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Mark Twain Returns to the Whitefriars ClubOn 16th June 1899, more than twenty-five years from his first visit, the celebrated humorist Mark Twain returned to the Whitefriars Club.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer who led three legendary expeditions to the Antarctic.
Sir Ernest Shackleton spoke at the Whitefriars Club on the topic of ‘The Antarctic’ on 1st October 1909. On 17th December 1985, the Whitefriars held a 75th-Anniversary Dinner to commemorate Lieutenant Shackleton’s speech to the club.
