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==Current Gentlemen's Clubs==
==Current Gentlemen's Clubs==
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| {{wk2|Alexandra Club}} || London ||  1884 || Ladies Club
| {{wk2|Alexandra Club}} || London ||  1884 || Ladies Club
 
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| {{wk2|Alpine Club (UK)}} || London  || 1857 || &nbsp;
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| {{wk2|Royal Anglo-Belgian Club}} || London || 1909  ||  associated with Royal Thames Yacht Club.
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| {{wk2|Army and Navy Club}} || London || 1838  ||
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|{{wk2|Arts Club}} || London || 1863|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Athenaeum Club}} || London || 1824 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Authors' Club}} || London || 1891 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Bath Club}} || London || 1894 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Beefsteak Club}}  || London || || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Boodle's}} || London || 1762 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Brooks's}} || London || 1764  || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Buck's Club}} || London || 1919|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Caledonian Club}} || London || 1891|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Canning Club}} || London ||1910 || as the Argentine Club
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|{{wk2|Carlton Club}} || London || 1832 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Cavalry and Guards Club}} || London || 1890 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|City Livery Club}} || London || 1914 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|City of London Club}} || London || 1832 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|City University Club}} || London || 1895|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Cobden Club}} || London || the 1870s || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Commonwealth Club}} || London || 1868 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|East India Club}} || London || 1849|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Fox Club}} || London || || Home of Charles Fox (1749-1806), Whig politician.
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|{{wk2|Garrick Club}} || London ||  || named after the actor
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|{{wk2|David Garrick}} || London || 1831 || at 35 King Street,
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|{{wk2|Covent Garden}}  || London || || Moved to Garrick Street in 1864.
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|{{wk2|Guards' Club}} || London || 1810|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Hurlingham Club}} || London || 1869 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Lansdowne Club}} || London || 1935 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Marylebone Cricket Club}} || London || 1786 || (MCC)
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|{{wk2|National Liberal Club}} || London || 1882 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Naval Club}} || London || 1919 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Naval & Military Club}} || London || 1862.  ||  (Formerly nicknamed "In and Out Club" after the signage at former premises
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|{{wk2|Cambridge House}} || London ||  || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|New Cavendish Club}} || London || 1920|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Number Ten Club}} || London || 1955 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Oriental Club}} || London || 1824 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Oxford and Cambridge Club}} || London || 1821|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Phyllis Court Club}} || London || 1905|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Portland Club}} || London || 1815 ||  was, prior to 1825: the 'Stratford Club'
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|{{wk2|Pratt's Club}} || London || 1857 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Reform Club}} || London || 1836 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Roehampton Club}} || London || 1901 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Royal Air Force Club}}  || London || 1917 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Royal Automobile Club}} || London || 1897 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Royal Over-Seas League}} || London || 1910 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Royal Thames Yacht Club}} || London || 1775 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Savage Club}} || London || 1857 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Savile Club}} ||  || 1868 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Sloane Club}} ||  || 1920 || &nbsp;
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| Stratford Club || London || 1815 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Travellers Club}} || London || 1819 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Turf Club (Gentlemen's Club)}} || London || 1861 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|University Women’s Club}} || London || 1886|| &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|White's}} || London || 1693 || &nbsp;
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|{{wk2|Victory Services Club}} || London || 1907|| &nbsp;
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*{{wk2|Alpine Club (UK)}}; established in 1857
*{{wk2|Royal Anglo-Belgian Club}}; established in 1909, associated with the Royal Thames Yacht Club.
*{{wk2|Army and Navy Club}}; established in 1838
*{{wk2|Arts Club}}; established in 1863
*{{wk2|Athenaeum Club}}; established in 1824
*{{wk2|Authors' Club}}; established in 1891
*{{wk2|Bath Club}}; established in 1894
*{{wk2|Beefsteak Club}}
*{{wk2|Boodle's}}; established in 1762
*{{wk2|Brooks's}}; established in 1764 
*{{wk2|Buck's Club}}; established in 1919
*{{wk2|Caledonian Club}}; established in 1891
*{{wk2|Canning Club}}; established in 1910; as the Argentine Club
*{{wk2|Carlton Club}}; established in 1832
*{{wk2|Cavalry and Guards Club}}; established in 1890
*{{wk2|City Livery Club}}; established in 1914
*{{wk2|City of London Club}}; established in 1832
*{{wk2|City University Club}}; established in 1895
*{{wk2|Cobden Club}}; established in the 1870s
*{{wk2|Commonwealth Club}}; established in 1868
*{{wk2|East India Club}}; established in 1849
*{{wk2|Fox Club}}; established in the home of Charles Fox (1749-1806), Whig politician.
*{{wk2|Garrick Club}}; named after the actor {{wk2|David Garrick}}; established in 1831 at 35 King Street, {{wk2|Covent Garden}}. Moved to Garrick Street in 1864.
*{{wk2|Guards' Club}}; established in 1810
*{{wk2|Hurlingham Club}}; established in 1869
*{{wk2|Lansdowne Club}}; established in 1935
*{{wk2|Marylebone Cricket Club}} (MCC); established in 1786
*{{wk2|National Liberal Club}}; established in 1882
*{{wk2|Naval Club}}; established in 1919
*{{wk2|Naval & Military Club}}; established in 1862. (Formerly nicknamed the "In and Out Club" after the signage at its former premises {{wk2|Cambridge House}}.)
*{{wk2|New Cavendish Club}}; established in 1920
*{{wk2|Number Ten Club}}; established in 1955
*{{wk2|Oriental Club}}; established in 1824
*{{wk2|Oxford and Cambridge Club}}; established in 1821
*{{wk2|Phyllis Court Club}}; established in 1905
*{{wk2|Portland Club}}; was, prior to 1825: the 'Stratford Club' (established circa 1815)
*{{wk2|Pratt's Club}}; established in 1857
*{{wk2|Reform Club}}; established in 1836
*{{wk2|Roehampton Club}}; established in 1901
*{{wk2|Royal Air Force Club}}; established in 1917
*{{wk2|Royal Automobile Club}}; established in 1897
*{{wk2|Royal Over-Seas League}}; established in 1910
*{{wk2|Royal Thames Yacht Club}}; established in 1775
*{{wk2|Savage Club}}; established in 1857
*{{wk2|Savile Club}}; established in 1868
*{{wk2|Sloane Club}}; established in 1920
*{{wk2|Travellers Club}}; established in 1819
*{{wk2|Turf Club (Gentlemen's Club)|Turf Club}}; established in 1861
*{{wk2|University Women’s Club}}; established in 1886
*{{wk2|White's}}; established in 1693
*{{wk2|Victory Services Club}}; established in 1907


== Defunct or merged clubs ==
== Defunct or merged clubs ==
 
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*{{wk2|Aldwych Club}}; established in 1910
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*{{wk2|Albermarle Club}} (Ladies and Gentlemen); established in 1874
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*{{wk2|Almack's|Almack's Club}}; first established in 1765 til 1867; and again 1908 until 1961
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*{{wk2|American Club}}; established in 1919
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*Argentine Club; established in 1910; later became the Canning Club
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*{{wk2|Arthur's}}; established in 1765, closed in the 1940s - former premises now occupied by the {{wk2|Carlton Club}}
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*{{wk2|Devonshire Club}}; established in 1874, merged with the {{wk2|East India Club}} in 1977
|{{wk2|Aldwych Club}} || London || 1910|| &nbsp;  
*{{wk2|Eccentric Club}}; established in 1890, its members were mostly elected to the {{wk2|East India Club}} in 1976
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*{{wk2|Junior Carlton Club}}; merged with the {{wk2|Carlton Club}} in 1976
|{{wk2|Albermarle Club}} || London || 1874 || (Ladies and Gentlemen)
*{{wk2|Marlborough Club}}; established in 1868, merged with the {{wk2|Windham Club}} and the {{wk2|Orleans Club}} in 1945
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*{{wk2|Marlborough-Windham Club}}; established in 1945 by merger of {{wk2|Marlborough Club|Marlborough}}, {{wk2|Orleans Club|Orleans}} and {{wk2|Windham Club}}s, closed 1953
|{{wk2|Almack's Club}} || London || 1765 || first 1765 til 1867; and again 1908 until 1961
*{{wk2|Press Club}}; established in 1882
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*{{wk2|Public Schools Club}}; merged with the {{wk2|East India Club}} in 1977
|{{wk2|American Club}} || London || 1919 || &nbsp;  
*{{wk2|St James's Club}}; established in 1857, amalgamated with Brooks' in 1978
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*{{wk2|Sports Club}}; merged with the {{wk2|East India Club}} in the 1980s
| {{wk2|Argentine Club}} || London || 1910 || later became the Canning Club
*{{wk2|Union Club}}; est. 1822, closed 1925 - premises now 'Canada House' in Trafalgar Sq
|- {{line1}}
*{{wk2|United Service Club}}; established in 1815, closed in 1978 - premises now occupied by the {{wk2|Institute of Directors}}
|{{wk2|Arthur's}} || London || 1765 || closed in the 1940s - former premises now occupied by the  
*{{wk2|Windham Club}}; established (as the Windham House Club) in 1828, renamed 1829, merged with the {{wk2|Marlborough Club|Marlborough}} and {{wk2|Orleans Club}}s in 1945
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|{{wk2|Carlton Club}} || London || || &nbsp;
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| {{wk2|Devonshire Club}} || London || 1874 ||  merged with the East India Club in 1977
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|{{wk2|Eccentric Club}} ||London || 1890|| its members were mostly elected to East India Club in 1976
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|{{wk2|Junior Carlton Club}} ||London || 1976 || merged with the Carlton Club 1976
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|{{wk2|Marlborough Club}} || London || 1868 || merged with Windham Club & Orleans Club in 1945
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|{{wk2|Marlborough-Windham Club}} || London || 1945 || by merger of Marlborough, Orleans and Windham Club} - closed 1953
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|{{wk2|Press Club}} || London || 1882 || &nbsp;
|- {{line1}}
|{{wk2|Public Schools Club}} || London || || merged with the East India Club in 1977
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|{{wk2|St James's Club}} || London || 1857 || amalgamated with Brooks' in 1978
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|{{wk2|Sports Club}} || London || ||  merged with East India Club in the 1980s
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|{{wk2|Union Club}} || London || 1822 ||  closed 1925 - premises now 'Canada House' in Trafalgar Sq
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|{{wk2|United Service Club}} || London || 1815 ||  closed in 1978 - premises now occupied by the Institute of Directors
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|{{wk2|Windham Club}} || London || 1828 || established (as the Windham House Club) in 1828, renamed 1829, merged with Marlborough Club & Orleans Clubs in 1945 and Orleans club in 1945
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== Fictional Gentlemen's Clubs ==
== Fictional Gentlemen's Clubs ==


* {{wk2|The Bagatelle Card Club}} - One of Colonel {{wk2|Sebastian Moran}}'s clubs in a {{wk2|Sherlock Holmes}} story ''{{wk2|The Adventure of the Empty House}}''
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* Blacks Club – {{wk2|Jack Aubrey}}'s London club in {{wk2|Patrick O'Brian}}'s Aubrey/Maturin series of novels.
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* {{wk2|Blades Club}} M's private cards club in the [[James Bond]] novels, notably ''{{wk2|Moonraker}}''.
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* {{wk2|The Diogenes Club}} – {{wk2|Mycroft Holmes}}'s club in the {{wk2|Sherlock Holmes}} stories.
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* {{wk2|Drones Club}} – {{wk2|Bertie Wooster}}'s club in P. G. Wodehouse's {{wk2|Jeeves}} stories.
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* Etheric Explorers Club a society featured in a series of short stories by {{wk2|Paul Marlowe}}.
| {{wk2|The Bagatelle Card Club}} ||  One of Colonel Sebastian Moran's clubs in a Sherlock Holmes story ''The Adventure of the Empty House''
* {{wk2|Junior Ganymede Club}} – {{wk2|Jeeves}}'s club for gentlemen's gentlemen ({{wk2|valet}}s) in P. G. Wodehouse's {{wk2|Jeeves}} stories.
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* 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|Blacks Club}} || Jack Aubrey's London club in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series of novels.
* {{wk2|The Tankerville Club}} - Featured in two {{wk2|Sherlock Holmes}} stories.
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* Winchester Club a downmarket parody from the TV series ''{{wk2|Minder (TV series)|Minder}}''.
|{{wk2|Blades Club}} || M's private cards club in the James Bond novels, notably "Moonraker".
* Iseeum Club - featured in John Galsworthy's ''The Forsyte Saga''
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* Hotch Potch Club - another club featured in Galsworthy's Saga
|{{wk2|The Diogenes Club}} || Mycroft Holmes's club in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
* Brats Club - features in {{wk2|A Handful of Dust}} by {{wk2|Evelyn Waugh}}  
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|{{wk2|Drones Club}} || Bertie Wooster's club in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves}} stories.
|-  {{Line1}}
| {{wk2|Etheric Explorers Club}} || a society featured in a series of short stories by Paul Marlowe.
|- {{line2}}
|{{wk2|Junior Ganymede Club}} || Jeeves's club for gentlemen's gentlemen/valet in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories.
|-  {{Line1}}
| {{wk2|Progress Club}} || a club which "intended to do great things for the Liberal Party (UK) . . . and had in truth done little or nothing. in "<I>The Prime Minister</I>" by Anthony Trollop.
|- {{line2}}
|{{wk2|The Tankerville Club}} || Featured in two Sherlock Holmes stories.
|-  {{Line1}}
| {{wk2|Winchester Club}} || a downmarket parody from the TV series "Minder" (TV series)
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| {{wk2|Iseeum Club}} || featured in John Galsworthy's "<I>The Forsyte Saga</I>"
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| {{wk2|Hotch Potch Club}} || another club featured in "<I>Galsworthy's Saga</I>"
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| {{wk2|Brats Club}} || features in "<I>A Handful of Dust</I>" by Evelyn Waugh
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Revision as of 12:26, 22 February 2021

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

Current Gentlemen's Clubs

Club
City
Est
Notes
Alexandra Club - @ WP - SM-201 Entry London 1884 Ladies Club
Alpine Club (UK) - @ WP London 1857  
Royal Anglo-Belgian Club - @ WP London 1909 associated with Royal Thames Yacht Club.
Army and Navy Club - @ WP London 1838
Arts Club - @ WP London 1863  
Athenaeum Club - @ WP London 1824  
Authors' Club - @ WP London 1891  
Bath Club - @ WP London 1894  
Beefsteak Club - @ WP London  
Boodle's - @ WP London 1762  
Brooks's - @ WP - SM-201 Entry London 1764  
Buck's Club - @ WP London 1919  
Caledonian Club - @ WP London 1891  
Canning Club - @ WP - SM-201 Entry London 1910 as the Argentine Club
Carlton Club - @ WP London 1832  
Cavalry and Guards Club - @ WP London 1890  
City Livery Club - @ WP London 1914  
City of London Club - @ WP London 1832  
City University Club - @ WP London 1895  
Cobden Club - @ WP London the 1870s  
Commonwealth Club - @ WP London 1868  
East India Club - @ WP London 1849  
Fox Club - @ WP London Home of Charles Fox (1749-1806), Whig politician.
Garrick Club - @ WP London named after the actor
David Garrick - @ WP London 1831 at 35 King Street,
Covent Garden - @ WP London Moved to Garrick Street in 1864.
Guards' Club - @ WP London 1810  
Hurlingham Club - @ WP London 1869  
Lansdowne Club - @ WP London 1935  
Marylebone Cricket Club - @ WP London 1786 (MCC)
National Liberal Club - @ WP London 1882  
Naval Club - @ WP London 1919  
Naval & Military Club - @ WP London 1862. (Formerly nicknamed "In and Out Club" after the signage at former premises
Cambridge House - @ WP London  
New Cavendish Club - @ WP London 1920  
Number Ten Club - @ WP London 1955  
Oriental Club - @ WP London 1824  
Oxford and Cambridge Club - @ WP London 1821  
Phyllis Court Club - @ WP London 1905  
Portland Club - @ WP London 1815 was, prior to 1825: the 'Stratford Club'
Pratt's Club - @ WP London 1857  
Reform Club - @ WP London 1836  
Roehampton Club - @ WP London 1901  
Royal Air Force Club - @ WP London 1917  
Royal Automobile Club - @ WP London 1897  
Royal Over-Seas League - @ WP London 1910  
Royal Thames Yacht Club - @ WP London 1775  
Savage Club - @ WP - SM-201 Entry London 1857  
Savile Club - @ WP 1868  
Sloane Club - @ WP 1920  
Stratford Club London 1815  
Travellers Club - @ WP London 1819  
Turf Club (Gentlemen's Club) - @ WP London 1861  
University Women’s Club - @ WP London 1886  
White's - @ WP London 1693  
Victory Services Club - @ WP London 1907  

Defunct or merged clubs

Club
City
Est
Notes
Aldwych Club - @ WP London 1910  
Albermarle Club - @ WP London 1874 (Ladies and Gentlemen)
Almack's Club - @ WP London 1765 first 1765 til 1867; and again 1908 until 1961
American Club - @ WP London 1919  
Argentine Club - @ WP - SM-201 Entry London 1910 later became the Canning Club
Arthur's - @ WP London 1765 closed in the 1940s - former premises now occupied by the
Carlton Club - @ WP London  
Devonshire Club - @ WP London 1874 merged with the East India Club in 1977
Eccentric Club - @ WP London 1890 its members were mostly elected to East India Club in 1976
Junior Carlton Club - @ WP London 1976 merged with the Carlton Club 1976
Marlborough Club - @ WP London 1868 merged with Windham Club & Orleans Club in 1945
Marlborough-Windham Club - @ WP London 1945 by merger of Marlborough, Orleans and Windham Club} - closed 1953
Press Club - @ WP London 1882  
Public Schools Club - @ WP London merged with the East India Club in 1977
St James's Club - @ WP London 1857 amalgamated with Brooks' in 1978
Sports Club - @ WP London merged with East India Club in the 1980s
Union Club - @ WP - SM-201 Entry London 1822 closed 1925 - premises now 'Canada House' in Trafalgar Sq
United Service Club - @ WP London 1815 closed in 1978 - premises now occupied by the Institute of Directors
Windham Club - @ WP London 1828 established (as the Windham House Club) in 1828, renamed 1829, merged with Marlborough Club & Orleans Clubs in 1945 and Orleans club in 1945

Fictional Gentlemen's Clubs

Club
Notes
The Bagatelle Card Club - @ WP One of Colonel Sebastian Moran's clubs in a Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Empty House
Blacks Club - @ WP Jack Aubrey's London club in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series of novels.
Blades Club - @ WP M's private cards club in the James Bond novels, notably "Moonraker".
The Diogenes Club - @ WP Mycroft Holmes's club in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Drones Club - @ WP Bertie Wooster's club in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves}} stories.
Etheric Explorers Club - @ WP a society featured in a series of short stories by Paul Marlowe.
Junior Ganymede Club - @ WP Jeeves's club for gentlemen's gentlemen/valet in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories.
Progress Club - @ WP a club which "intended to do great things for the Liberal Party (UK) . . . and had in truth done little or nothing. in "The Prime Minister" by Anthony Trollop.
The Tankerville Club - @ WP Featured in two Sherlock Holmes stories.
Winchester Club - @ WP a downmarket parody from the TV series "Minder" (TV series)
Iseeum Club - @ WP featured in John Galsworthy's "The Forsyte Saga"
Hotch Potch Club - @ WP another club featured in "Galsworthy's Saga"
Brats Club - @ WP features in "A Handful of Dust" by Evelyn Waugh

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

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