List of London's gentlemen's clubs

This is a list of gentlemen's clubs in London, England, including those no longer functioning and some which are fictional.

1 Current gentlemen's clubs
2 Defunct or merged clubs
3 Fictional gentlemen's clubs
4 Gallery
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Current gentlemen's clubs

Name	Established	Clubhouse location	Located at current clubhouse since	Affiliation	Women admitted as full members since	Maximum entry fee/ maximum subscription, as of 2009	Current Royal Patron	Website
Current Gentlemen's Clubs
Alpine Club	1857	8 St Martin's Place, near Trafalgar Square (19th century); 55-56 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch (current)	1991	Mountaineering	?	Entry: £0 Sub: £60	The Duke of Edinburgh	[1]
Royal Anglo-Belgian Club	1942	6 Belgrave Square (1942–1978); 60 Knightsbridge, sharing the premises of the Royal Thames Yacht Club (1978–2010); 8 Northumberland Avenue (current)	2010	Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands	?	Entry: £100 Sub: £320	The Duke of Brabant	[2]
Army and Navy Club	1837	36-39 Pall Mall	1963	Army and Navy officers	1995	Entry: £0 Sub: £375	The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of Kent	[3]
Arts Club	1863	40 Dover Street, London W1 (current), 17 Hanover Sq. (19thC)	1896	The Arts, Literature, Science	1946	Entry: £1,000 Sub: £1,000	The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales	[4]
The Athenaeum	1824	107 Pall Mall	1830	The Arts, Literature, and the Church	2002	Entry: £560 Sub: £940	None	[5]
Authors' Club	1891	40 Dover Street, sharing the premises of the Arts Club	1976	Literature	1946	Entry: £500 Sub: £1,000	None	None
Beefsteak Club	1876	9 Irving Street, near Leicester Square	1876	Social	No women members or visitors permitted	Entry:? Sub: £450	None	None
Boodle's	1762	28 St James's Street	1782	Aristocratic; Tory	No women members or visitors permitted	Entry:? Sub:?	None	[6]
Brooks's	1764	60 St James's Street	1778	Aristocratic; Whig	No women members or visitors permitted	Entry:? Sub:?	None	None
Buck's Club	1919	18 Clifford Street, Mayfair	1919	Social	No women members permitted	Entry:? Sub: £1,400	The Duke of Kent	[7]
Caledonian Club	1891	Charles II Street, near St James's Square (1891–1917); 33 St James's Square (1917–1946); 9 Halkin Street, Belgravia (current)	1946	Scottish	2011	Entry: £750 Sub: £950	None	[8]
Canning Club, formerly the Argentine Club	1911	4 St James's Square, sharing the premises of the Naval and Military Club	1999	Social; forging close links with Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal	?	Entry:? Sub:?	The Queen	None
Carlton Club	1832	94 Pall Mall (1835–1941); 69 St James's Street (current)	1943	Political; Conservative; Tory	2008	Entry: £900 Sub: £1,140	None	[9]
Cavalry and Guards Club, formerly the Cavalry Club, with a merger with the Guards Club since 1976	1810 (as the Guards' Club; 1890 (as the Cavalry Club); 1976 (as a merged club)	127 Piccadilly	1908	Cavalry and Guards regiments	No women members permitted	Entry:? Sub:?	The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of Kent	[10]
Chelsea Arts Club	1891	143 Old Church Street, Chelsea	?	The Arts	1976	Entry: £150 Sub: £454	None	[11]
City Livery Club	1914	Victoria Embankment (1914–1923); Bow Lane, Cheapside, (1923–1927); The Chapter House, St Paul's Churchyard (1927–1940); Butcher's Hall, Bartholomew's Close (1941–1944); Victoria Embankment (1944–1996); Insurance Hall, Aldermanbury (1996–2003); 38 St Mary Axe (2003–2010); Bell Wharf Lane, Upper Thames Street (current)	2010	The City	?	Entry: £0 Sub: £215	The Duke of Edinburgh	[12]
City of London Club	1832	19 Old Broad Street, City of London (since 1834)	1834	City professions	No women members permitted	Entry:? Sub:?	The Duke of Edinburgh	[13]
City University Club	1895	50 Cornhill	1895	The City, University graduates	?	Entry: £0 Sub: £845	None	[14]
Civil Service Club	1953	13-15 Great Scotland Yard	1953	Civil Service	?	Entry: £0 Sub: £48	The Queen	[15]
Commonwealth Club, founded as the Empire Club	1868	25 Northumberland Avenue	1885	Originally for enthusiasts of the British Empire, now the headquarters of the Royal Commonwealth Society	?	Entry: £200 Sub: £300	None	[16]
Danish Club	1863	Morland Hotel, Soho (1863–1918); The Albany (1918–1922); 62 Knightsbridge (1922–1998); 40 Dover Street, sharing the premises of The Arts Club (1998–2010); 34 Queen Anne's Gate, sharing the premises of the St Stephen's Club (2010–2011); 38 Hill Street, Mayfair, sharing the premises of the Naval Club (current).	1999	Denmark	?	Entry: £25 Sub: £225	Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark	[17]
East India Club, in full the East India, Devonshire, Sports and Public Schools' Club	1849	16 St James's Square	1849	Originally for East India Company veterans, now primarily aligned with the public schools, since a 1972 merger with the Public Schools Club	No women members permitted	Entry: £910 Sub: £910	None	[18]
Eccentric Club	1781 (original Eccentric Club); later refounded in 1858, 1890, and most recently 2008	40 Dover Street,sharing the premises of the Arts Club	2009	Social; eccentricity; philanthropy	1984	Entry: £0 Sub: £350	The Duke of Edinburgh	[19]
Farmers Club	1842	3 Whitehall Court	1942	Agriculture and landowning	?	Entry: £240 Sub: £310	The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Countess of Wessex, The Duke of Gloucester	[20]
Flyfishers' Club	1884	69 Brook Street, sharing the premises of the Savile Club	?	Flyfishing	No women members permitted	Entry: £382 Sub: £526	The Prince of Wales	[21]
Garrick Club	1831	35 King Street, Covent Garden (early in its history); 15 Garrick Street, Covent Garden (current)	1864	The Arts and Theatre	No women members permitted	Entry: c.£1,000 Sub: c.£1,000	The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales	[22]
Hurlingham Club	1869	Ranelagh Gardens, Fulham	1869	Sports	?	Entry:? Sub:?	The Duke of Edinburgh	[23]
Irish Club	1950	Eaton Square, Belgravia (1950–2003); 2-4 Tudor Street, Blackfriars (current)	2009	Irish nationals or ancestry	?	Entry: £150 Sub: £450	None	[24]
Langham Club	1830	7 Dilke Street, Chelsea, sharing the premises of the London Sketch Club	?	Artists	No women members permitted	Entry:? Sub:?	None	None
Lansdowne Club	1935	9 Fitzmaurice Place, near Berkeley Square	1935, from the remaining third of a mostly-demolished house	Social	1935	Entry: £545 Sub: £735	None	[25]
London Capital Club	1993	15, Abchurch Lane, London EC4	1993	Business types	1993	Entry:? Sub:?	None	[26]
London Sketch Club	1898	7 Dilke Street, Chelsea	?	Sketch artists	No women members permitted	Entry:? Sub:?	None	[27]
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)	1787	Lords Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1814	Cricket	1998	Entry:£668 Sub:£400^[1]	The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh	[28]
National Club	1845	1 Whitehall Gardens (former); 69 St James's Street, sharing premises of the Carlton Club (current)	?	National life	2009	?	?	?
National Liberal Club	1882	Northumberland Avenue (1882-7, and 1916-9 while the clubhouse was requisitioned in World War I); 1 Whitehall Place, (current)	1887	Political; Liberal	1978	Entry: £265 Sub: £525	None	[29]
Naval Club, formerly the RNVR (Auxiliary Patrol) Club (1919–1946), later the RNVR Club (1946–1969)	1919	38 Hill Street, Mayfair	1946	Anyone, but there is a discount for Royal Navy and Royal Navy Reserve officers	?	Entry: £150 Sub: £490	The Queen	[30]
Naval & Military Club (popularly known as the 'In and Out Club' after the prominent signs on its gateposts)	1862	22 Hanover Square (mid-19th century); 94 Piccadilly (1870s-1999); 4 St James's Square (current)	1999	Army and Navy officers	?	Entry:? Sub:?	The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of Kent	[31]
Den Norske Klub	1887	4 St James's Square (current), sharing the premises of the Naval and Military Club	1999	Norway	?	Entry: £0 Sub: £85	Harald V, King of Norway	[32]
New Cavendish Club	1920	28 Cavendish Square (1920–1959); 44-48 Great Cumberland Place, Fitzrovia (current)	1959	Originally a Ladies-only club for veteran nurses of the Voluntary Aid Detachment of World War I; now social	1920 (Originally Ladies-only; now Ladies and Gentlemen)	Entry: £175 Sub: £375	None	[33]
Oriental Club	1824	18 Hanover Square (1824–1962); Stratford House, Stratford Place (current)	1962	Founded for East India Company veterans; now social	2010	Entry: £850 Sub: £850	None	[34]
Oxford and Cambridge Club (1830–1971), and (2001–present); also called the United Oxford and Cambridge Club (1971–2001) immediately after its merger with the United University Club	1821 (as the United University Club); 1830 (as the Oxford and Cambridge Club); 1971 (as a merged club)	71-76 Pall Mall	1837	Graduates of Oxford and Cambridge	1996	Entry: £0 Sub: £900	The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of Gloucester	[35]
Portland Club, formerly the Stratford Club before 1825	c.1815	94 Piccadilly (sharing the premises of the Naval and Military Club between 1969 and the 1990s); 69 Brook Street (current), sharing the premises of the Savile Club	1990s	Cards	No women members permitted	Entry:? Sub:?	None	None
Pratt's	1857	14 Park Place, St James's	1857	Aristocratic	No women members permitted	Entry:? Sub:?	None	None
Queen's Club	1886	Palliser Road, Hammersmith	?	Sports	?	Entry:? Sub:?	The Duchess of Gloucester	[36]
Reform Club	1836	104-105 Pall Mall	1841	Originally political (Liberal), now social. Members must still sign a declaration agreeing to the principles of the 1832 Reform Act.	1981	Entry: £1,750 Sub: £1,344	The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall	[37]
Roehampton Club	1901	Roehampton Lane, Roehampton	1901 (site); 1960s (buildings)	Sports	?	Entry:? Sub:?	None	[38]
Royal Air Force Club	1918	128 Piccadilly	1922	RAF officers	?	Entry: £200 Sub: £200	The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke of Cambridge, The Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy	[39]
Royal Automobile Club	1897	89-91 Pall Mall	1911	Automobile enthusiasts	?	Entry: £2,600 Sub: £1,125	The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh	[40]
Royal Ocean Racing Club	1925	20 St James's Street	1942	Yachting enthusiasts	?	Entry:£109 Sub:£219	The Queen	[41]
Royal Over-Seas League, formerly the Over-Seas Club	1910	4 Park Place, St James's	1921	Travel enthusiasts	1910	Entry: £277 Sub: £277	The Queen, Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy	[42]
Royal Society of Medicine	1805	1 Wimpole Street	1910	Medicine	?	Entry: £115 Sub: £403	The Duke of Kent	[43]
Royal Thames Yacht Club	1775	7 Albemarle Street (19th century); 60 Knightsbridge (current)	late 1940s	Yachting enthusiasts	?	Entry:? Sub:?	The Duke of Edinburgh, The Princess Royal, The Duke of York, The Duke of Kent	[44]
St Stephen's Club	1870	Bridge Street, Westminster (19th century); 34 Queen Anne's Gate, near St James's Park (current)	1962	Political; Conservative		Entry:? Sub:?	None	[45]
Savage Club	1857	Crown Tavern, Vinegar Yard, Drury Lane (1857–1858); Nell Gwynne Tavern, Bull Inn Court, Strand (1858); Catherine Street, Covent Garden (1858–1859); Lyceum Tavern, 354 Strand (1859–1862); Gordon Hotel, Covent Garden (1862–1866); Ashley's Hotel, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden (1866–1869); Gordon Hotel, Covent Garden (1869–1873); Evans's Hotel, Covent Garden (1873–1876); Haxell's Hotel, Strand (1876–1879); Caledonian Hotel, Robert Street, Adelphi (1879–1881); Lancaster House, Savoy (1881–1889); 6-7 Adelphi Terrace (1889–1936); 1 Carlton House Terrace (1936–1963); 1 Whitehall Place (1963–1965), sharing the premises of the National Liberal Club; 37 King Street, Covent Garden (1965–1968); 86 St. James's Street (1968–1975), sharing the premises of the Constitutional Club; 9 Fitzmaurice Place (1975–1990), sharing the premises of the Lansdowne Club; 1 Whitehall Place, sharing the premises of the National Liberal Club (current)	1990	The Arts, science and law	No women members permitted	Entry: £500 Sub: £654	None	[46]
Savile Club	1868	9 Spring Gardens (1868–1871); 12 Savile Row (1871–1882); 107 Piccadilly (1882–1927); 69 Brook Street (current)	1927	Conviviality, from the Arts to the Sciences	No women members permitted	Entry: £250 Sub: £965	None	[47]
Sloane Club	1976	52 Lower Sloane Street, Chelsea	1976	Social - formerly the Service Women's Club and the Helena Club	1976	Entry: £750 Sub: £495	None	[48]
Special Forces Club	1946	Knightsbridge	1946	Current and former members of the British secret service, and the special forces	1946	Entry: c.£250 Sub: £250	The Princess Royal	None
Travellers Club	1819	12 Waterloo Place, near Pall Mall (1819–1821); 49 Pall Mall (1821–1827); 106 Pall Mall (current)	1827	Travel enthusiasts - members must have travelled to a destination more than 500 miles from London	No women members permitted	Entry:? Sub: £1,100	The Duke of Edinburgh	[49]
Turf Club	1861	Bennett Street, Piccadilly (1861–1965), 5 Carlton House Terrace (current)	1965	Aristocratic, social primarily sports and cards	No women members permitted	Entry:? Sub:?	None	None
University Women's Club, originally the University Club for Ladies (Ladies only)	1887	31 New Bond Street (1887–1909); later 34 George Street, near Hanover Square; later South Audley Street, Mayfair; later 2 Audley Square, Mayfair (current)	1921	University graduates	1887 - Ladies only	Entry: £150 Sub: £485	None	[50]
Victory Services Club	1907	63-79 Seymour Street, Fitzrovia	1948	Army, Navy and Air Force personnel - officers and enlisted	?	Entry: £0 Sub: £20	The Duke of Edinburgh	[51]
White's	1693	37-38 St James's Street	1693	Aristocratic; Tory	No women members or visitors permitted	Entry:? Sub:£850	None	None

Defunct or merged clubs

Name	Established	Clubhouse location(s)	Affiliation	Fate
Defunct or merged clubs
1900 Club	1900	?	Social	Closed in late 20th century
1920 Club	1920	2 Whitehall Court	Political; Liberal	Closed in 1923
Albemarle Club (Ladies and Gentlemen)	1874	13 Albemarle Street (from 1874); 37 Dover Street (by the 1910s); 21 Curzon Street (by the 1940s)	Social	Closed in 1941
Aldwych Club	1910	1 Aldwych	Social	Closed in 1953
Alexandra Club (Ladies only, later Ladies and Gentlemen)	1884	32 Sackville Street, near Piccadilly (1884); 12 Grosvenor Street, near Grosvenor Square (1900s); Weymouth Street, Fitzrovia (1940s)	Social	Closed during World War II
Alfred Club	1808	13 Albemarle Street	Aristocratic - "a sort of secondary Athenaeum, with a lower I.Q." ^[2]	Closed in 1854; membership merged with the present Oriental Club.
Almack's Club (Ladies and Gentlemen)	1765	King Street, St James's (1765–1867)	Social; especially card games	Closed in1867; a 'refounded' Almack's operated from 1908 to 1961
American Club	1919	95 Piccadilly	American	Closed in the 1980s
Argentine Club	1910	1 Hamilton Place, near Piccadilly	Social	Later became the present-day Canning Club
Arthur's	1827	69 St James's Street	Social; non-political	Closed in 1940. Building later taken over by the Carlton Club; ironic, given its avowedly non-political membership.
Bachelors' Club	c.1881	106 Piccadilly	Bachelors	Closed in late 1940s
Badminton Club	1875	100 Piccadilly	Sports; driving (horses and coaches were owned by the club)	Dissolved in 1938, as by then horse transport was becoming anachronistic; Clubhouse taken over by the Public Schools Club
Bath Club	1894	34 Dover Street (1894–1941); 74 St James's Street (1950–1959); 43 Brook Street (1959–1981)	Sports; the club offered a swimming pool	Original clubhouse bombed in the Blitz. Relocated club closed in 1981 - members dispersed to other Clubs including the Oriental Club
Beaconsfield Club	1880	66-68 Pall Mall (1880–1887)	Political; Conservative	Closed circa 1887/1888; Clubhouse taken over by the Unionist Club
Beefsteak Club	1705	Imperial Phiz public house, Old Jewry	Social; Whig	Closed circa 1712
Berkeley Club	Late 19th century?	4 Grafton Street, near Berkeley Square	Field sports	Closed
Burlington Fine Arts Club	1866	177 Piccadilly (1866–1869); 17 Savile Row (1869–1952)	The Arts	Closed in 1952
Cavalry Club	1890	127 Piccadilly	Cavalry officers	Merged with the Guards' Club in 1976 to form the present Cavalry and Guards Club
Chandos Club	1879	Langham Place, near Regent Street	"Members of the three professions (divinity, law and medicine), civil engineer officers of Her Majesty's forces, and civilians of position."	Closed in 1880s
City Carlton Club	1868	24-27 St Swithun's Lane, near Cornhill	The City; Conservative	Bombed in 1940
City Liberal Club	1874	Walbrook	The City; Liberal	Closed in 1928
Cobden Club	1866	?	Political; Free Trade doctrine	Closed in the 1970s
Conservative Club	1840	88 St James's Street (1841–1845); 74 St James's Street (1841–1950)	Political; Conservative	Merged with the Bath Club in 1950, taking on the name of the Bath Club, but moving to the Conservative Club's premises.
Constitutional Club	1883	28 Northumberland Avenue (1886–1959); 40 Pall Mall, sharing the premises of the Junior Carton Club (1962–1964); 116 Pall Mall, sharing the premises of the United Service Club (1964-late 1960s); St. James's Street (1970s)	Political; Conservative	Closed in 1979; membership merged with the present St. Stephen's Club
County Club	Late 19th century?	43-44 Albemarle Street	Social; non-political	Closed
Coventry Club	1846	106 Piccadilly	Diplomatic corps	Also known as The Ambassadors' Club; closed in 1854. The building was later acquired by the St James's Club. Re-opened in 1876, closed in 1888. Re-opened in XX c., closed.
Crichton Club	Late 19th century?	3 Adelphi Terrace	The arts, science and literature	Closed
Crockford's	1793	50 St James's Street	Social; especially card games	Closed in 1845; clubhouse taken over by the Naval, Military and Civil Service Club, and then the Devonshire Club. Re-founded in 1928, closed in 1970.
Devonshire Club	1874	50 St James's Street	Political; initially Liberal but later largely apolitical	Closed in 1976; membership merged with the present East India Club
Eccentric Society Club (1)	1781	Various addresses around Covent Garden	Social	Closed in 1846
Eccentric Society Club (2)	1858	Leicester Square	Social	Closed in 1881
Eccentric Club (3)	1890	9 Ryder Street, St James's	Social	Closed in 1984 for refurbishment, went into liquidation in 1986; in 1985 most members were elected to the present East India Club, and still meet there to this day. In 2008 a group started an endeavour to re-establish the Eccentric Club [52]
Eighty Club	1880	?	Political; Liberal	Closed in 1900s
Empress Club (Ladies and Gentlemen)	Late 19th century?	Dover Street	Social	Closed
Erectheum Club	1839	8 St James's Square	The Arts; Literature	Closed. Building later acquired by the Junior Oxford and Cambridge Club, then the Vine Club, the York Club, the Junior Travellers' Club, and the Sports Club.
Eton and Harrow Club	1873	3 Pall Mall East	Alumni of Eton and Harrow	Closed
Free Trade Club	1840s	14 St James's Square	Free Trade doctrine	Closed
Goat Club	Early 20th century	179, New Bond Street, London W1 ^[3]	Royal Navy officers	Merged with the Naval and Military Club
Green Room Club	1877	10 Adelphi Terrace (1877–1883); 22 King Street, Covent Garden (1883); 20 Bedford Street, near Strand (1883–1903); 46 Leicester Square (1903–1940); Whitcomb Street, near Leicester Square (1940–1954); 8-9 Adam Street, near Strand (1955–2000)	The Arts and theatre	Closed in 2000 [53]
Gresham Club	1843	1 King William Street (1844-1910s); Gresham Place (early 1910s); 15 Abchurch Lane, near King William Street (1915–1991),	The City; Merchants and bankers	Closed in 1991
Guards' Club	1810	70 Pall Mall	Officers of the Household Cavalry and Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish, and Welsh regiments of Foot Guards.	Closed in 1976, and merged with the Cavalry Club to form the present Cavalry and Guards Club
Gun Club	Late 19th century?	?	Pigeon hunters	Closed
Hanover Square Club	Late 19th century?	9 Hanover Square	Social	Closed
Helena Club (Ladies only)	1960s	52 Lower Sloane Street, Chelsea	Ladies' residential	Became the Sloane Club in 1976
Hogarth Club	1858	84 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia	Artists	Closed in 1861
Imperial Services Club	Late 19th century?	128 Piccadilly	Officers in the armed forces	Closed in the late 19th century; clubhouse later acquired by the Lyceum Club
International Club	1838	?	Political, but non-aligned	Closed
Isthmian Club	1882	105 Piccadilly	Sports. University, public school, and/or military background required.	Closed
Jockey Club	1750	Pall Mall	Horse racing; primarily for racehorse owners	Still exists today, but has moved out of London to Newmarket
Junior Army and Navy Club	Late 19th century?	20-21 King Street, St James's	Officers in the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, or Indian Army	Closed
Junior Athenaeum	1864	116 Piccadilly	The Arts, science, or the clergy	Closed
Junior Carlton Club	1866	30 Pall Mall (1868–1968); 94 Pall Mall (1968–1977)	Political; Conservative	Closed in 1977; membership merged with the present Carlton Club
Junior Conservative Club	1889	43-44 Albemarle Street	Political; Conservative	Closed in 20th century
Junior Constitutional Club	1887	101 Piccadilly	Political; Conservative	Closed
Junior Garrick Club	Late 19th century?	Adelphi Terrace	The dramatic arts	Closed
Junior Naval and Military Club	1870	19 Dover Street (1870–1875); 66-68 Pall Mall (1875–1979	Army and Navy officers	The cost of the club's elaborate, purpose-built Pall Mall clubhouse bankrupted the club, and it closed in 1879. The building was then acquired by the Beaconsfield Club.
Junior Oxford and Cambridge Club	1850s?	8 St James's Square	Graduates of Oxford, Cambridge, and Trinity College, Dublin	Closed. Building later acquired by the Vine Club, then the York Club, the Junior Travellers' Club, and the Sports Club.
Junior Travellers' Club	1890s?	8 St James's Square	Travel enthusiasts	Closed. Building later acquired by the Sports Club.
Junior United Services Club	Late 19th century?	11 Charles Street, near Berkeley Square	Officers of the army, navy, marines, and Indian Army	Closed
Kennel Club	1873	29a Pall Mall	Dog lovers	Still exists today as a society, but no longer provides club facilities.
Kensington Ladies' Club (Ladies only)	Late 19th century?	19-21 Penywern Road, Kensington	Social	Closed
King of Clubs	1798- ?1830	Crown & Anchor; Freemasons' Tavern; Grillions; Clarendon Hotel	High Whig
Ladies' Army and Navy Club (Ladies only)	Late 19th century?	2 Burlington Gardens, Mayfair; later 27 St James's Place	Near relations of army and navy officers	Closed
Ladies' Athenaeum (Ladies only)	1913	31 Dover Street (1913-c.1925); 18-19 Stratford Place (c.1925-1927)	The Arts	Closed in 1927
Ladies' Automobile Club (Ladies only)	Early 20th century?	Brook Street	Automobile enthusiasts	Closed
Ladies' Empire Club (Ladies only)	Late 19th century?	69 Grosvenor Street, near Grosvenor Square	Enthusiasts of the British empire	Closed in the 1950s
Ladies' Imperial Club (Ladies only)	Early 20th century?	17-18 Dover Street (1900s); 9 Arlington Street, St James's (1920s)	Political; Conservative	Closed
Ladies' Institute (Ladies only)	1860	14a Princes Street, near Cavendish Square (temporarily, in 1860); Langham Place, near Regent Street(1860–1867)	Social; the first ladies-only club, doubling as the office of the English Woman's Journal	Closed in 1867
Ladies' International Club (Ladies only)	Late 19th century?	74 Princes Square, Dawson Place, Bayswater (late 19th century); 4 Prince's Terrace, Bayswater (1940s)	?	Closed
Ladies' Park Club (Ladies only)	Early 20th century?	Wilton House, 32 Knightsbridge	Social	Closed in the 1920s
Ladies' Residential Club (Ladies only)	Late 19th century?	19-21 Lexham Gardens, Kensington	?	Closed
Ladies' Town and Country Club (Ladies only)	Late 19th century?	73-75 Mortimer Street, near Cavendish Square	?	Closed
Ladies' Victoria Club (Ladies only)	1891	Holles Street, near Cavendish Square (temporarily, in 1891); 145 Victoria Street	?	Closed
Lauderdale Club (Ladies only)	Late 19th century?	138 Lauderdale Mansions, Maida Vale, later encompassing 118-142 & 156 Lauderdale Mansions	Women's residential club	Closed
Law Club	1830s	Chancery Lane (behind the Law Society building)	Law	Closed
Lyceum Club (Ladies and Gentlemen)	1904	128 Piccadilly (in the former premises of the Imperial Services Club; 138 Piccadilly (later)	Writers; started as a breakaway from the Authors' Club	Closed. Original 128 Piccadilly site later acquired and redeveloped by the present RAF Club
The London Confederate Club	1861	?	Political, supporting Confederate States of America during American Civil War; Social	Dissolved ?
The 1851 London Navy Colt Club (Gentlemen)	1851	1 Spring Gardens, Westminster	Gun Club, promulgation of common interest in the products of Samuel Colt and his London Factory; Social.	Dissolved ?
Marlborough Club	1868	52 Pall Mall	Social	Merged with the Orleans Club and Windham Club in 1945 to form the Marlborough-Windham Club, retaining the same premises.
Marlborough-Windham Club	1945	52 Pall Mall	Social	Closed in 1953
Minerva Club (Ladies only)	1920	28a Brunswick Square	Women's residential club	Closed in the 1930s
National Conservative Club	1886	?	Political; Conservative	Closed
National Sporting Club	1891	43 King Street, Covent Garden	Sports; Boxing	Closed
National Union	1887	?	Political; Unionist	Closed in 1890s
Naval, Military and Civil Service Club	1850s	50 St James's Street	Army & navy officers; civil servants	Closed in 1860s. Building later used by the Devonshire Club
New City Club	1862	?	The City;	Closed in 1944
New Oxford and Cambridge Club	Late 19th century?	66-68 Pall Mall (1892–1920); Stratton Street, near Piccadilly (later)	Graduates of Oxford and Cambridge	Closed
New Somerville Club (Ladies only)	1888	19a Hanover Square	Social	Closed in the mid-1900s
New University Club	1864	57 St James's Street; later 6 St James's Street	Graduates of Oxford and Cambridge	Merged with the United University Club in 1938, which itself merged with the Oxford and Cambridge Club in 1971.
Orleans Club	?	?	?	Merged with the Marlborough Club and Windham Club in 1945 to form the Marlborough-Windham Club
Palace Club	1882	?	Political; Conservative	Closed in 1900s
Pall Mall Club	Late 19th century?	Waterloo Place, near Pall Mall	Social; non-political	Closed
Parthenon Club	Late 19th century?	16 Regent Street	?	Closed
Pelican Club	1853	Denman Street	Social, sports (boxing & snooker), entertainment.	Closed, re-opened in 1887 at 43 King Street, Covent Garden, closed in 1891.
Polyglot Club	Late 19th century?	?	Amateur linguists	Closed
Portland Club	Late 19th century?	1 Portland Place	Gambling	Closed
Press Club	1882	Wine Office Court, near Fleet Street	Journalism	Clubhouse closed in 1986. Press Club still exists today as a society, but no longer offers club facilities [54]
Primrose Club	1886	4&5 Park Place, St James's Street^[4]	Political; Conservative	Closed in 1910s
Public Schools Club	1909-1915; 1918-1972	134 Albermarle Street (1909–1913); 19 Berkeley Street (1913–1915); Curzon Street (1920–1938); 100 Piccadilly (1938–1972)	Alumni of the British public schools	Merged with the present East India Club on 1 May 1972, now providing the bulk of their membership
Raleigh Club	Late 19th century?	Regent Street	Members had to have served a year in the armed forces, or be an existing member of another club	Closed
Ranelagh Club (Ladies and Gentlemen)	1889	76 Charlwood Road, Putney	Sports club	Still exists today as a sailing club, but no longer offers club facilities
Road Club	Late 19th century?	4 Park Place, St James's	Enthusiasts for the revival of coaching	Closed
Rous Club	Late 19th century?	307 Regent Street	Social	Closed
Royal Aero Club, formerly the Aero Club (1901–1909)	1901	119 Piccadilly (1901–1961); 9 Fitzmaurice Place (inside the Lansdowne Club, 1961–1968); 94 Pall Mall (inside the Junior Carlton Club, 1968–1970); 116 Pall Mall (inside the United Service Club, 1970–1977)	"the encouragement of aero-automobilism and ballooning as a sport"	Merged into the British Gliding Association in 1977 - no longer provides club facilities.
Russell Club	Late 19th century?	216 Regent Street	Social	Closed
St George's Club	Late 19th century?	Savile Row	Catholic	Closed
St James's Club	1857	106 Piccadilly	Members of the British diplomatic service, and foreign diplomats in Britain	Closed in 1978, and membership merged with Brooks' .
Scandinavian Club	Late 19th century?	80-81 Strand	Members had to be of Scandinavian descent	Closed
Scientific Club	Late 19th century	7 Savile Row	Science	Closed
Scottish Club	Late 19th century?	39 Dover Street	Scottish landowners and property owners	Closed
Service Women's Club	1940s	52 Lower Sloane Street, Chelsea	Former and serving women military officers	Became the Helena Club in 1960s, then the Sloane Club in 1976
Smithfield Club	Late 19th century?	Half-Moon Street, near Piccadilly	Cattle-breeding	Closed
Somerville Club (Ladies only)	1878	231 Oxford Street	Social	Closed in 1887; re-founded as the New Somerville Club
Sports Club	1893	8 St James's Square	Sports	Merged with the present East India Club in 1938
Suffrage Club (Ladies and Gentlemen)	c.1910	3 York Street, Fitzrovia	Political; women's suffrage	Closed c.1916-1917
Temple Club	1873	Arundel Street, near Aldwych. Built on site of Whittington Club.	Social, "art, literature, and science". White Friars Club (Dickens, Darwin) also met there.	Closed
Thatched House Club	Mid 19th century?	86 St James's Street	Social	Closed
Twentieth Century Club (Ladies only)	1902	24-29 Stanley Gardens, Notting Hill	Women's residential club	Closed in the 1930s
Union Club	1800	Trafalgar Square	Social	Closed in 1949, merging with the United Service Club; clubhouse is now Canada House
Unionist Club	1886	66-68 Pall Mall	Political; Liberal Unionist	Closed in 1892; clubhouse acquired by the New Oxford and Cambridge Club
United Club	Late 19th century?	Charles Street, near Berkeley Square	Linked to the United Hotel, with additional facilities for members	Closed
United Empire Club	1904	101 Piccadilly	Global Reform;	Closed
United Service Club	1815	116 Pall Mall	Senior officers (Major/Commander and above) in the army and navy	Closed in 1978; clubhouse is now the Institute of Directors
United University Club	1821	1 Suffolk Street, near Pall Mall (1826–1971)	Graduates of Oxford and Cambridge	Merged with the present Oxford and Cambridge Club in 1971. Clubhouse is now the London centre of the University of Notre Dame
Verulam Club	1843	54 St James's Street	Social	Closed
Victorian Commemoration Club (Ladies only)	Late 19th century?	Southampton Street, near Strand	Nurses and associated workers	Closed
Victoria Club	1860	18 Wellington Street, near Aldwych (from 1863)	Sports; primarily racing	Closed
Vine Club	Mid/late 19th century	8 St James's Square	?	Closed. Building later acquired by the York Club, then the Junior Travellers' Club, and the Sports Club.
Wanderers' Club	Late 19th century?	9 Pall Mall	?	Closed
Watier's	?	81 Piccadilly	?	Closed
Wellington Club	Early 20th century?	?	?	Closed
Westminster Club	Late 19th century?	Albemarle Street	?	Closed
Whitehall Club	1866	47 Parliament Street (1866–1905); Storey's Gate, Westminster (from 1905); later 10 Prince's Street, Whitehall	?	Closed c. 1919-1921. Original Parliament Street clubhouse later acquired by the House of Commons, and now used as a researchers' library.
Whittington Club	1846	37 Arundel St., Strand. Originally met in the Crown and Anchor Tavern at the same address. Burned down in 1854 but was rebuilt to the same plan.	Social, literary, sciences, music, etc.	Closed 1873. Renovated and reopened as the Temple Club under new owner.
Windham Club, briefly the Windham House Club in 1828-1829	1828	13 St. James's Square, London	?	Merged with the Marlborough Club and Orleans Club in 1945 to form the Marlborough-Windham Club
Writers' Club (Ladies only)	1892	10 Norfolk Street, near Strand	Writers. Started as an offshoot of the Authors' Club.	Closed
York Club	Mid/late 19th century	8 St James's Square	?	Closed. Building later acquired by the Junior Travellers' Club, then the Sports Club.

Fictional gentlemen's clubs

The Bagatelle Card Club - One of Colonel Sebastian Moran's clubs in a Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Empty House
Beargarden Club – Appears in the Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope and TV series of the same name
Bellona Club - Dorothy L. Sayers' famous club to which her arisocratic sleuth Peter Wimsey belongs and where he solves a case in The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Blacks Club – Jack Aubrey's London club in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series of novels.
Blades Club – M's private cards club in James Bond novels, notably The Moonraker.
Bounders Club; - established 1774 as the British Brigade, currently virtual: bounders@yahoogroups.com
Bratt's Club - features in A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
Confederate Bikini Club; - established 2008, currently virtual: http://cbsoc.blogspot.com
Diogenes Club – Mycroft Holmes's club in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Drones Club – Bertie Wooster's club in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories. Also the name of one of several clubs patronised by Bustopher Jones, "the Cat about Town", a character in a poem in T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
Etheric Explorers Club – a society featured in a series of short stories and novels by Paul Marlowe.
Egotists Club - featured in Gaudy Night, a Lord Peter Wimsey novel by Dorothy L. Sayers.
Ffeatherstonehaugh's Club – a corrupt and hedonistic establishment commemorating the libertine values of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, featured in the crime novel Clubbed to Death by Ruth Dudley Edwards.
Hotch Potch Club - featured in John Galsworthy's 'Forsyte Saga'.
Imperial Club - from the 1960s UK television comedy series Bootsie and Snudge, starring Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser.
Iseeum Club - another club featured in Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga
Junior Ganymede Club – Jeeves's club for gentlemen's gentlemen (valets) in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories.
Marine Commando Club, Paddington - frequented by Julian and Sandy from the BBC radio comedy Round the Horne. Note that Kenneth Horne's radio alter ego, a member of the Athenaeum, described it as "not my sort of club".
Old Bohemian Club - Bunny and Raffles' club in E. W. Hornung's Raffles stories.
Progress Club – a club which "intended to do great things for Liberal Party . . . and had in truth done little or nothing." in The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope.
Senior Conservative Club - features in P.G. Wodehouse's novel Psmith in the City. Although fictional, the description of a large, Conservative-aligned club in Northumberland Avenue tallies perfectly with the real-life Constitutional Club at No.28 and Nevill's Turkish Baths at No.25, "twenty yards from the club's front door" (which baths were also used by Sherlock Holmes and Raffles).^[5]
The Seraphim Club - A private club featured in Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell.
The Survivor's Club - featured in the novel The Somnambulist.
The Tankerville Club - Featured in two Sherlock Holmes stories.
The Thackeray Club - a highly anti-social club shrouded in silence at the beginning of the Fred Astaire film Top Hat

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References

^ From notice of 224th AGM
^ Denys Forrest, "The Oriental: Life Story of a West End Club" (Batsford, London, 1968), p.81
^ Letterhead in private possession
^ London Street Directory for 1902
^ http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/AtoZEstab/London/NorAv/MEng.htm

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Gentlemen's clubs historically aligned with the Tories, Unionists and/or Conservatives

Current	White's 1693–present (No longer politically aligned) · Boodle's 1762–present (No longer politically aligned) · Carlton Club 1832–present · St Stephen's Club 1870–present (No longer politically aligned)

Former	Conservative Club 1841–1950 · Junior Carlton Club 1866–1977 · City Carlton Club 1868 – Early 20th century · Beaconsfield Club 1880–1887 · Palace Club 1882–1900s · Constitutional Club 1883–1979 · Unionist Club 1886–1892 · National Conservative Club 1886–1890s · Primrose Club 1886–1910s · Junior Constitutional Club 1887 – Early 20th century · National Union 1887–1890s · Junior Conservative Club 1889 – Early 20th century · Ladies' Carlton Club Late 19th/early 20th century · Ladies' Imperial Club Early 20th century

Gentlemen's clubs historically aligned with Whigs and/or Liberals

Current	Brooks's 1778–present (No longer politically aligned) · Reform Club 1836–present (No longer politically aligned) · National Liberal Club 1883–present

Former	Devonshire Club 1874–1976 (Merged with the apolitical East India Club) · City Liberal Club 1874–20th century · Eighty Club 1880-1900s · 1920 Club 1920–1923

Military gentlemen's clubs of London

Current	· Cavalry and Guards Club 1810/1890/1976-present · Oriental Club 1824-present (no longer has any formal military connections) · Army and Navy Club 1838-present · East India Club 1849-present (no longer has any formal military connections) · Naval and Military Club 1862-present · Royal Air Force Club 1917-present · Naval Club 1919-present · Special Forces Club 1946-present

Former	Guards' Club 1810-1976 (now the Cavalry and Guards Club) · United Service Club 1815-1978 (now the IoD) · Junior Naval and Military Club 1870-1879 · Cavalry Club 1890-1976 (now the Cavalry and Guards Club) · Imperial Services Club (late 19th century) · Junior Army and Navy Club (late 19th century) · Junior United Service Club (late 19th century) · Ladies' Army and Navy Club (late 19th century)

Gentlemen's clubs of London founded in support of the arts

Current	The Athenaeum (1824) · Langham Club (1830) · Garrick Club (1831) · Savage Club (1857) · The Arts Club (1863) · Savile Club (1868) · Chelsea Arts Club (1891) · London Sketch Club (1898)

Former	Hogarth Club (1858–1861) · Junior Athenaeum (1864 – 1930s) · Burlington Fine Arts Club (1866–1952) · Green Room Club (1877–2000) · Junior Garrick Club (Late 19th century) · Ladies' Athenaeum (1913–c.1925)

City of London gentlemen's clubs

Current	· City of London Club 1832 - present (Still open, but not as a private members' club) · City University Club 1895 - present · City Livery Club 1914 - present

Former	Gresham Club 1843 - 1991 · New City Club 1862 - 1944 · City Carlton Club 1868 - 1940 · City Liberal Club 1874 - 1928

Gentlemen's clubs of London founded for educational background

Current	Oxford and Cambridge Club 1830 - present · East India Club 1849 - present (Incorporating the former Public Schools Club, which now makes up most of its membership) · University Women's Club 1887 - present ·

Former	United University Club 1821 - 1971 (Merged with the Oxford and Cambridge Club) · New University Club 1864 - 1938 (Merged with the United University Club) · Eton and Harrow Club 1873 - 20th century · Junior Oxford and Cambridge Club Late 19th century · New Oxford and Cambridge Club Late 19th century · Public Schools Club 1920-1972 (Merged with the East India Club)

Gentlemen's clubs of London associated with particular countries

Current	East India Club (1849–present) Danish Club (1863–present) Den Norske Klub (1887–present) Caledonian Club (1891–present) Canning Club (formerly the Argentine Club; 1910–present) Anglo-Belgian Club (1942–present) Irish Club (1950–present)

Former	Scottish Club (late 19th century) Scandinavian Club (late 19th century) American Club (1919–1970s)

List of London's gentlemen's clubs

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Fictional gentlemen's clubs

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