The Eighty Club was a political London gentlemen's club named after the year it was founded, 1880 (much like the later 1900 Club and 1920 Club). It was strictly aligned to the

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, with members having to pledge support to join. Somewhat dwarfed by mass-membership clubs like the

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, it could only claim 400 members in 1890, and 600 by 1900.

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was the first secretary of the Eighty Club and

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was sometime President. The Club finally closed in 1978, although the name was then adopted as the title of the Association of Liberal Democrat Lawyers' annual lecture series.Cook ''Routledge Guide to British Political Archives'' (2006)

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