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| Formation | 1891 |
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| Purpose | Scots in London |
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| Website | www.caledonianclub.com |
The Caledonian Club is a private club founded in 1891. It is located at 9 Halkin Street SW1, near Belgrave Square, Belgravia, London.
Founded in 1892 as a proprietary club, the Caledonian Club as it is today was formed in 1917 under the leadership of the Marquis Tullibardine. He appealed to members to make it "the representative national club and headquarters for Scotsmen in London" as well as those having 'close association' with Scotland through birth, education, or direct Scottish descent, for example. [1] Full membership has been open to women since 2011.
One of the more famous members was John Logie Baird who used the Club to give a private demonstration of his new television system to the Prince of Wales, later briefly King Edward VIII. Baird installed a receiver at the Club and arranged for a special television programme to be sent over from his studio on Long Acre. Other famous members have included Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, [2] Viscount Younger, Sean Connery, Sir Alex Ferguson [3] and William Purves, former Chairman of HSBC.
The Club was located at 33 St James's Square until World War II when it suffered a direct hit during the Blitz. [4] It then moved from St James's, eventually settling across Green Park into the current clubhouse on Halkin Street, which opened in October 1946 and is named after Halkin Castle, the Duke of Westminster's seat in Flintshire. It was built in 1907 as a private residence of Hugh Morrison to the design of Detmar Blow. A new five-storey wing with a terrace garden was officially opened on St Andrew's Day in 2006 by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Club has established various societies:
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