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*[[Nicholas Soames]] MP<ref name="Dan Whittle">Dan Whittle, [http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/04/tory-mps-gentlemens-club-memberships/ Revealed: The exclusive club memberships of Tory MPs], ''Left Foot Forward'', 16 April 2011.</ref> | *[[Nicholas Soames]] MP<ref name="Dan Whittle">Dan Whittle, [http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/04/tory-mps-gentlemens-club-memberships/ Revealed: The exclusive club memberships of Tory MPs], ''Left Foot Forward'', 16 April 2011.</ref> | ||
*[[Simon Mann]]<ref>Tim Butcher, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8874661/Cry-Havoc-by-Simon-Mann-review.html Cry Havoc by Simon Mann: review], ''the Telegraph'', 7 November 2011.</ref> | *[[Simon Mann]]<ref>Tim Butcher, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8874661/Cry-Havoc-by-Simon-Mann-review.html Cry Havoc by Simon Mann: review], ''the Telegraph'', 7 November 2011.</ref> | ||
| + | *Sir [[Reginald Sheffield]]<ref name="Londoner's Diary">[http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2009/01/carings-novel-way-to-beat-the-queue-at-whites.html Caring’s novel way to beat the queue at White’s], Londoner's Diary, ''Evening Standard'', 23 January 2009.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Vscount Astor]]<ref name="Londoner's Diary">[http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2009/01/carings-novel-way-to-beat-the-queue-at-whites.html Caring’s novel way to beat the queue at White’s], Londoner's Diary, ''Evening Standard'', 23 January 2009.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Alexander Cameron]] QC<ref name="Londoner's Diary">[http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2009/01/carings-novel-way-to-beat-the-queue-at-whites.html Caring’s novel way to beat the queue at White’s], Londoner's Diary, ''Evening Standard'', 23 January 2009.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[David Cameron]] - resigned his membership.<ref name="Londoner's Diary">[http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk/2009/01/carings-novel-way-to-beat-the-queue-at-whites.html Caring’s novel way to beat the queue at White’s], Londoner's Diary, ''Evening Standard'', 23 January 2009.</ref> | ||
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White's is the oldest and most exclusive gentleman's club in London.[1]
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
- Sir Stephen Hastings[3]
- William Whitelaw[4]
- David Stirling[5]
- Randolph Churchill[6]
- Prince Charles[7]
- Conrad Black[7]
- Anthony Bamford[8]
- Hugo Swire MP[9]
- Phillip Dunne MP[9]
- Edward Garnier QC MP[9]
- Brooks Newmark MP[9]
- Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP[9]
- Nicholas Soames MP[9]
- Simon Mann[10]
- Sir Reginald Sheffield[11]
- Vscount Astor[11]
- Alexander Cameron QC[11]
- David Cameron - resigned his membership.[11]
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 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.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Caring’s novel way to beat the queue at White’s, Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard, 23 January 2009.
