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Defunct or merged clubs |
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| Name | Established | Clubhouse location(s) | Affiliation | Fate | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Crockford's | 1793 | 50 St James's Street | Social; especially card games | Closed in 1845; clubhouse taken over by the Military, Naval and County 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 | ||||
| Eighty Club | 1880 | ? | Political; Liberal | Closed in 1900s | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Hogarth Club | 1858 | 84 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia | Artists | Closed in 1861 | ||||
| Jockey Club | 1750 | Pall Mall | Horse racing; primarily for racehorse owners | Still exists today, but has moved out of London to Newmarket | ||||
| 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 Constitutional Club | 1887 | 101 Piccadilly | Political; Conservative | 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. | ||||
| Kennel Club | 1873 | 29a Pall Mall | Dog lovers | Still exists today as a society, but no longer provides club facilities. | ||||
| King of Clubs | 1798- ?1830 | Crown & Anchor; Freemasons' Tavern; Grillions; Clarendon Hotel | High Whig | |||||
| Military, Naval and County Service Club | Nov. 1848 | 50 St James's Street | active & retired military officers, including East India Company, Militia and Yeomanry. | Founded as the Military and County Service Club, renamed St James's Club c.1850 and dissolved in July 1851. The club used the premises of the former Crockford's Club. Later on the premises were used by the Wellington Dining Rooms, the St George's Club and the Devonshire Club. | ||||
| National Sporting Club | 1891 | 43 King Street, Covent Garden | Sports; Boxing | Closed | ||||
| National Union | 1887 | ? | Political; Unionist | Closed in 1890s | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Palace Club | 1882 | ? | Political; Conservative | Closed in 1900s | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Primrose Club | 1886 | 4&5 Park Place, St James's Street | 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 | ||||
| Road Club | Late 19th century? | 4 Park Place, St James's | Enthusiasts for the revival of coaching | 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. | ||||
| St James's Club (1) | c.1850 | 50 St James's Street | ? | Closed in 1851, late the Military, Naval and County Service Club, formerly the Military and County Service Club. | ||||
| St James's Club (2) | 1857 | 106 Piccadilly | Members of the British diplomatic service, and foreign diplomats in Britain | Closed in 1978, and membership merged with Brooks' . | ||||
| Sports Club | 1893 | 8 St James's Square | Sports | Merged with the present East India Club in 1938 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Watier's | ? | 81 Piccadilly | ? | Closed | ||||
| Wellington Club | Early 20th century? | ? | ? | 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. | ||||
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