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| − | [[White's]] is the oldest and most exclusive gentleman's club in London.<ref>Brian Wheeler, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3227664.stm 'If anybody wants me, I'll be at my club'], BBC News, 24 November 2003.</ref> | + | [[White's]] is the oldest and most exclusive gentleman's club in London.<ref>Brian Wheeler, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3227664.stm 'If anybody wants me, I'll be at my club'], BBC News, 24 November 2003.</ref> It is based at 37 [[St. James's Street]] in London. |
==Yemen meeting== | ==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]].<ref name="Alan Hoe">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, pp.356-359.</ref> | + | 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]].<ref name="Alan Hoe 356-359">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, pp.356-359.</ref> |
==Current and former members== | ==Current and former members== | ||
| − | *Sir [[Stephen Hastings]]<ref name="Alan Hoe">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, p.417.</ref> | + | *[[Alfred Duff Cooper]] - Former chairman.<ref name="Elliot&Hanning4">Francis Elliott & James Hanning, Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative, Harper Perennial, 2009, p.4.</ref> |
| − | *[[William Whitelaw]]<ref name="Alan Hoe">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, p.460.</ref> | + | *[[Ian Cameron (Stockbroker)|Ian Cameron]] - Former chairman.<ref name="Elliot&Hanning4">Francis Elliott & James Hanning, Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative, Harper Perennial, 2009, p.4.</ref> |
| − | *[[David Stirling]]<ref name="Alan Hoe">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, p.43.</ref> | + | *Sir [[Stephen Hastings]]<ref name="Alan Hoe 417">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, p.417.</ref> |
| − | *[[Randolph Churchill]]<ref name="Alan Hoe">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, p.49.</ref> | + | *[[William Whitelaw]]<ref name="Alan Hoe 460">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, p.460.</ref> |
| + | *[[David Stirling]]<ref name="Alan Hoe 43">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, p.43.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Randolph Churchill]]<ref name="Alan Hoe 49">Alan Hoe, ''David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS'', Warner Books, 1992, p.49.</ref> | ||
*[[Prince Charles]]<ref name="Sharp">Rob Sharpe, [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/its-called-the-open-ndash-so-why-is-the-golf-club-closed-to-women-2314574.html It's called The Open – so why is the golf club closed to women?], ''Independent, 16 July 2011.</ref> | *[[Prince Charles]]<ref name="Sharp">Rob Sharpe, [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/its-called-the-open-ndash-so-why-is-the-golf-club-closed-to-women-2314574.html It's called The Open – so why is the golf club closed to women?], ''Independent, 16 July 2011.</ref> | ||
*[[Conrad Black]]<ref name="Sharp">Rob Sharpe, [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/its-called-the-open-ndash-so-why-is-the-golf-club-closed-to-women-2314574.html It's called The Open – so why is the golf club closed to women?], ''Independent, 16 July 2011.</ref> | *[[Conrad Black]]<ref name="Sharp">Rob Sharpe, [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/its-called-the-open-ndash-so-why-is-the-golf-club-closed-to-women-2314574.html It's called The Open – so why is the golf club closed to women?], ''Independent, 16 July 2011.</ref> | ||
| − | *[[Anthony Bamford]]<ref>Jamie Doward, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/nov/14/bamford-court-feud-tory-funding Feud between Bamford brothers threatens to cast light on funding for Tories], ''The Observer'', 14 November 2010. | + | *[[Anthony Bamford]]<ref>Jamie Doward, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/nov/14/bamford-court-feud-tory-funding Feud between Bamford brothers threatens to cast light on funding for Tories], ''The Observer'', 14 November 2010.</ref> |
*[[Hugo Swire]] 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> | *[[Hugo Swire]] 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> | ||
*[[Phillip Dunne]] 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> | *[[Phillip Dunne]] 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> | ||
*[[Edward Garnier]] QC 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> | *[[Edward Garnier]] QC 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> | ||
*[[Brooks Newmark]] 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> | *[[Brooks Newmark]] 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> | ||
| − | *Sir [[Malcolm Rifkind]] 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> | + | *Sir [[Malcolm Rifkind]] 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> | ||
| + | *[[William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor|Viscount 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> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:09, 9 April 2012
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.
