List of London's gentlemen's clubs
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See Gentlemen's club (traditional) for an explanation of this particular sort of club. The boundaries of this type of club are not entirely clear cut (it is certainly no longer the case that only clubs for men only are eligible, as some of the longest established now admit women) but in any case clubs should only be included if they have a club house and exist primarily to provide services to their members, rather than to profit from hiring out facilities commercially.
[edit] Current Gentlemen's Clubs
- Alexandra Club (Ladies); established in 1884
- Alpine Club; established in 1857
- American Club; established in 1919
- Anglo-Belgian Club; established in 1909
- Army and Navy Club; established in 1838
- Arts Club; established in 1863
- Athenæum Club; established in 1824
- Authors' Club; established in 1891
- Bath Club; established in 1894
- Beefsteak Club
- Boodle's; established in 1762
- Brooks's; established in 1764
- Bucks Club; established in 1918
- Caledonian Club; established in 1891
- Canning Club; established in 1910; as the Argentine Club
- Carlton Club; established in 1832
- Cavalry Club; established in 1890
- City Livery Club; established in 1914
- City of London Club; established in 1832
- City University Club; established in 1895
- Cobden Club; established in the 1870s
- Commonwealth Club; established in 1868
- East India Club; established in 1849
- Fox Club; established in the home of Charles Fox (1749-1806), Whig politician.
- Garrick Club; named after the actor David Garrick; established in 1831 at 35 King Street, Covent Garden. Moved to Garrick Street in 1864.
- Guards' Club; established in 1810
- Hurlingham Club; established in 1869
- Lansdowne Club; established in 1935
- Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC); established in 1786
- National Liberal Club; established in 1882
- Naval Club; established in 1919
- Naval & Military Club; established in 1862. (Formerly nicknamed the "In and Out Club" after the signage at its former premises Cambridge House.)
- New Cavendish Club; established in 1920
- Number Ten Club; established in 1955
- Oriental Club; established in 1824
- Oxford and Cambridge Club; established in 1821
- Phyllis Court Club; established in 1905
- Portland Club; was, prior to 1825: the 'Stratford Club' (established circa 1815)
- Pratt's Club; established in 1857
- Reform Club; established in 1836
- Roehampton Club; established in 1901
- Royal Air Force Club; established in 1917
- Royal Automobile Club; established in 1897
- Royal Over-Seas League; established in 1910
- Royal Thames Yacht Club; established in 1775
- Savage Club; established in 1857
- Savile Club; established in 1868
- Sloane Club; established in 1920
- Travellers Club; established in 1819
- Turf Club; established in 1861
- University Women’s Club; established in 1886
- White's; established in 1693
- Victory Services Club; established in 1907
[edit] Defunct or merged clubs
- Aldwych Club; established in 1910
- Albermarle Club (Ladies and Gentlemen); established in 1874
- Almack's Club; first established in 1765 til 1867; and again 1908 until 1961
- Argentine Club; established in 1910; later became the Canning Club
- Arthur's; established in 1765, closed in the 1940s - former premises now occupied by the Carlton Club
- Devonshire Club; established in 1874, merged with the East India Club in 1977
- Eccentric Club; established in 1890, merged with the East India Club in 1976
- Junior Carlton Club; merged with the Carlton Club in 1976
- Press Club; established in 1882
- Public Schools Club; merged with the East India Club in 1977
- St James's Club; established in 1857, amalgamated with Brooks' in 1978
- Sports Club; merged with the East India Club in the 1980s
- United Service Club; established in 1815, closed in 1978 - premises now occupied by the Institute of Directors
[edit] Fictional Gentlemen's Clubs
- Diogenes Club – club of Mycroft Holmes in the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Drones Club
- Blades Club – M's private cards club in the James Bond novels, notably Moonraker