Junior Constitutional Club

The Junior Constitutional Club was a political London gentlemen's club founded in 1887, and located at 101 Piccadilly. It was aligned to the Conservative party, with members having to pledge support. Heavy over-subscription for the Constitutional Club which had opened in 1883 led to the creation of a further mass-membership Conservative club. By 1890, it was reported by Whittakers Almanack to have 10,000 members, making it one of the largest clubs ever, but this level of membership proved to be short-lived; by 1890 its membership had halved to around the 5,500 level, and by 1900 it was still slightly further down, at 5,000.^[1] It had closed by 1904, when its building was taken over by the pro-Tariff Reform United Empire Club.

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↑ Antonia Taddei, London clubs in the late nineteenth century (Oxford University discussion paper, 1999), p.20

Gentlemen's clubs historically aligned with the Tories, Unionists and/or Conservatives

Current	White's 1693–present (No longer politically aligned) Boodle's 1762–present (No longer politically aligned) Carlton Club 1832–present

Former	Cocoa-Tree Club 18th century-1932 Conservative Club 1841–1950 Junior Carlton Club 1866–1977 City Carlton Club 1868 – Early 20th century Beaconsfield Club 1880–1887 Palace Club 1882–1900s Constitutional Club 1883–1979 Unionist Club 1886–1892 National Conservative Club 1886–1890s Primrose Club 1886–1910s Junior Constitutional Club 1887 – Early 20th century National Union 1887–1890s Junior Conservative Club 1889 – Early 20th century Ladies' Carlton Club Late 19th/early 20th century Ladies' Imperial Club Early 20th century St Stephen's Club 1870–2013

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Junior Constitutional Club

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