National Union (club)
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The National Union was a short-lived political London
gentlemen's club
founded in 1889. It was aligned to the recently-created Liberal Unionist party which had been created by the Home Rule
issue. By 1890, it was reported by Whittakers Almanack to have around 1,200 members, but like the similar Unionist Club
, it had difficulties establishing a membership base. Its history proved to be short, and it was disbanded before 1900.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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...
founded in 1889. It was aligned to the recently-created Liberal Unionist party which had been created by the Home Rule
Home rule
Home rule is the power of a constituent part of a state to exercise such of the state's powers of governance within its own administrative area that have been devolved to it by the central government....
issue. By 1890, it was reported by Whittakers Almanack to have around 1,200 members, but like the similar Unionist Club
Unionist Club
The Unionist Club was a short-lived London gentlemen's club, now dissolved, which was established in 1886, and had wound up by 1892. For the last four years of its existence, it had a clubhouse at 66-68 Pall Mall....
, it had difficulties establishing a membership base. Its history proved to be short, and it was disbanded before 1900.