History Corner
Serial SpeakersAccording to the club’s records, there are eleven people who have spoken to the club more than once.
Read moreAccording to the club’s records, there are eleven people who have spoken to the club more than once.
Read moreIn July 1890, Oscar Wilde called at the Whitefriars Club’s rooms at Anderton’s Hotel and had a long talk about Dorian Gray with Friar Sidney Low, then editor of the St James’s Gazette.
Read moreFriar Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965) was a journalist, author, soldier, politician and statesman. He served twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom: the first time from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.
Sir Winston Churchill is one of the most eminent Friars in the history of our club. He spoke at the club for the first time on 5th October 1900, about his career as a war correspondent. He later became a Friar, acting on many dinners as Prior of the Day.