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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>
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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> 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>
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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>
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*[[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>
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*[[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>
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*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>
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*[[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>
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*[[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>
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*[[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.
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*[[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>
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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>
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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>
 
*[[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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*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>
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*[[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>
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*[[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>
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*[[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

Notes

  1. Brian Wheeler, 'If anybody wants me, I'll be at my club', BBC News, 24 November 2003.
  2. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, pp.356-359.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Francis Elliott & James Hanning, Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative, Harper Perennial, 2009, p.4.
  4. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.417.
  5. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.460.
  6. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.43.
  7. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.49.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Rob Sharpe, It's called The Open – so why is the golf club closed to women?, Independent, 16 July 2011.
  9. Jamie Doward, Feud between Bamford brothers threatens to cast light on funding for Tories, The Observer, 14 November 2010.
  10. 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.
  11. Tim Butcher, Cry Havoc by Simon Mann: review, the Telegraph, 7 November 2011.
  12. 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.