The Ulster Reform Club is a business, social and dining club in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. The club's clubhouse, which opened on New Year's Day 1885, occupies a conspicuous position on

Royal Avenue Royal Avenue is a street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In the Cathedral Quarter in the heart of Belfast city centre, as well as being identified with the more recent Smithfield and Union Quarter, it has been the city's principal shopping thor ...

in the centre of

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

. In its décor, furnishings and , the clubhouse retains historical associations.

Facilities

*Members' bar *Dining room *Private dining rooms *Business room *Snooker room *Fitness suite *Reading room

Honorary Members

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1885 *

Joseph Chamberlain Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist after opposing home rule for Ireland, and eventually served as a leading imperialist in coalition with the Cons ...

1887 * Sir Henry James,

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1891 * The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 1896 * James Johnston 1904 *

Sir Edward Carson Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (9 February 1854 – 22 October 1935), from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Unionism in Ireland, Irish u ...

, K.C. 1921 * The 1st Viscount Craigavon 1928 * The 7th Marquess of Londonderry 1930 *

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F.H. Crawford,

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, J.P. 1941 *

J. M. Andrews John Miller Andrews, (17 July 1871 – 5 August 1956) was the second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1940 to 1943. Family life Andrews was born in Comber, County Down, Ireland in 1871, the eldest child in the family of four sons and o ...

, D.L. 1943 * The 3rd Duke of Abercorn 1946 * Sir Basil Brooke, 5th Bt.,

, M.C. 1950 * Sir Cecil McKee 1984

External links

The Ulster Reform Club
Larmour, P. 1987. ''Belfast An Illustrated Architectural Guide.'' Friar's Bush Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulster Reform Club 1885 establishments in Ireland Gentlemen's clubs in Northern Ireland