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Richard Brinsley Sheridan [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]

… Abstract Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751, Dublin, Ireland – 7 July 1816, London, England) was an Irish-born British playwright, poet, politician, 'clubbable' orator and owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as  The Rivals (1775 … (1806–1807), and Ilchester (1807–1812). He was a member of Samuel Johnson’s exclusive Literary Club as well as Brooks's Club, the fashionable 'Whig fraternity'. People > Art and Literature People > Politics People > Association …

Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]

… Abstract A well-travelled man, Francis Dashwood, 11 th Baron le Despencer, was a founding member of the Dilettanti and the Divan Club, and a vital contributor to the proliferation of neo-classicism in eighteenth-century London. He is best known for … with antiquity upon London’s upper class. To this day, the Dilettanti remain a fixture in London, meeting regularly at Brooks’s Club.  Just as the journeys to Italy had done, Dashwood’s visit to Constantinople spurred him to create another …

Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]

… Abstract The betting book is the material expression of the sociable practice of betting, which became fashionable as part … culture of eighteenth-century Britain. More than a simple book used for recording the wagers made by a select company of clubmen or college fellows, the betting book provides a snapshot of a complex recreational practice that not only … In such socially exclusive institutions, betting was always for money and the stakes could be very high. White’s and Brooks’s respective betting books constitute major sources for the historian, as testimonies of club life. White’sbetting …

Saint James's [ Cities ]

… Abstract St James’s refers to an urban area located in what we know as the West End of London, more precisely in the … elements: St James’s Palace, St James’s Park, St James’s Square, St James’s Street and its coffeehouses and clubs. Places > Cities Keywords London West End Coffeehouses Clubs Gambling Beau monde The political revolution that … on the East side at No 28 in 1782 in a new building designed in 1775 by John Crunden. On the West side of the street, Brooks’s (founded in 1764) was established in 1777 at No 60 in a clubhouse designed by Henry Holland. 17  The fact that …

Gambling [ Games & Sports ]

… Abstract From the Restoration to the first decade of the Victorian era, gaming and gambling spread through all ranks of … a form of sociability but was denounced as anti-social. Practices > Games & Sports Keywords Gaming Cards Dice Gentleman Clubs Duelling Suicide Vice Charles James Fox Duchess of Devonshire From the Restoration to the first decade of the … The Connoisseur, n° 15. Gaming and gambling spread far beyond the confines of specialist gambling clubs like White’s or Brooks's or the more common card clubs. Virtually no type of society was exempt, whether they were social clubs, …

William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]

… Abstract William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a key figure in the successive campaigns for the abolition of the slave trade … regulations which I have made‘ ( The Life , vol. III, 435). In a self-castigating and ironical move – from a former clubman and faro player at White’s and Brooks’s (Tomkins 29) – he urged Pitt to implement a tax on public diversions. But this should be set against a subtler …