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{{Short description|Former London gentlemen's club}}
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The '''Eighty Club''' was a  political London [[gentlemen's club]] named after the year it was founded, 1880 (much like the later [[1900 Club]] and [[1920 Club]]). It was strictly aligned to the  [[Liberal party (UK)|Liberal Party]], with members having to pledge support to join. Somewhat dwarfed by  mass-membership clubs like the [[National Liberal Club]], it could only claim 400 members in 1890, and 600 by 1900.<ref>Antonia Taddei, ''London clubs in the late nineteenth century'' (Oxford University discussion paper, 1999), p.20</ref>

[[H. H. Asquith]] was the first secretary of the Eighty Club and [[David Lloyd George]] was sometime President.<ref>Chris Cook, ''Sources in British Political History, 1900-1951''; Macmillan Press, 1975 pp86-87</ref>

The Club closed in  1978, although the name was then adopted as the title of the Association of Liberal Democrat Lawyers' annual lecture series.<ref>Cook ''Routledge Guide to British Political Archives'' (2006)</ref>

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==See also==

*[[List of London's gentlemen's clubs]]

{{Liberal-aligned gentlemen's clubs of London}}

[[Category:Gentlemen's clubs in London]]
[[Category:1880 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1978 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Liberal Party (UK)]]

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