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*[[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> | ||
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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[2]
- William Whitelaw[2]
- David Stirling[2]
- Randolph Churchill[2]
- Prince Charles[3]
- Conrad Black[3]
- Anthony Bamford[4]
- Hugo Swire MP[5]
- Phillip Dunne MP[5]
- Edward Garnier QC MP[5]
- Brooks Newmark MP[5]
- Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP[5]
- Nicholas Soames MP[5]
- Simon Mann[6]
Notes
- ↑ Brian Wheeler, 'If anybody wants me, I'll be at my club', BBC News, 24 November 2003.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, pp.356-359. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Alan Hoe" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "Alan Hoe" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "Alan Hoe" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "Alan Hoe" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 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.
