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Brooks's is one of London's most exclusive gentlemen's clubs, founded in 1764 by 27 men, including four duke
s. From its inception, it was the meeting place for Whigs
of the highest social order.
Their original premises in Pall Mall
were "farmed" or managed by William Almack
who also set up Almack's Assembly Rooms
in nearby Duke Street. The club is named after Almack's successor Brooks, who only survived its rebuilding by three years. The current building on the west side of St. James's Street
was designed by Henry Holland
and opened in 1778. It faces Boodle's
across the street; the Tory
Carlton Club
and White's
are just up the road.
Its primary purpose was originally to provide a home away from home for the gentleman of the time, who was normally not at all domestic. At Brooks's he could meet his friends (and avoid his and others' ladies) at any time of the day or night. The club provided substantial but ordinary meals, to the point that complaints about the everlasting sameness led to the founding of Watier's
in 1806.
The gaming rooms used to be one of the main attractions. At several tables in one, gentlemen would stake fortunes on whist
and hazard
. Gambling all night was common; all day and all night, not unheard of. When the stakes far exceeded any ordinary expenses, all the club accounts were commonly deducted from winnings, so that no bills were rendered to members. Numerous eccentric bets were and are made in the Brooks's betting book. One extraordinary entry is "Ld. Cholmondeley has given two guineas to Ld. Derby, to receive 500gs whenever his lordship f**** a woman in a balloon one thousand yards from the earth". Members' gaming, such as at backgammon, continues today, but somewhat less extravagantly.
In 1978 the St James's Club
amalgamated with Brooks's, adding to its membership some European royalty, members of the British diplomatic corps
, writers et al.
Duke
A duke or duchess is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy...
s. From its inception, it was the meeting place for Whigs
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
of the highest social order.
Their original premises in Pall Mall
Pall Mall, London
Pall Mall is a street in the City of Westminster, London, and parallel to The Mall, from St. James's Street across Waterloo Place to the Haymarket; while Pall Mall East continues into Trafalgar Square. The street is a major thoroughfare in the St James's area of London, and a section of the...
were "farmed" or managed by William Almack
William Almack
William Almack was an English valet, merchant and tavern owner, who became the founder of fashionable clubs and assembly-rooms. His Almack's Coffee House was bought in 1774 and became the gentlemen's club, Brooks's.-Biography:...
who also set up Almack's Assembly Rooms
Almack's
Almack's Assembly Rooms was a social club in London from 1765 to 1871 and one of the first to admit both men and women. It was one of a limited number of upper class mixed-sex public social venues in the British capital in an era when the most important venues for the hectic social season were the...
in nearby Duke Street. The club is named after Almack's successor Brooks, who only survived its rebuilding by three years. The current building on the west side of St. James's Street
St. James's Street
St James's Street is one of the principal streets in the central London district of St James's. It runs from Piccadilly downhill to St James's Palace and Pall Mall...
was designed by Henry Holland
Henry Holland (architect)
Henry Holland was an architect to the English nobility. Born in Fulham, London, his father also Henry ran a building firm and he built several of Capability Brown's buildings, although Henry would have learnt a lot from his father about the practicalities of construction it was under Brown that he...
and opened in 1778. It faces Boodle's
Boodle's
Boodle's is a London gentlemen's club, founded in 1762, at 49-51 Pall Mall, London by Lord Shelburne the future Marquess of Lansdowne and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the club came to be known after the name of its head waiter Edward Boodle....
across the street; the Tory
Tory
Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
Carlton Club
Carlton Club
The Carlton Club is a gentlemen's club in London which describes itself as the "oldest, most elite, and most important of all Conservative clubs." Membership of the club is by nomination and election only.-History:...
and White's
White's
White's is a London gentlemen's club, established at 4 Chesterfield Street in 1693 by Italian immigrant Francesco Bianco . Originally it was established to sell hot chocolate, a rare and expensive commodity at the time...
are just up the road.
Its primary purpose was originally to provide a home away from home for the gentleman of the time, who was normally not at all domestic. At Brooks's he could meet his friends (and avoid his and others' ladies) at any time of the day or night. The club provided substantial but ordinary meals, to the point that complaints about the everlasting sameness led to the founding of Watier's
Watier's
Watier's Club was a Gentlemen's Club established in 1807 and disbanded in 1819. It was located at 81 Piccadilly on the corner of Bolton Street in west London....
in 1806.
The gaming rooms used to be one of the main attractions. At several tables in one, gentlemen would stake fortunes on whist
Whist
Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. It derives from the 16th century game of Trump or Ruff, via Ruff and Honours...
and hazard
Hazard (game)
Hazard is an Old English game played with two dice which was mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the 14th century.Hazard is not interchangeable with "Grand Hazard," which is played with three dice; Grand Hazard is similar to Sic bo....
. Gambling all night was common; all day and all night, not unheard of. When the stakes far exceeded any ordinary expenses, all the club accounts were commonly deducted from winnings, so that no bills were rendered to members. Numerous eccentric bets were and are made in the Brooks's betting book. One extraordinary entry is "Ld. Cholmondeley has given two guineas to Ld. Derby, to receive 500gs whenever his lordship f**** a woman in a balloon one thousand yards from the earth". Members' gaming, such as at backgammon, continues today, but somewhat less extravagantly.
In 1978 the St James's Club
St James's Club
The St James's Club was a London gentlemen's club which operated between 1857 and 1978.-Foundation:The club was founded in 1857 by the Liberal statesman the second Earl Granville and by the Marchese d'Azeglio, Minister of Sardinia to the Court of St. James's, after a dispute at the Travellers' Club...
amalgamated with Brooks's, adding to its membership some European royalty, members of the British diplomatic corps
Diplomatic corps
The diplomatic corps or corps diplomatique is the collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body.The diplomatic corps may, in certain contexts, refer to the collection of accredited heads of mission who represent their countries in another state or country...
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(1826-1902) - James Carnegie, 9th Earl of SoutheskJames Carnegie, 9th Earl of SoutheskSir James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk KT , known as Sir James Carnegie of Kinnaird and of Pitcarrow, 6th Baronet and de jure of the other titles, from 1849 to 1855, was a Scottish nobleman....
(1827-1905) - George Robinson, 1st Marquess of RiponGeorge Robinson, 1st Marquess of RiponGeorge Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon KG, GCSI, CIE, PC , known as Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician who served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later.-Background...
(1827-1909) - Henry James, 1st Baron James of HerefordHenry James, 1st Baron James of HerefordHenry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford GCVO, PC, QC , known as Sir Henry James between 1873 and 1895, was an Anglo-Welsh lawyer and statesman. Initially a Liberal, he served under William Ewart Gladstone as Solicitor General in 1873 and as Attorney-General between 1873 and 1874 and 1880 and 1885...
(1828-1911) - Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron AllendaleWentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron AllendaleWentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale was a British industrialist and Liberal politician.Allendale was the eldest son of Thomas Beaumont and his wife Henrietta Jane Emma, daughter of John Atkinson, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge...
(1829-1907) - Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of CorkRichard Boyle, 9th Earl of CorkRichard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork KP, PC , styled Viscount Dungarvan between 1834 and 1856, was a British courtier and Liberal politician...
(1829-1904) - Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron BrabourneEdward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron BrabourneEdward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne PC , was a British Liberal politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department under Lord Russell in 1866 and under William Ewart Gladstone from 1868 to 1871 and was also Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies under...
(1829-1893) - Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount PortmanHenry Portman, 2nd Viscount PortmanHenry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman GCVO Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman GCVO Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman GCVO (12 July 1829 – 16 October 1919, was a British Liberal Member of Parliament.-Biography:...
(1829-1919) - John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St LevanJohn St Aubyn, 1st Baron St LevanJohn St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan , known as Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet, from 1872 to 1887, was a British Liberal, and later Liberal Unionist, politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1858 until 1887 when he was raised to the peerage.-Early life:St Aubyn was the son of Sir Edward St...
(1829-1908) - George Byng, 3rd Earl of StraffordGeorge Byng, 3rd Earl of StraffordGeorge Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford , styled Viscount Enfield between 1860 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
(1830-1898) - Francis John Savile FoljambeFrancis John Savile FoljambeFrancis John Savile Foljambe was a British Liberal member of parliament.Born at Osberton in 1830, Foljambe was the eldest son of George Savile Foljambe and Lady Selina Jenkinson , and the older brother of Cecil Foljambe, a fellow Liberal politician...
(1830-1917) - George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (1831-1907)
- Algernon WestAlgernon WestThe Rt Hon Sir Algernon Edward West GCB was Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gladstone.-Biography:He was the son of Martin John West and Lady Maria Walpole, daughter of the second Earl of Orford...
(1832-1921) - Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of DevonshireSpencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of DevonshireSpencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire KG, GCVO, PC, PC , styled Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1834 and 1858 and Marquess of Hartington between 1858 and 1891, was a British statesman...
(1833-1908) - John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron ActonJohn Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron ActonJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO, DL , known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Bt from 1837 to 1869 and usually referred to simply as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer...
(1834-1902) - Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron BiddulphMichael Biddulph, 1st Baron BiddulphMichael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph was a British banker and Liberal, later Liberal Unionist, Member of Parliament ....
(1834-1923) - Charles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of Yarborough , known as Lord Worsley from 1846 to 1852, was a British peer....
(1835-1875) - Sir Robert William Duff, GCMG, PCRobert Duff (politician)Sir Robert William Duff, GCMG, PC was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1861 to 1893 and was Governor of New South Wales from 1893 to 1895.-Early life:...
(1835–1895) - William Edwardes, 4th Baron KensingtonWilliam Edwardes, 4th Baron KensingtonWilliam Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington PC , also 1st Baron Kensington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, styled The Honourable William Edwardes between 1852 and 1872, was a British landowner and Liberal politician...
(1835-1906) - John William MellorJohn William MellorJohn William Mellor PC DL QC was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician.Born in London, the eldest of the eight sons of Rt Hon...
(1835-1911) - John Spencer, 5th Earl SpencerJohn Spencer, 5th Earl SpencerJohn Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer KG, PC , known as Viscount Althorp from 1845 to 1857 , was a British Liberal Party politician under and close friend of British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone...
(1835-1910) - Edmond WodehouseEdmond WodehouseEdmond Robert Wodehouse PC , was an English Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906....
(1835-1914) - The Hon. Evelyn AshleyEvelyn AshleyEvelyn Melbourne Ashley PC , was British barrister and Liberal politician. He was private secretary to Lord Palmerston and later published a biography of him...
(1836-1907) - Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl BrasseyThomas Brassey, 1st Earl BrasseyThomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey GCB, JP, DL, TD , was a British Liberal Party politician, Governor of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual.-Background and education:...
(1836-1918) - Michael Bass, 1st Baron BurtonMichael Bass, 1st Baron BurtonMichael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton KCVO , known as Sir Michael Bass, 1st Baronet, from 1882 to 1886, was a British brewer, Liberal politician and philanthropist...
(1837-1909) - Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron StalbridgeRichard Grosvenor, 1st Baron StalbridgeRichard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge PC , styled Lord Richard Grosvenor between 1845 and 1886, was a British politician and businessman. Initially a Liberal, he served under William Ewart Gladstone as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1872 and 1874 and as Parliamentary...
(1837-1912) - Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron HerschellFarrer Herschell, 1st Baron HerschellFarrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell GCB, PC, QC was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in 1886, and again from 1892 to 1895.-Early career:...
(1837-1899) - Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd BaronetSir George Trevelyan, 2nd BaronetSir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet OM, PC was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most notably twice Secretary of State for Scotland under William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery...
(1838-1928) - Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of ArranArthur Gore, 5th Earl of ArranArthur Saunders Gore, 5th Earl of Arran KP , known as Viscount Sudley from 1839 to 1884, was an Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat....
(1839-1901) - Montague GuestMontague GuestMontague John Guest , was a British Liberal politician.A member of the prominent Guest family, he was the third son of Sir John Josiah Guest, 1st Baronet, and his second wife Lady Charlotte, daughter of Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey...
(1839-1909) - Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron SudeleyCharles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron SudeleyCharles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley PC FRS , styled The Honourable Charles Hanbury-Tracy from 1858 to 1877, was a British Liberal politician...
(1840-1922) - Edward Heneage, 1st Baron HeneageEdward Heneage, 1st Baron HeneageEdward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage PC, JP, DL was a British Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician. He was briefly Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under William Ewart Gladstone between February and April 1886, when he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and joined the Liberal...
(1840-1922) - Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron BelperHenry Strutt, 2nd Baron BelperHenry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper PC, JP, DL , styled The Honourable Henry Strutt between 1856 and 1880, was a British businessman, courtier and politician...
(1840-1914) - Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of GosfordArchibald Acheson, 4th Earl of GosfordArchibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford KP was a British Peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father in 1864. Since there are two United Kingdom peerages subsumed in that Irish Earldom, he was entitled to an...
(1841-1922) - Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of CamperdownRobert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of CamperdownRobert Adam Philips Haldane Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown , styled Viscount Duncan from 1859 to 1867, was a British Liberal politician.-Biography:...
(1841-1918) - Hamar Alfred BassHamar Alfred BassHamar Alfred Bass was a British brewer, race horse breeder and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1898....
(1842-1898) - Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount FinlayRobert Finlay, 1st Viscount FinlayRobert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay GCMG, PC, QC,MD was a British lawyer, doctor and politician who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.-Background and education:...
(1842-1929) - Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of LansdowneHenry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of LansdowneHenry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
(1845-1927) - Charles Cecil CotesCharles Cecil CotesCharles Cecil Cotes was a British Liberal politician.Cotes entered Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1874 general election, and held the seat until 1885...
(1846-1898) - Herbert Gardner, 1st Baron BurghclereHerbert Gardner, 1st Baron BurghclereHerbert Colstoun Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere PC was a British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until he was raised to the peerage in 1895...
(1846-1921) - John Lawrence, 2nd Baron LawrenceJohn Lawrence, 2nd Baron LawrenceJohn Hamilton Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence was a British peer and Conservative politician.Lawrence was the son of John Laird Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, Viceroy of India, and Harriett Katherine Hamilton. Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence and George St Patrick Lawrence were his uncles...
(1846-1913) - Edward Walter HamiltonEdward Walter HamiltonSir Edward Hamilton was political diarist and one time private secretary to William Ewart Gladstone when in 1880 when Gladstone became Prime Minister for the second time...
(1847-1908) - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyArchibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyArchibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who...
(1847-1929) - Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of ElginVictor Bruce, 9th Earl of ElginVictor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC , known as Lord Bruce until 1863, was a British statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899.-Background and education:...
(1849-1917) - Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron TweedmouthEdward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron TweedmouthEdward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth KT, PC was a British Liberal Party statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1894 when he inherited his peerage and then sat in the House of Lords...
(1849-1909) - Sir John Simeon, 4th BaronetSir John Simeon, 4th BaronetSir John Stephen Barrington Simeon, 4th Baronet was one of the two Members of Parliament for Southampton at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. He was born at Swainston Manor in West Wight on 31 August 1850 and succeeded his father, the 3rd baronet, in 1870. He served in...
(1850-1909) - Albert Grey, 4th Earl GreyAlbert Grey, 4th Earl GreyAlbert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey was a British nobleman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the ninth since Canadian Confederation....
(1851-1917) - Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of BessboroughEdward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of BessboroughEdward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough, KP, CB, CVO was a British peer.-Biography:Ponsonby was the eldest son of Rev. Walter Ponsonby and his wife, Louisa, the daughter of Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans...
(1851-1920) - Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of SutherlandCromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of SutherlandCromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland , styled Lord Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower until 1858, Earl Gower between 1858 and 1861 and Marquess of Stafford between 1861 and 1892, was a British peer and politician.-Background:Sutherland was the son of George...
(1851-1913) - Thomas Lister, 4th Baron RibblesdaleThomas Lister, 4th Baron RibblesdaleThomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale , was a British Liberal politician.-Background:Born in Fontainebleau, France, Ribblesdale was the eldest son of Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale, and his wife Emma daughter of William Mure, and succeeded his father in the barony in 1876.-Political...
(1854-1925) - George Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron VernonGeorge Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron VernonGeorge William Henry Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon PC , styled The Honourable George Venables-Vernon from 1866 to 1883, was a British Liberal politician...
(1854-1928) - William Mansfield, 1st Viscount SandhurstWilliam Mansfield, 1st Viscount SandhurstWilliam Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor...
(1855-1921) - Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount HaldaneRichard Haldane, 1st Viscount HaldaneRichard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane KT, OM, PC, KC, FRS, FBA, FSA , was an influential British Liberal Imperialist and later Labour politician, lawyer and philosopher. He was Secretary of State for War between 1905 and 1912 during which time the "Haldane Reforms" were implemented...
(1856-1928) - Francis Stonor, 4th Baron CamoysFrancis Stonor, 4th Baron CamoysFrancis Robert Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys was the son of the Honorable Francis Stonor, himself the second son of the third Baron.The fourth Baron was Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria in 1886 and again from 1892-1895....
(1856-1897) - Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of CreweRobert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of CreweRobert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG, PC , known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer....
(1858-1945) - Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of BedfordHerbrand Russell, 11th Duke of BedfordHerbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford KG KBE DL LLD FRS FSA was the son of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford.-Family:...
(1858-1940) - Sir Charles Seely, 2nd BaronetSir Charles Seely, 2nd BaronetSir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet KGStJ was a British industrialist, landowner and Liberal Unionist politician who served as Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1895 to 1906 and for Mansfield from 1916 to 1918. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire and Nottinghamshire and the Deputy...
(1859-1926) - Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount AllendaleWentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount AllendaleWentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale PC, JP, DL , styled The Honourable Wentworth Beaumont between 1906 and 1907, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
(1860-1923) - The Hon. Hubert BeaumontHubert Beaumont (Liberal politician)Hubert George Beaumont , styled The Honourable from 1906, was a British politician.He was third the son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale and his wife Lady Margaret Anne de Burgh, daughter of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde. Beaumont was educated at Eton College and then at...
(1864-1922) - Sir John Fuller, 1st BaronetSir John Fuller, 1st BaronetSir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, 1st Baronet KCMG , was a British Liberal Party politician and colonial administrator....
(1864-1913) - Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonFreeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonMajor Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...
(1866-1941) - Wilfrid Ashley, 1st Baron Mount TempleBaron Mount TempleBaron Mount Temple was a title that was created twice in British history, both times in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came on 25 May 1880 when the Liberal politician the Honourable William Cowper-Temple was made Baron Mount Temple, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo...
(1867-1939) - Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of DevonshireVictor Cavendish, 9th Duke of DevonshireVictor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire , known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 11th since Canadian Confederation....
(1868-1938) - Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill (1869-1935)
- Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, CMG, OBE, MC, TDChristopher Vane, 10th Baron BarnardChristopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard CMG, OBE, MC, TD was a British peer and military officer.-Education:...
(1888-1964)
Born in the 20th century
- Sir Isaiah Berlin, OMIsaiah BerlinSir Isaiah Berlin OM, FBA was a British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas of Russian-Jewish origin, regarded as one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century and a dominant liberal scholar of his generation...
(1909-1997) - Sir Patrick Dean, GCMGPatrick DeanSir Patrick Henry Dean, GCMG, was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations from 1960 to 1964 and British Ambassador to the United States from 1965 to 1969....
(1909-1994) - Gordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne, KG, MBE, TD, PC, DLGordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of DuntisbourneGordon William Humphreys Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne, KG, MBE, TD, PC, DL was a British banker, former lawyer, and former Governor of the Bank of England.-Biography:...
(1915-2010) - John Desmond CroninJohn Desmond CroninJohn Desmond Cronin was a British surgeon and politician.He was born in Simla, British India, , the Summer capital of India in the days of the British Raj. The family, like many others living in India at the time, had moved there to escape the heat and disease of India's lower altitudes during the...
(1916-1986) - Sir Nigel Strutt, DL, TDNigel StruttSir Nigel Edward Strutt DL TD, was the chairman of the Strutt & Parker Ltd firm of agricultural property consultants, land agents and farm managers. He farmed in Essex and Suffolk. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Essex from 1954, and High Sheriff of Essex in 1966...
(1916-2004) - George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRSGeorge Jellicoe, 2nd Earl JellicoeGeorge Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS was a British politician and statesman, diplomat and businessman....
(1918–2007) - Sir Alan CampbellAlan Campbell (diplomat)Sir Alan Hugh Campbell GCMG was a British diplomat. He was British ambassador to Ethiopia from 1969 to 1972 and to Italy from 1976 to 1979, and also held senior posts in the Foreign Office in London....
(1919-2007) - Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of DevonshireAndrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of DevonshireAndrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire KG, MC, PC , styled Lord Andrew Cavendish until 1944 and Marquess of Hartington from 1944 to 1950, was a British Conservative politician...
(1920-2004) - Roy JenkinsRoy JenkinsRoy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in...
(1920-2003) - John ColvinJohn Horace Ragnar ColvinJohn Horace Ragnar Colvin, CMG, was a British sailor, intelligence officer, banker and military historian.-Family:...
(1922-2003) - Alan ClarkAlan ClarkAlan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark was a British Conservative MP and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade, and Defence, and became a privy counsellor in 1991...
(1928-1999)