THE PARLIAMENT CLUBS._The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

Before the year 1736, it had been usual for gentlemen of the House of

Commons to dine together at the Crown-tavern in Palace-yard, in order to

be in readiness to attend the service of the house. This club amounted

to one hundred and twenty, besides thirty of their friends coming out of

the country. In January, 1736, sir Robert Walpole and his friends began

to dine in the same manner, at the Bell and Sun in King-street,

Westminster, and their club was one hundred and fifty, besides absent

members. These parties seem to have been the origin of Brookes’s and

White’s clubs.

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The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 258 / 1847 题