White's
White's is the oldest and most exclusive gentleman's club in London.[1] It is based at 37 St. James's Street in London.
Yemen meeting
White's was the venue for a meeting in around April 1963, which led to an unofficial British covert operation against the Egyptian-backed government of the Yemen. Those present included Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home, Aviation Minister Julian Amery, Neil McLean and Brian Franks.[2]
Current and former members
- Alfred Duff Cooper - Former chairman.[3]
- Ian Cameron - Former chairman.[3]
- Sir Stephen Hastings[4]
- William Whitelaw[5]
- David Stirling[6]
- Randolph Churchill[7]
- Prince Charles[8]
- Conrad Black[8]
- Anthony Bamford[9]
- Hugo Swire MP[10]
- Phillip Dunne MP[10]
- Edward Garnier QC MP[10]
- Brooks Newmark MP[10]
- Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP[10]
- Nicholas Soames MP[10]
- Simon Mann[11]
- Sir Reginald Sheffield[12]
- Viscount Astor[12]
- Alexander Cameron QC[12]
- David Cameron - resigned his membership.[12]
Notes
- ↑ Brian Wheeler, 'If anybody wants me, I'll be at my club', BBC News, 24 November 2003.
- ↑ Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, pp.356-359.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Francis Elliott & James Hanning, Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative, Harper Perennial, 2009, p.4.
- ↑ Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.417.
- ↑ Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.460.
- ↑ Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.43.
- ↑ Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.49.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Rob Sharpe, It's called The Open – so why is the golf club closed to women?, Independent, 16 July 2011.
- ↑ Jamie Doward, Feud between Bamford brothers threatens to cast light on funding for Tories, The Observer, 14 November 2010.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Dan Whittle, Revealed: The exclusive club memberships of Tory MPs, Left Foot Forward, 16 April 2011.
- ↑ Tim Butcher, Cry Havoc by Simon Mann: review, the Telegraph, 7 November 2011.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Caring’s novel way to beat the queue at White’s, Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard, 23 January 2009.
