BEEFSTEAK See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

CLUB  , the name of several clubs formed in See also:

• LONDON

London during the 18th and 19th centuries . The first seems to have been that founded in 1709 with See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• ESTCOURT, RICHARD (1668–1712)

Estcourt, the actor, as steward . Of this the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief wits and See also:

• GREAT

great men of the nation were members and its badge was a gridiron . Its fame was, however, entirely eclipsed in 1735 when " The See also:

• SUBLIME (Lat. sublimis, exalted)

Sublime Society of Steaks" was established by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

Rich at Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, of which he was then manager . It is said that See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• PETERBOROUGH

Peterborough supping one See also:

• NIGHT

night with Rich in his private See also:

• ROOM

room, was so delighted with the See also:

• STEAK

steak the latter grilled him that he suggested a repetition of the See also:

• MEAL

meal the next See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week . From this started the See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, the members of which delighted to See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call themselves "The Steaks." Among them were See also:

• HOGARTH, WILLIAM (1697–1764)

Hogarth, See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick, Wilkes, Bubb Doddington and many other celebrities . The See also:

• RENDEZVOUS

rendezvous was the theatre till the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 18o8, when the club moved first to the See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

Coffee See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, and the next See also:

• YEAR

year to the Old See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum . In 1785 the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales joined, and later his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• CLARENCE, DUKES OF

Clarence and See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex became members . On the burning of the Lyceum, "The Steaks" met again in the Bedford Coffee House till 1838, when the New Lyceum was opened, and a large room there was allotted the club . These meetings were held till the club ceased to exist in 1867 . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• SHERIDAN
• SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)

Sheridan founded a Beefsteak Club in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin at the Theatre Royal in 1749, and of this Peg See also:

• WOFFINGTON, MARGARET [PEG] (c. 1714-1760)

Woffington was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president . The See also:

• MODERN

modern Beefsteak Club was founded by J .

L . See also:

• TOOLE, JOHN LAWRENCE (1832-1906)

Toole, the actor, in 1876 . See J . See also:

• TIMBS, JOHN (18os-1875)

Timbs Clubs and Club See also:

• LIFE

Life in London (1873); See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold, Life and See also:

• DEATH

Death of the Sublime Society of Steaks (1871) .