Private clubs.
Much of this life happens behind a door with no sign. The clubs that have kept their names for centuries, and the ones the season turns on.
Much of this life happens behind a door with no sign. The clubs that have kept their names for centuries, and the ones the season turns on.
1693White's begins as a chocolate house
Francesco Bianco, an Italian in London, opened Mrs. White's Chocolate House in 1693. It became White's, London's oldest club, and has been at 37 and 38 St James's Street since 1778, in London.
1963Annabel's opens
Mark Birley opened Annabel's on June 4, 1963, at 44 Berkeley Square, and named it for his wife, Lady Annabel. In 2018 it moved two doors down, to 46 Berkeley Square.
1929The first Monaco Grand Prix
The Yacht Club de Monaco, founded in 1953, has its clubhouse by Norman Foster on Port Hercule in Monaco: more in Yachting. Guards Polo Club, founded in Windsor Great Park in 1955, plays the Queen's Cup in June: more in Polo. The Royal Yacht Squadron has been at The Castle at Cowes since its founding as The Yacht Club in 1815: more in Sailing.
Sources. White's · Annabel's · Tanglin Club, club history · Yacht Club de Monaco · Guards Polo Club · Royal Yacht Squadron, history of Cowes Week. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here. Photographs from Unsplash and Pexels, used under their licenses.
White's, which began in 1693 as Mrs. White's Chocolate House and has been on St James's Street since 1778.
On June 4, 1963, at 44 Berkeley Square, opened by Mark Birley and named for his wife, Lady Annabel.
At 46 Berkeley Square, two doors from its first address, since 2018.
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