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, Its membership consists of current and former officers of Guards and

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regiments of the British Army. It is situated next door to the Royal Air Force Club.

History

The club has three foundation dates: *1810, the foundation date of the Guards Club, which was based in Pall Mall. *1890, the foundation date of the Cavalry Club, which has always been based at its current location. *1975, the date when the two clubs merged. When the Cavalry Club first occupied the site in 1890, it was a proprietary club owned by an officer in the

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, but five years later, ownership passed into the hands of its members and it became a members' club. They raised the funds to build an entirely new clubhouse, which was completed on the site in 1908. The work was carried out by the architect's firm Mewes and Davies.

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was known to spend a great deal of time in the Cavalry Club premises in the 1920s and 1930s, when he was

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. King Abdullah of Jordan, the Sultan of Brunei and

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have also been members. The club narrowly avoided closure in 1987, when its landlord sold the premises on to a property developer, who planned to convert the building into apartments. This was averted through the membership raising the capital to buy the property for the club.

References

External links

The Cavalry and Guards Club website

History

See also

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Further reading