-Caveat Lector- Home Page Carlton Club 69 St James's Street London SW1A 1PJ
Telephone: 020 7493 1164 Facsimile: 020 7495 4090 Site designed by MBS Introduction The Carlton Club was founded in 1832 in the aftermath of the victory of the reforming party which passed the great Reform Act in that year. The Carlton Club was designed as a party political organisation, just as other clubs after the Napoleonic War were founded to satisfy particular interests - the Travellers' (1814), the United services (1816) and the Athenaeum (1824). The genesis of the Carlton Club was in meetings of a small number of Tory Members of Parliament at an address in Charles Street, off St James's Square, following the massive reform majority in the 1831 General Election. By 1832, it was obvious that the premises were too small for the purpose of effective party organisation, added to which was the inconvenience of there being insufficient funds. Indeed, presented with a suggestion that all Tory members of Parliament should contribute £50 a year to the Charles Street organisation, the Duke of Wellington* commented: "Supposing that there are 200 gent, able to part with such a sum without inconvenience, which I think doubtful, you would expect that they would not require an explanation of the objects of the subscription!" On 10th March 1832 a meeting at the Thatched House tavern appointed a commitee to arrange the housing and management of a new club in the premises in Carlton Terrace made available by Lord Kendington. The name "Carlton Club" was adopted on 17th March of that year. By 1835 the wealth and standing of the Club was such that it was able to occupy a new premises on Pall Mall designed for the Club by Sir Robert Smirke. Membership of the Club was both a token of adherence to the Conservative party and to the outside world, a badge of allegiance. Today the Club continues to support the Party in many ways but the hub of the Party is now based in Smith Square at Party Headquarters. The Carlton Club remains, however, the Conservative Club. Although standing since 1816, 69 St James's Street only became the Clubhouse after the Pall Mall building was destroyed in an air-raid during the second World War. Many of the Club's most valuable possessions, including portraits of Conservative Prime MInisters and Cabinets since the 18th century, survived the destruction of the old Clubhouse and are still in the Club. *The Duke of Wellington ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
