Carlton Club

The Carlton Club stands at number sixty-nine St James's Street as a fortress of British political history. It was founded in eighteen thirty-two by the Duke of Wellington and his Tory allies to serve as the headquarters for the Conservative Party. For decades, it functioned as the primary center for party organization and strategy, long before the creation of a formal Conservative Central Office. Membership in this exclusive circle was considered a public declaration of allegiance to the party, and the building remains a site where key political figures gather for private deliberation to this day.