The cercle de l'Union interalliée, also known as the Cercle interallié, is a private

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and

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established in 1917. The clubhouse is the Hôtel Perrinet de Jars at 33

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, France. It adjoins the

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and an annex of the embassy of

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. The club's second president was

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, Field Marshal of the United Kingdom,

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and supreme commander of the

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. The club includes royalty and political figures among its international members.

History

The Union Interalliée was founded in 1917, at the time of the official

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. This was after the voluntary aviators from the

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had come to France to increase the number of those who were fighting for the same cause on French soil. The founders of the Union Interalliée (the Count of Beaumont, Paul Dupuy, the Count J. de Bryas, Arthur Meyer, MJ of Sillac) suggested establishing a place of welcome providing moral and material resources to the officers and personalities of the Allied nations, in order to develop the allied life that had just begun. Thanks to the support they received from several statesmen, ambassadors and field marshals and the assistance from new collaborators (Count of Andigne, Bardac, du Breuil Saint-Germain, André Citroën, L. Dumontet, the Count of Fels, who created, along with the former, the directing committee, chaired by Vice Admiral Fournier), they founded the Union Interalliée in one of the most beautiful mansions in Paris, the ''hotel Henri de Rothschild'', which had been generously offered to them. In 1920, the club, having set up a real estate company, acquired the building for the equivalent of today's €1,067,143. The war having ended, the need for the Union Interalliée was apparent to everybody, as it was more necessary than ever to maintain harmony between the people who had fought together. The work that had begun in 1917 received an official consecration in 1920 when the public authorities recognized its importance in diplomatic relations between the allied nations. On 1 June 1920, Marshal Foch became the second president of the Cercle. In 2004, Chilean-born American interior designer Juan Pablo Molyneux designed the interiors of the clubhouse.Charlotte Cowles
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Club founders in 1917

*Count Marc de Beaumont *Marquis de Bryas *Paul Dupuy *Arthur Meyer *Jean de Sillac *Count d'Andigné *S. Barbac *Mr. du Breuil de Saint-Germain * André Citroën *Léon Dumontet *Count Edmond de Fels *Vice-admiral Fournier

Presidents of the club

*1917-1920 : Vice-Admiral Fournier *1920-1928 : Marshal of France

*1928-1935 :

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*1935-1937 : Former President of France

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*1938-1942 : Charles-Louis de Beauvau-Craon *1942-1953 : Admiral Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze *1953-1959 : Count Stanislas de Castellane *1959-1975 : Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge *1975-1999 : Count Jean de Beaumont *1999-2009 : Pierre-Christian Taittinger *since 2009 : Count Denis de Kergorlay

Notable members

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, , ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ...

* André Citroën * Nadine de

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* Maréchal Foch *

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* HRH Prince Jean of Luxembourg, Prince of Nassau * Sir Li Ka-shing

Reciprocal clubs in the world

There are a number of reciprocal clubs worldwide including: *Australia : Tasmanian Club;Australian Club, Sydney; Melbourne Club; Athenaeum Club, Melbourne *Belgium : Cercle Royal Gaulois *Canada :

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; Vancouver Club; Mount Royal Club; Royal Canadian Military Institute *Colombia : Gun Club; Jockey Club *England :

Royal Automobile Club The Royal Automobile Club is a British private social and athletic club. It has two clubhouses: one in London at 89 Pall Mall, and the other in the countryside at Woodcote Park, near Epsom in Surrey. Both provide accommodation and a range o ...

;

The Arts Club The Arts Club is a London private members' club founded in 1863 by, among others, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and Lord Leighton in Dover Street, Mayfair. It remains a meeting place for men and women involved in the creative arts either ...

;

Carlton Club The Carlton Club is a private members' club in St James's, London. It was the original home of the Conservative Party before the creation of Conservative Central Office. Membership of the club is by nomination and election only. History ...

;

East India Club The East India Club is a gentlemen's club founded in 1849 and situated at 16, St James's Square in London. The full title of the club is the East India, Devonshire, Sports and Public Schools' Club due to mergers with other clubs. The club was ...

;

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;

National Liberal Club The National Liberal Club (NLC) is a London gentlemen's club (traditional), private members' club, open to both men and women. It was established by William Ewart Gladstone in 1882 to provide club facilities for Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Par ...

; Naval & Military Club;

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;

Reform Club The Reform Club is a private members' club on the south side of Pall Mall in central London, England. As with all of London's original gentlemen's clubs, it comprised an all-male membership for decades, but it was one of the first all-male c ...

;

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; Cavalry and Guards Club;

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*Finland : Helsinki Bourse Club *Germany : Industrie-Club, Düsseldorf; International Club Berlin, IC-B, Berlin; Übersee-Club e.V., Hamburg *Hong Kong : Hong Kong Club, American Club of Hong Kong *Italy : Circolo Canottieri Aniene, Rome; Circolo Artistico Tunnel, Genova; Circolo Bellini, Palermo; Circolo dell'Unione, Venezia; *Japan : Tokyo American Club *Kenya
Muthaiga Country Club
*The Netherlands: De Industrieele Groote Club, Amsterdam; Sociëteit De Witte, The Hague; *Peru: Club Nacional *Portugal
Club Portuense
*Singapore : Tanglin Club *South Africa : The Cape Town Club *Spain: Sociedad Bilbaina, Bilbao. Circulo Ecuestre, Barcelona. Real Gran Peña, Madrid *Sweden : The Royal Bachelors' Club, Nya Sällskapet, Stockholm *Switzerland : Club Baur au Lac, Grande Société de Berne *Turkey : Circle D'orient *United States : Harmonie Club of New York City, Army Navy Club of Washington, DC;

Cosmos Club The Cosmos Club is a 501(c)(7) private social club in Washington, D.C. that was founded by John Wesley Powell in 1878 as a gentlemen's club for those interested in science. Among its stated goals is, "The advancement of its members in science, ...

; Delaware Dining Society; Francisca Club, San Francisco;

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;

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, Los Angeles;

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;

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;

Rainier Club The Rainier Club is a private club in Seattle, Washington; it has been referred to as "Seattle's preeminent private club."Priscilla LongGentlemen organize Seattle's Rainier Club on February 23, 1888 HistoryLink.org, January 27, 2001. Accessed onli ...

, Seattle;

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, Boston; Standard Club of Chicago; Sulgrave Club, Washington, D.C.;

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;

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; University Club of St. Louis;

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Metropolitan Club, San Francisco, CA;

Algonquin Club The Algonquin Club of Boston, also known as The Quin House, is a private social club in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1886. Originally a business-themed gentlemen's club, it is now open to men and women of all races, religions, and national ...

, Boston, MA; Yale Club of New York City, New York City;

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, New York City; Metropolitan Club, Washington, DC.

References

External links

Official website
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