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*[[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.
*[[Hugo Swire]] MP<ref>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>
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*[[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>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>
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*[[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>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>
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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>
*[[Brooks Newmark]] MP<ref>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>
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*[[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>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>
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*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>
*[[Nicholas Soames]] MP<ref>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>
  

Revision as of 17:06, 9 April 2012

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

Notes

  1. Brian Wheeler, 'If anybody wants me, I'll be at my club', BBC News, 24 November 2003.
  2. 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. 3.0 3.1 Rob Sharpe, It's called The Open – so why is the golf club closed to women?, Independent, 16 July 2011.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Dan Whittle, Revealed: The exclusive club memberships of Tory MPs, Left Foot Forward, 16 April 2011.
  5. Tim Butcher, Cry Havoc by Simon Mann: review, the Telegraph, 7 November 2011.