London Press Club
TheLondon Press Clubwas established in 1882 as aLondongentlemen's club.For much of its history, it occupied premises in Wine Office Court, nearFleet Street.It still exists today, as a society for journalists, but no longer offers club facilities, which ended with its leaving Wine Office Court in 1986.
It was founded with an inaugural dinner at Anderton's Hotel, on Fleet Street, on 22 October 1882, presided over by the prominent journalist and cartoonistGeorge Augustus Sala.The club is a founder member of theEuropean Federation of Press Clubs.[1]It has traditionally been considered much less formal, and even quite raucous, compared to most traditional London gentlemen's clubs – as exemplified by the club being the first to do away with a requirement for gentlemen to wear ties, in the early 1960s.[2]
Notable members have includedLord Beaverbrook,John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever,editor of theWeekly DispatchCharles John Tibbits,[3]artist and cartoonistArthur Morelandand the showbusiness journalistPeter Dacre.[4]
See also
[edit]- List of London's gentlemen's clubs
- Charles Frederick Williams,founder of the London Press Club
References
[edit]- ^"London Press Club".Archived fromthe originalon 7 January 2009.Retrieved8 February2009.
- ^Anthony Sampson,Anatomy of Britain(Hodder & Stoughton, 1962 edition) Chapter on London clubs
- ^Sladen, Douglas(ed.)."Tibbits, Charles John".Who's Who 1898.Vol. 50. London: Adam & Charles Black.
- ^"Past Officers".London Press Club.Retrieved3 October2013.