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
Marlborough Club; established in 1868, merged with the Windham Club and the Orleans Club in 1945
Marlborough-Windham Club; established in 1945 by merger of Marlborough, Orleans and Windham Clubs, closed 1953
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
Union Club; est. 1822, closed 1925 - premises now 'Canada House' in Trafalgar Sq
United Service Club; established in 1815, closed in 1978 - premises now occupied by the Institute of Directors
Windham Club; established (as the Windham House Club) in 1828, renamed 1829, merged with the Marlborough and Orleans Clubs in 1945