private members' club for discerning professionals since 1843
A Brief History
"The Gresham Club is composed of merchants, bankers, and other gentlemen of known respectability. No candidate is eligible until he has attained the age of twenty-one years. Election by ballot of the members, of whom 30 must actually vote. One black ball in ten shall exclude. Entrance fee, £21; subscription, £6 6s".
Dickens's Dictionary of London. (1879)
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​The first Gresham Club was established in 1843 as a dining club for the professional and business classes of the City of London. It was named after Sir Thomas Gresham, a celebrated merchant, who in 1566 founded The Royal Exchange and made a significant bequest to the Gresham College to promote the New Learning of Elizabethan times.
The City of London Gresham Club has recreated the raison d’être of its original predecessor: a private members' club for professionals, stimulating social and business interaction amongst like-minded members and their guests. The Club meets at least monthly for a Club Table as its centrepiece and convenes regular engaging and distinctive events.
The Royal Exchange
The Gresham Club Today
​With a distinguished membership that values diversity and inclusiveness, the Club promotes a range of social and sporting functions and is establishing reciprocal agreements with other clubs and hopes to establish permanent City premises in due course.
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We are currently a nomadic dining club which holds monthly Club Tables at a variety of prestige club and restaurant locations:
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The Caledonian Club
The RAF Club
The Institute of Directors
Mr Marco Pierre White's
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Social Interaction
The Gresham Club keeps up with the times. We issue all of our members with a personalised Virtual Membership Card app which they install on their mobile devices. The app is a one-stop-shop to contact club officers, book events and purchase Gresham merchandise.
We have several informal WhatsApp groups for social interaction, business exchanges and golfing events.
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We also hold regular Zoom meetings for those who cannot make it to London. This has proved invaluable to maintain contact during the lockdown with occasional guest speakers and even a murder mystery night!
