History Corner
The Immortal Dinner of 1872Only four years after its foundation, on 6th September 1872, the Whitefriars Club held one of its most memorable and eventful dinners.
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Sir Henry Newbolt
Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938) was a poet, novelist and historian, best remembered today for his poem ‘Vitaï Lampada’.
He spoke three times at the Whitefriars Club: on 1st May 1903, on 26th February 1904 (‘The Relations of Editors and Contributors’) and 10th March 1905.
