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The London Press Club was established in 1882 as a London gentlemen's club. For much of its history, it occupied premises in Wine Office Court, near Fleet Street. It still exists today, as a society for journalists, but no longer offers club facilities, which ended with its leaving Wine Office Court in 1986.

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It was founded with an inaugural dinner at Anderton's Hotel, on Fleet Street, on 22 October 1882, presided over by the prominent journalist and cartoonist George Augustus Sala. The club is a founder member of the European Federation of Press Clubs. [1] It has traditionally been considered much less formal, and even quite raucous, compared to most traditional London gentlemen's clubs – as exemplified by the club being the first to do away with a requirement for gentlemen to wear ties, in the early 1960s. [2]

Notable members have included Lord Beaverbrook, John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, artist and cartoonist Arthur Moreland and the showbusiness journalist Peter Dacre. [3]

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References

  1. "London Press Club". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  2. Anthony Sampson, Anatomy of Britain (Hodder & Stoughton, 1962 edition) Chapter on London clubs
  3. "Past Officers". London Press Club. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

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