St Stephen's Club
The St. Stephen's Club is a London club in the district of Westminster in which women can become members.
It was founded in 1870 by Benjamin Disraeli as a convenient meeting place for Conservative MPs near the Houses of Parliament . This makes St. Stephen's Club the 20th oldest gentlemen's club in London. Its members included u. a. Benjamin Disraeli, Harold Macmillan and Margaret Thatcher .
In Dickens's Dictionary of London from 1879, edited by Charles Dickens, Jr., it means to the Member Requirements:
"The only persons eligible for membership are those who profess and maintain Constitutional and Conservative principles"
"The only people who are suitable for membership are those who adhere to the basic rules of the constitution and to the conservative principles and uphold them."
In 1914, the Whitehall Club members , mostly engineers and allied professions, joined St. Stephen's Club. The club reflects this connection between politics and business to this day.
The club stayed in its original premises on the corner of Bridge Street and Embankment, where it was connected to Parliament by an underground passage, until the government acquired it in 1960 as part of the Palace of Westminster expansion plans . The original building is still largely unchanged today and provides offices for members of parliament.
After the original premises were sold to the government, the club acquired what is now the smaller clubhouse (34 Queen Anne's Gate - across from St. James's Park ) that was previously Lord Glenconner's townhouse . After the renovation work was completed, the clubhouse was inaugurated on December 12, 1962 by Harold Macmillan , then Prime Minister .
Web links
- St. Stephen's Club (English)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '2.2 " N , 0 ° 8' 1.4" W.