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.
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On 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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Augustine Birrell (1850–1933) was a Liberal Party politician who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916.
He spoke five times at the Whitefriars Club: on 16th February 1901, on 25th April 1902, on 27th January 1905, on 5th December 1917 (‘A Talk about Books’) and on 14th December 1923.
