Farmers Club
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The Farmers Club is a London private members' club based at Whitehall Court, founded in 1842. Members are required to have an association with farming, agriculture or food.
History
The club was founded in 1842 by the agricultural writer
The club's membership experienced periodic shifts with the changing prosperity of British farmers over the years - there were 700 members in 1876, 275 in 1892, but the club has grown in the 20th century, claiming 1,500 members in the 1920s, and just under 6,000 today.[citation needed]
The club frequently moved premises in its first 60 years. Its inaugural meeting on 9 December 1842 was held in a
In 1942, it moved sideways in the same block of flats to its current premises, which were formed by merging several apartments in 3 Whitehall Court. The rest of the block remains largely residential, and the club's former rooms now make up part of the Royal Horseguards Hotel, owned by Thistle Hotels.[citation needed]
The Club comprises bedrooms, function rooms, the Restaurant, Bar and Lounge and has a terrace overlooking the river Thames.[citation needed]
See also
- List of London's gentlemen's clubs
References
- David McKie, Jabez: The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Scoundrel (Atlantic Books, 2004)
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