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Brooks's (which is the correct spelling and punctuation!) was an exclusive gentlemen's club in London and is located at 60 St James' Street. Brooks's was liberal, with a largely Whiggish membership. | [[File:Brooks.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Brooks's Club, London]]Brooks's (which is the correct spelling and punctuation!) was an exclusive gentlemen's club in London and is located at 60 St James' Street. Brooks's was liberal, with a largely Whiggish membership. | ||
To become a member, a man must be proposed by a current member, and a system of black and white balls was used to vote on the prospective man's membership. A single black ball was enough to exclude him from becoming a member, giving rise to the term 'blackballed'. This system was not exclusive to Brooks's, being used in other clubs. | To become a member, a man must be proposed by a current member, and a system of black and white balls was used to vote on the prospective man's membership. A single black ball was enough to exclude him from becoming a member, giving rise to the term 'blackballed'. This system was not exclusive to Brooks's, being used in other clubs. | ||
[[File:Brooks_interior.jpg|right|thumb|300pxThe interior of Brooks's]] | |||
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
* Captain [[Arthur Cartwright]], Royal Marines | |||
* [[Benedict Delancey]] | * [[Benedict Delancey]] | ||
* [[Patrick Grove]] | * [[Patrick Grove]] | ||
* [[Blake Pritchard]], Marquess of Emerson | * [[Blake Pritchard]], Marquess of Emerson | ||
* Commander [[Nathaniel Scarborough]] | * Commander [[Nathaniel Scarborough]] | ||
Revision as of 08:23, 13 May 2016
Brooks's (which is the correct spelling and punctuation!) was an exclusive gentlemen's club in London and is located at 60 St James' Street. Brooks's was liberal, with a largely Whiggish membership.
To become a member, a man must be proposed by a current member, and a system of black and white balls was used to vote on the prospective man's membership. A single black ball was enough to exclude him from becoming a member, giving rise to the term 'blackballed'. This system was not exclusive to Brooks's, being used in other clubs.
Members
- Captain Arthur Cartwright, Royal Marines
- Benedict Delancey
- Patrick Grove
- Blake Pritchard, Marquess of Emerson
- Commander Nathaniel Scarborough