Army and Navy Club
The Army and Navy Club as its headquarters has been since their reconstruction in the 1960s.
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| Motto | Unitate fortior |
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| Formation | 1837 |
| Headquarters | Clubhouse occupied since 1851 |
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Membership
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Army and navy officers |
| Website | www |
The Army and Navy Club in London is a private members club founded in 1837, also known informally as The Rag.
The club was founded by Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Barnes (1776–1838) in 1837. His proposal was to establish an Army Club, with all officers of Her Majesty's Army on full or half pay eligible for membership. However, when The Duke of Wellington was asked to be a patron, he refused unless membership were also offered to officers of the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines, and this was agreed. On 28 August 1837 a meeting representing the various services took place, to elect a Committee and to settle the new club's Rules.
Sir Edward Barnes died on 19 March 1838, just two weeks before the first general meeting of the club.
By 1851, the club was in a strong position, with sixteen hundred members and a waiting list of 834. This pressure led to the founding of the separate Naval & Military Club in 1862.
Charles Dickens, Jr., reported in Dickens's Dictionary of London (1879). -
According to the Encyclopædia Britannica article Club, in 1902 -
Membership of the Army and Navy Club is now offered also to members of Commonwealth armed services, to members' immediate families and to individuals who have no service background who are nominated and seconded by existing members. The club has some five thousand members, including women. Men and women members have entirely equal standing.
As of 2011, the membership subscription costs between £223 and £465 per year, with a £130 rate for younger members (under 29); there are reduced rates for spouses and a rate for family membership. There is no joining fee.
The club's first home was at 18, St James's Square, at the north corner with King Street. This house was vacated by the Oxford and Cambridge Club when it moved into its new club house in Pall Mall. A lease was taken and the club opened its doors early in 1838.
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