Pitt Clubs
Pitt Clubs were private members clubs formed in Great Britain in the 18th and 19th century to memorialise William Pitt the Younger (1759 – 1806). Although the London Pitt Club was formed in 1793,[1] it was only after the death of Pitt that more "country" Pitt clubs were established outside London.[1]
London Pitt Club
The London Pitt Club was formed in 1793 by Nathaniel Atcheson with a view to counteract the radical ideas of the French Revolution. Originally the club met on the birthdays of George III and his Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Following Pitt's resignation in 1801 they also celebrated Pitt's birthday on 28 May. Following his death, the London club was relaunched in 1808.[1]
Other Pitt Clubs
Other Pitt Clubs were formed in at least 45 towns.[1]
- Altrincham
- Birmingham
- Blackburn
- Blackburn Hundred.
- Bolton.
- Bristol.
- Carlisle
- Colchester
- Derby
- Devon and Exeter
- Doncaster
- Dudley (1813)
- Dundee
- Glasgow
- Halifax
- Hampshire
- Hereford
- Hull
- Lancaster
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Menai
- Northumberland and Newcastleupon-Tyne
- Northwich
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Plymouth
- Reading and Berkshire
- Rochdale
- Saddleworth
- Scarborough
- Scotland
- Sheffield (1810)
- North and South Shields
- Staffordshire and Newcastleunder-Lyme
- Stirling
- Suffolk (1821)[2]
- Sunderland
- Taunton and Somersetshire
- Wales
- Warrington
- Wolverhampton
- York
University Pitt Club, Cambridge
The University Pitt Club, founded in Cambridge in 1835 soon became a purely social club.[1][3]
References
- Garnett, S. Alan (1927). "Pitt Clubs and their badges" (PDF). British Numismatic Journal. 19 (Second Series, IX): 213–218.
- "Suffolk Artists - TYRELL, Charles". suffolkartists.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835–1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.