G R I L L I O N ’ S C L U B A C H R O N I C 1 8 1 2 — 1 9 1 3 COMPI LED BY TH E SECRETARIES O& FOR D & PR INTED FOR TH E CLU B A T T H E U N I V E R S I T Y P R ESS BY H ORACE HART 1 9 1 4 HE H E T C RONICL . n I troductory . ’ r H 5 e Annals 1 880 Lo d oughton Pr face to the , Narrative n — An n nfir n A nex . u co med A ecdote FACSIMILE SIGNATURE S OF ME MBE RS ATTE NDING THE DINNE R MAY 0 1 1 ON 3 , 9 3 LIST OF ME MBE RS FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE CL UB TO 1 91 3 LIST OF S E CRE TARIE S AND ASSISTANT SE CRE TARIE S OF THE CLUB . OCCASIONS ON WHICH ONLY ONE ME MBE R DINE D ’ ’ Lord Houghton s Poems o n Lord Stratford de R edcliffe s ’ an Mr n nn r d . Gladsto e s Solitary Di e s NOTE ON THE CLUB PORTRAITS ST F E E S E 1 0 1 1 LI O M MB R , F BRUARY , 9 4 & weave & GR I L L I ON ’ S C L U B T H E C H RO N I C L E — H ’ INTRODUCTORY . LORD OUGHTON S PREFACE TO THE ANNALS 1 88 0 T the dinner on the 1 oth February 1 91 3 the Secretaries reported h that the Arc ives of the Club , so far as related to the period prior to 1 8 di 77 , had sappeared, and they were requested to endeavour to trace and recover them , with a view to the preparation of some suitable record to commemorate the Centen ary of the Club . The Secretaries have now to report that , after prolonged inquiries , the documents in question have been recovered . They consist of two bound volumes of miscellaneous papers extend 1 8 1 2 1 8 i i ing over the years from to 79 , a volume conta n ng the accounts 1 82 2 1 8 2 m n of the Club from to 3 , and nine volu es in which the atte dances n e 6th 1 8 1 6 1 6 1 8 at din er are record d from the March to the th April 77, besides other documents of less consequence . The Secretaries were 1 8 already in possession of the Dinner Books from 77 to the present date , and of the Club accounts from 1 842 . The Secretaries think that they will be carrying out the wishes of the Club if they present a brief history of the Club from its foundation l ffi and a complete ist of the Members , with notes of the principal O ces, H . onours , and Distinctions held by them 1 880 In the year a volume was compiled for the use of Members , ’ Grilli on s Club rom i ts Ori in i n 1 81 2 to i ts F i eih Anni versar entitled f g ifl y, Annals o . S by P G E The cover of the book bears the horter title, f ’ l on lu i Gri li s C b . Th s record was the work of Sir Philip de Malpas Grey t Of 1 866 Egerton , Bar , who was one the Secretaries of the Club from till his death in 1 881 . Ho To that volume the late Lord ughton contributed a Preface , which may, perhaps , form an appropriate introduction to the present record . ’ 8 GRILLION S CLUB & ’ Preface to Annals of Grilli on s Clu b by Lord H oughlon ’ These records o f the first fifty years o f the life o f Grillio n s Club have no pre o r an e e ll re a to re en e er and tension to historical imp t c , but th y wi c ll its p s t m mb s , o e who are one an a i ar and o e no e na e to the representatives o f th s g , m y f m li s m t d m s , n e o r o e ear to e ere a o n the an d so me pleasant eve ts in which th y , th s d th m , w m g a o r the n rea e and n rea n o a o n o ur o a e the ct s . Amid i c s d i c si g c mplic ti s Of s ci l lif , f o er or o f a o a o n e o e e er d a ore l maintenance o such cl s f ms ss ci ti b c m s v y y m difficu t , r re a n o f r ne i a and the r n e o n but o u s still t i s much its p isti v t lity , p i cipl s which it re are so o n and ene a a ma o o fo r an ear o f e en e sts s u d b fici l th t it y still l k m y y s xist c , and we may even anticipate the time when ano ther chro nicler may put to gether r f o e e e r the sto y o its c mpl t d c ntu y . re e th f - n e r f t e f re en e er The r mains in e ar stretchi g m mo y o he eld st o o ur p s t m mb s , the enera e Lor ra or de Re e now e er n fine n e e and v bl d St tf d dcliff , x cisi g his i t ll ct , e o e a ina o n i 2nd ear a ear re ol e o n o f the o f an ev n his p tic im g ti , n his 9 y , cl c l cti visit ) E on an o o el o Mr Fazakerl to at o n an ino e in 1 8 1 1 the e. t i sch lf l w , . y , him C st t pl , , tim o f ear o ma e o en in a o a now so a o a e his his ly dipl tic mpl ym t th t l c lity , ss ci t d with a o r a e na e and o f a o n er a o n a o rre e een e on the uth it tiv m , c v s ti th t ccu d b tw th m serio us damage that Lo n don so ciety suffered fro m the vi o lence o f po litical con ers trov y . The o of o n n a o en to e er of o on en n ar e p ssibility f u di g club , p m mb s b th c t di g p ti s , was en and ere e and was a ree a o e er r re rne o e th th discuss d , it g d th t wh v fi st tu d h m d o e to arr o ut in sho uld his b st c y this tentio n . How no o n o n e e t rea e n this ti c n cted its lf with he Christ Church Club al dy xisti g . no t o n re o r the a re ain a en Mr ra or ann n re rne is c d , but f ct m s th t wh . St tf d C i g tu d ’ to E n an the o lo n ear he n ri e o a gl d f l wi g y , fo u d G llio n s Club establish d n this b sis, d e o ne o f its e er an hims lf m mb s . Fro a e to the re en the a n ara er o f the has een m th t tim p s t , m i ch ct istic Club b , 1 as a e the a e Lor Der in e er to Sir re -E er o n enero st t d by l t d by his l tt Philip G y g t , its g us and o r eo o re en o n o f er e o f o al e I has no t c u t us c mp h si div siti s p litic vi ws . t thus een n o on for the o n o ro n onen in the o i o r an b u c mm m st u c mp misi g Opp ts , m st mp t t r e o f o ur o a o r to ee r e o co n c is s p litic l hist y, m t roun d its table in perfect f e d m Of er a o n and e en an er e r a e r f r re en on v s ti , v Of b t , s cu e lik f o m a f ont and misapp h si a or o f o a e E n ma er in o r enna f m s ci l lif Of which glishmen y b e justly pro ud .