Challoner Club

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The Challoner Club was the only London gentlemen's club that restricted membership to practising Catholics. It was founded in 1949 [1] and closed around 1997. [2]

It was based at 59 Pont Street in Knightsbridge, and hosted the library of the Irish Genealogical Research Society. [3]

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