Bachelors' Club
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The Bachelors' Club was a London
gentlemen's club
in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, now defunct. As the name suggests, membership was only open to bachelors. The club had a reputation for having a markedly younger membership than many other Edwardian clubs, and given the high-spirited antics which sometimes ensued on the premises, it was cited (along with Buck's) as an influence on the fictional Drones Club
, in some of P.G. Wodehouse's earlier stories. A persistent rumour circulated throughout its existence, and reached wider cirulation in the 1920s, that some of its membership were 'confirmed bachelors' - then both illegal and publicly frowned upon - and it soon became superseded by Buck's as the young man's club in London, being forced to close shortly thereafter.
Famous members included Field Marshal Sir Herbert Kitchener, and Capt. Berkeley Levett
, a witness in the Royal Baccarat Scandal
.
In the Bachelor's Club, Tarbolton Scotland, Robert Burns and his friends formed a literary and debating society in 1780.
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gentlemen's club
Gentlemen's club
A gentlemen's club is a members-only private club of a type originally set up by and for British upper class men in the eighteenth century, and popularised by English upper-middle class men and women in the late nineteenth century. Today, some are more open about the gender and social status of...
in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, now defunct. As the name suggests, membership was only open to bachelors. The club had a reputation for having a markedly younger membership than many other Edwardian clubs, and given the high-spirited antics which sometimes ensued on the premises, it was cited (along with Buck's) as an influence on the fictional Drones Club
Drones Club
The Drones Club is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a gentlemen's club in London. Many of his Jeeves and Blandings Castle stories feature the club or its members....
, in some of P.G. Wodehouse's earlier stories. A persistent rumour circulated throughout its existence, and reached wider cirulation in the 1920s, that some of its membership were 'confirmed bachelors' - then both illegal and publicly frowned upon - and it soon became superseded by Buck's as the young man's club in London, being forced to close shortly thereafter.
Famous members included Field Marshal Sir Herbert Kitchener, and Capt. Berkeley Levett
Berkeley John Talbot Levett
Berkeley John Talbot Levett CVO , was a Major in the Scots Guards and later a Gentleman Usher for the Royal family. He was a witness in the Royal Baccarat Scandal of 1890 in which the future King Edward VII was drawn into a gambling dispute which painted him in an unflattering light.-Life and...
, a witness in the Royal Baccarat Scandal
Royal Baccarat Scandal
The Royal Baccarat Scandal, also known as the Tranby Croft scandal, was an English gambling scandal of the late nineteenth century involving the future King Edward VII.-Background:...
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In the Bachelor's Club, Tarbolton Scotland, Robert Burns and his friends formed a literary and debating society in 1780.