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St James's St Tory. Members inc Byron & Gibbon closed 1932 Commonwealth Club: 1868 25 Northumberland Avenue formerly headquarters of the Royal Commonwealth Society: Closed June 2013. The RCS still exists as a charity. Conservative Club: 1840 88 St James's Street (1841–1845); 74 St James's Street (1841–1950) Political; Conservative
The St James's Club was first established in Bennet Street, just off the north corner of St. James's Street.By 1868, it had moved into its clubhouse at 106 Piccadilly which had previously been Coventry House, [3] the London residence of the Earls of Coventry since it had been bought by George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry from Sir Hugh Hunlocke in 1764, for 10,000 guineas. [3]
In 1778 it moved to 37–38 St James's Street. From 1783 it was the unofficial headquarters of the Tory party, while the Whigs' club Brooks's was just down the road. A few apolitical and affable gentlemen managed to belong to both. The new architecture featured a bow window on the ground floor. In the later 18th century, the table directly in ...
In 1978, the St James's Club amalgamated with Brooks's, adding to its membership some European royalty, members of the British diplomatic corps and writers. The portrait collection of Sir Francis Dashwood 's infamous Dilettanti Society is housed at the Club and there is also an historic association with the infamous society of 18th-century rake ...
Boodle's is a gentlemen's club in London, England, with its clubhouse located at 28 St James's Street.Founded in January 1762 by Lord Shelburne, who later became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and then 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, it is the second oldest private members' club in London and in the world.
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