The Other Club
The Other Club is a secretive political dining society which meets periodically at the Pinafore Room of the Savoy Hotel. [1] The club was founded by Winston Churchill in 1911 with his closest friend and political opponent, the Conservative MP and lawyer FE Smith - later Lord Birkenhead. [2] The rules of the club state that the club should meet on alternate Thursdays 'at 8.15 punctually' when Parliament is in session and that, 'Nothing in the Rules of Intercourse of the Club shall interfere with the rancour or asperity of party politics.' [3]
1994 Members
According to a 1997 article by John Lloyd [4] the January 1994 List of Members included the following names. The year alongside each name refers to the date of election to membership.
Sir Anthony Acland 1984 | Edward Adeane 1981 | Earl of Airlie 1986 | Lord Aldington 1971 | Lord Alexander of Weedon 1993 | Lord Amery 1960 | Lord Annan 1989 | Lord Armstrong of Ilminster 1973 | Paddy Ashdown 1991 | Lord Barber of Wentbridge 1971 | Tony Blair 1991 | Tom Bradley 1976 | Sir Leon Brittan 1984 | Gordon Brown 1991 | Duke of Buccleuch & Queensbury 1971 | Sir Robin Butler 1991 | Viscount Camrose 1954 | Lord Carr of Hadley 1970 | Lord Carrington 1962 | Sir Edward Cazalet 1984 | Paul Channon 1973 | Lord Charteris of Amisfield 1969 | Winston S. Churchill 1993 | Kenneth Clarke 1993 | Robin Cook 1993 | Viscount Cranborne 1981 | Dr John Cunningham 1984 | Lord Dacre of Glanton 1978 | Sir Robin Day 1981 | Sir William Deakin 1961 | Duke of Devonshire 1960 | Lord Egremont 1986 | Lord Gilmour 1973 | Lord Goodman 1967 | Lord Nicholas Gordon Lennox 1978 | John Grigg 1993 | Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone 1970 | Lord Hartwell 1955 | Max Hastings 1993 | Roy Hattersley 1971 | Sir Edward Heath 1960 | Sir Nicholas Henderson 1976 | Lord Home of the Hirsel 1961 | Marmaduke Hussey 1989 | Lord Hutchinson 1978 | Earl Jellicoe 1978 | Lord Jenkins of Hillhead 1964 | Ludovic Kennedy 1991 | Tom King 1989 | Lord Kingsdown 1991 | Viscount Lambton 1961 | Bernard Levin 1986 | Lord Lever of Manchester 1969 | Dr Dickson Mabon 1978 | Sir Fitzroy Maclean 1969 | David Marquand 1976 | Lord Marsh 1971 | Anthony Montague Browne 1958 | Lord Moore of Wolvercote 1978 | John Mortimer 1993 | Christopher Patten 1986 | Lord Peyton 1971 | Lord Prior 1978 | John Profumo 1960 | Lord Pym 1981 | Lord Rees-Mogg 1973 | Lord Richardson of Duntisbourne 1973 | Lord Rothschild 1986 | Lord Shawcross 1953 | Peter Shore 1981 | John Smith 1986 | Lord St John of Fawsley 1984 | Nicholas Soames 1989 | Sir David Steel 1976 | Tom Stoppard 1993 | Lord Tebbit 1984 | Sir Denis Thatcher 1989 | Lord Thomas of Swynnerton 1981 | Lord Thorneycroft 1960 | Jeremy Thorpe 1971 | William Waldegrave 1981 | The Prince of Wales 1976 | Lord Walker 1971 | Lord Weinstock 1978 | Viscount Whitelaw 1967 | Lord Wilson of Rievaulx 1966 | Lord Wyatt of Weeford 1986 | Lord Younger 1986
Resources
- Rules of the Other Club, accessed 21 February 2011 (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5wepQanvM)
Notes
- ↑ John Lloyd. 'Secret members of the Other Club', The Times, 29 July 1997; p.13
- ↑ Rachel Billington, 'Book Reviews: Going from summer to shadows', Evening Standard, 15 May 2006; p.34
- ↑ Philip Arestis (ed), Capital Controversy, Post-Keynesian Economics and the History of Economic Thought (CRC Press, 1996) p.256
- ↑ John Lloyd. 'Secret members of the Other Club', The Times, 29 July 1997; p.13
