List of University of Oxford dining clubs

This is a list of current University of Oxford dining clubs. All are social in nature, and recruit members by private invitation, for a programme of drinking and dining. Members are drawn exclusively from the student body of the University of Oxford. Most have individual costumes and traditions, and maintain a high degree of secrecy concerning their membership and activities.

University wide
  • The Assassins[1][2][3] (male society)
  • The Bullingdon Club[1][2][3] (founded 1780; dress in navy blue tailcoats, with navy velvet collar, ivory silk lapels, brass buttons, mustard waistcoat, and a sky blue bow tie; club tie is sky blue striped with ivory; sometimes called The Buller; male society)
  • The Delilahs[3] (female society)
  • The Gridiron Club[1][3] (founded 1884; commonly called The Grid; club tie is dark blue with white gridirons; mixed gender society)
  • The Piers Gaveston Society[1][2][3] (founded 1977; limited to 12 members; mixed gender society)
  • The Stoics[2][3][4] (dress in black tailcoats, with bi-coloured socks, braces, and bow ties of pale blue and yellow; male society)
  • The Viceroys[1][3] (club officers bear titles from former British Dominions, India, Canada, Australia, Ireland; allegedly associated with Oxford University Conservative Association,[5] although this is denied by the Association; male society)

College based
  • The Abbotts, Corpus Christi[1] (male society)
  • The Alices, Christ Church[1] (female society)
  • L’Ancien Regime, Merton[1] (mixed gender society)
  • The Black Cygnets, St Hugh's[1][3] (male society)
  • Bugger Ruggers, St Edmund Hall[2][3] (female society)
  • The Cardinals, Christ Church[1] (male society)
  • The Claret Club, Trinity[1][3] (male society)
  • The Dolphins, Jesus[3] (female society)
  • The Eaglets, The Queen's[6] (male society)
  • The Faeries, Lincoln[3] (female society)
  • Flowers and Fairies, Christ Church[1][2][3] (male society)
  • The George[3]
  • The Goblin Club, Lincoln[3][7] (founded 1902; limited to between 12 and 15 members; extensive silverware collection; club tie in colours of port, champagne, and claret; male society)
  • The Halcyon Club, The Queen's[6] (male society)
  • The King Charles Club, St John's[1][2] (claims to be the oldest University dining club; club tie is black, with stripes of pacific blue edged with gold; male society)
  • The Loder, Christ Church[1][3] (members drink only from 18th-century silver goblets; male society)
  • The Missionaries, Magdalen (male society)
  • The Mantis, Magdalen[3] (female society)
  • The Mercurials, Christ Church[1] (male society)
  • The Millers, Oriel[3] (male and female society)
  • The Myrmidon Club, Merton[3][8] (founded 1865; male society)
  • The Myrmaids, Merton[3] (female society)
  • The Musketeers, Oriel[3] (male society)
  • The Nondescripts Club, Christ Church[2] (male society)
  • The Penguin Club, Hertford[1] (possibly defunct; male society)
  • The Phoenix Club, Brasenose[2][3] (claims to be the oldest University dining club; dress in brown tailcoats, and dine with a silver phoenix at the table; limited to 12 members; male society)
  • The Pythic Club, Christ Church (founded by 1845)
  • The Reginae Club, The Queen's[6]
  • The Sir Henry Pelham Gentleman’s Sporting Society, Hertford[1] (commonly known as Pelhams; male society)
  • Somerville Ladies Ultimate Tequila Society, Somerville[3] (female society)
  • The Steamers, Keble[1] (male society)

References
  1. "Who's afraid of the big, bad club?". Cherwell. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. Vaughan, Matt (8 October 2003). "Drinking the town dry". Cherwell. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. Bell, Matthew (16 September 2014). "Inside Oxford University's secret drinking clubs". Cherwell. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. Wilkinson, Carl (2 October 2004). "You've got to do the rite thing". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. Goulding, Tom (2013). "REVEALED: OUCA's secret dining society". The Oxford Tab. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. Turner, Camilla (22 November 2017). "Oxford college bans student representatives from joining secretive dining societies as it undermines inclusivity". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. Gauci, Perry (2003). "The Goblin Centenary" (PDF). Lincoln College Record 2001-2002.
  8. A short account of the history of the Myrmidon Club
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