The Chatham Dining Club is a general interest

Dining club A dining club (UK) or eating club (US) is a social group, usually requiring membership (which may, or may not be available only to certain people), which meets for dinners and discussion on a regular basis. They may also often have guest speakers. ...

based in

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. The club was founded in 1910 by Captain Rupert Ommanney and Captain Guy Dawnay whilst they were students at the

British Army Staff College Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, was a staff college for the British Army and the presidency armies of British India (later merged to form the Indian Army). It had its origins in the Royal Military College, High Wycombe, founded in 1799, which ...

in Camberley. The Club rapidly grew and was run for many years by the founder members including

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career ...

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and

Sir Cuthbert Headlam, 1st Baronet Sir Cuthbert Morley Headlam, 1st Baronet, (27 April 1876 – 27 February 1964) was a British Conservative politician. Career Born in Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, the third of the five sons of Francis John Headlam (1829–1908), stipendiary m ...

. A collection of papers ''The Records of the Chatham Dining Club'' were published in 1915. The Club continues to host dinners in London to hear well known speakers on a wide variety of topics; which include politics, the arts, international relations, education, military affairs, business, trade unionism and leisure pursuits.

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