White's

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White's is the oldest and most exclusive gentleman's club in London.[1] It is based at 37 St. James's Street in London.

Yemen meeting

White's was the venue for a meeting in around April 1963, which led to an unofficial British covert operation against the Egyptian-backed government of the Yemen. Those present included Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home, Aviation Minister Julian Amery, Neil McLean and Brian Franks.[2]

Current and former members

Notes

  1. Brian Wheeler, 'If anybody wants me, I'll be at my club', BBC News, 24 November 2003.
  2. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, pp.356-359.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Francis Elliott & James Hanning, Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative, Harper Perennial, 2009, p.4.
  4. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.417.
  5. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.460.
  6. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.43.
  7. Alan Hoe, David Stirling: The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS, Warner Books, 1992, p.49.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Rob Sharpe, It's called The Open – so why is the golf club closed to women?, Independent, 16 July 2011.
  9. Jamie Doward, Feud between Bamford brothers threatens to cast light on funding for Tories, The Observer, 14 November 2010.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Dan Whittle, Revealed: The exclusive club memberships of Tory MPs, Left Foot Forward, 16 April 2011.
  11. Tim Butcher, Cry Havoc by Simon Mann: review, the Telegraph, 7 November 2011.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Caring’s novel way to beat the queue at White’s, Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard, 23 January 2009.