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An invitation to US President Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt was invited to speak at the Whitefriars Club, but, replying from Naivasha, British East Africa, on 6th August 1909 to the Honorary Secretary of the Club, Friar Joseph Shaylor, he wrote…

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Oscar Wilde Visits the Club’s Rooms at Anderton’s

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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