National Conservative Club (club)

The National Conservative Club was a short-lived political London gentlemen's club founded in 1886. It was aligned to the Conservative party, with members having to pledge support. It was launched as a rival to the mass-membership National Liberal Club of the opposing Liberal party, but proved highly unsuccessful. According to Whittakers Almanack, it had 2,500 members in 1890, but at a third of the National Liberal Club's membership, this was less than expected, and the NCC closed before the end of the century.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Antonia Taddei, London clubs in the late nineteenth century (Oxford University discussion paper, 1999), p.20

See also

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