The Palace Club was a short-lived political
London
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gentlemen's club founded in 1882.
[
] It was aligned to the
Conservative
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party, with members having to pledge support. Unlike many of the better-established clubs like the
Carlton, or some of the new clubs like the
Constitutional
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When these prin ...
, it never acquired a sizable membership; according to ''Whittakers Almanack'' it had only 220 members in 1890, and 250 by 1900. It closed within a decade.
See also
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List of London's gentlemen's clubs
This is a list of gentlemen's clubs in London, United Kingdom, including those that no longer exist or merged, with an additional section on those that appear in fiction. Many of these clubs are no longer exclusively male.
Extant clubs
Defun ...
Notes
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Gentlemen's clubs in London
1882 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1882
History of the Conservative Party (UK)