Canning Club
The Canning Club is a gentlemen's club based in London, formerly named the Argentine Club, founded in 1911, and is for those with a particular link to, or special interest in, Argentina and other Latin American countries.
As the previous name suggested, it was initially established as a club for nationals of Argentina, and much of its income was derived from Argentine-based British businesses. When President Juan Perón nationalized these businesses in the 1940s, the club was deprived of its primary source of revenue. Adapting to the situation, it redefined its remit more broadly to Latin America in general, and in 1948 was renamed the Canning Club in honor of George Canning, who had strong links to Latin America.
The club was based in Hamilton Place, Mayfair, until 1970, when it began sharing the premises of the The Naval & Military Club, first at Cambridge House, 94 Piccadilly, and from 1999 at 4 St. James's Square.
See also
- Gentlemen's club
- List of American gentlemen's clubs
- List of Australian gentlemen's clubs
- List of London's gentlemen's clubs
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