Boodle's - Notable Former Members

Notable Former Members

  • David Hume (1711–1776)
  • Adam Smith (1723-1790)
  • Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
  • William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (1737–1805)
  • William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, KG (1748–1811)
  • Rt. Hon. Charles James Fox, PC (1749–1806)
  • Michael Angelo Taylor (1757–1834)
  • John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, KG, PC (1759–1841)
  • William Wilberforce (1759–1833)
  • Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1769-1852)
  • George "Beau" Bryan Brummell (1778–1840)
  • Col. Claud Thomas Bourchier, VC (1831–1877)
  • Col. John Worthy Chaplin, VC, CB (1840–1920)
  • Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, Hon. RA (1874–1965)
  • Cdr. Wilfred Albert (Biffy) Dunderdale (1899–1990)
  • Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908–1964)
  • James David Graham Niven (1910–1983)
  • Charles Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell, VC (1913-1943)
  • Brig. John "Jack" Profumo, 5th Baron Profumo, CBE (1915-2006)

It is reputed that Beau Brummell's last bet took place at the Club before he fled the country to France. Four members have been awarded the VC.

Sir Winston Churchill was one of the few people to be elected to honorary membership.

Adam Smith, a member of Boodle's, is the face on the Bank of England's £20 note.

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