; established in 1815, closed in 1978 - premises now occupied by the Institute of Directors - @ WP
  • Windham Club - @ WP ; established (as the Windham House Club) in 1828, renamed 1829, merged with the Marlborough Club - (No info @ Wikipedia) and Orleans Club - @ WP s in 1945

Fictional Gentlemen's Clubs

  • The Bagatelle Card Club - @ WP - One of Colonel Sebastian Moran - @ WP 's clubs in a Sherlock Holmes - @ WP story The Adventure of the Empty House - @ WP
  • Blacks Club – Jack Aubrey - @ WP 's London club in Patrick O'Brian - @ WP 's Aubrey/Maturin series of novels.
  • Blades Club - @ WP – M's private cards club in the James Bond novels, notably Moonraker - @ WP .
  • The Diogenes Club - @ WPMycroft Holmes - @ WP 's club in the Sherlock Holmes - @ WP stories.
  • Drones Club - @ WPBertie Wooster - @ WP 's club in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves - @ WP stories.
  • Etheric Explorers Club – a society featured in a series of short stories by Paul Marlowe - @ WP .
  • Junior Ganymede Club - @ WPJeeves - @ WP 's club for gentlemen's gentlemen (valet - @ WP - SM-201 Entrys) in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves - @ WP stories.
  • Progress Club – a club which "intended to do great things for the Liberal Party (UK) - (No info @ Wikipedia) . . . and had in truth done little or nothing." in The Prime Minister - @ WP by Anthony Trollope - @ WP .
  • The Tankerville Club - @ WP - Featured in two Sherlock Holmes - @ WP stories.
  • Winchester Club – a downmarket parody from the TV series Minder (TV series) - (No info @ Wikipedia) .
  • Iseeum Club - featured in John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga
  • Hotch Potch Club - another club featured in Galsworthy's Saga
  • Brats Club - features in A Handful of Dust - @ WP by Evelyn Waugh - @ WP

See also List of notable gentlemen's clubs and/or List of American gentlemen's clubs‎

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