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

… 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 … (1780–1806), Westminster (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 Keywords …

Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]

… Abstract This entry examines the political clubs of the French Revolution, focusing especially on the Jacobin Club. It explores the reasons why the clubs strayed from their initial ideals of civil debate and succumbed to lethal factionalism. After reviewing …

Sporting clubs [ Associational culture / Clubs & Societies ]

… Abstract Sporting clubs appeared in the eighteenth century as sports were beginning to organise. They emerged from the more informal … which this sport made possible. Coffee houses and inns were popular places in the eighteenth century, and some sporting clubs started their lives in such establishments as The Star and Garter Inn. Although sporting clubs are usually associated with the organisation of sports, they were primarily social clubs. Because they were some of …

Kit-Cat Club [ Association / Associational culture / Politics & Society ]

… Abstract The Kit-Cat Club (c.1690s-c.1720) was one of the earliest and most influential London gentlemen’s dining clubs. It kickstarted the English craze for eighteenth century clubbing and was the first to turn membership into a social credential. With members drawn exclusively from one Whig …

Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]

… 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 … the creation of the Brotherhood of St. Francis, a secret society which has since come to be known as the Hell-fire Club. Thus, on the one hand, Dashwood’s life highlights the importance of traveling to London’s eighteenth-century club scene, specifically how the impressions gathered in other countries influenced the practices of the clubs he …

Scriblerus Club [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]

… Abstract The Scriblerus Club lasted only for less than a year, starting in the spring of 1714, and ending in November of that same year, but the ‘Scriblerian spirit’ that was developed in these few meetings never left their participants. The club consisted of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot, John Gay, and Thomas Parnell, as well as Robert Harley, … developing a kind of intellectual and creative sociability that is one of the key aspects of its legacy. Places > Clubs & Societies Practices > Associational culture Keywords Academy England Meeting Association Satire Social network …