White's
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]
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.
