In 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.
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In 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.
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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.
