King of Clubs (Whig club)

The Crown and Anchor public house (right)

The King of Clubs was a famous Whig conversation club, founded in 1798.[1] In contrast to its mainly Tory forerunner The Club (established by Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke and Sir Joshua Reynolds), it was a predominantly Whig fraternity of some of the most brilliant minds of the day. The club met at the Crown and Anchor on Arundel Street off the Strand, in London.

  1. ^ Records of the King of Clubs, British Library, London