Eighty Club
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The Eighty Club was a political London gentlemen's club
named after the year it was founded, 1880 (Much like the later 1900 Club). It was strictly aligned to the Liberal
party, with members having to pledge support to join. Somewhat dwarfed by similar mass-membership clubs like the National Liberal Club
, it could only claim 400 members in 1890, and 600 by 1900.
H H Asquith was the first secretary of the Eighty Club and David Lloyd George
was sometime President.
The Club finally closed in 1978, although the name was then adopted as the title of the Association of Liberal Democrat Lawyers' annual lecture series.
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...
named after the year it was founded, 1880 (Much like the later 1900 Club). It was strictly aligned to the Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
party, with members having to pledge support to join. Somewhat dwarfed by similar mass-membership clubs like the National Liberal Club
National Liberal Club
The National Liberal Club, known to its members as the NLC, is a London gentlemen's club, now also open to women, which was established by William Ewart Gladstone in 1882 for the purpose of providing club facilities for Liberal Party campaigners among the newly-enlarged electorate after the Third...
, it could only claim 400 members in 1890, and 600 by 1900.
H H Asquith was the first secretary of the Eighty Club and David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...
was sometime President.
The Club finally closed in 1978, although the name was then adopted as the title of the Association of Liberal Democrat Lawyers' annual lecture series.