Challoner Club

The Challoner Club
Formation1949 (Refounded 2025)
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Chairman
Calder Claydon
Deputy Chairman
Francisc Vladovici-Poplauschi
Club Chaplain
Rev. Fr. Christian de Lisle
Websitehttps://www.thechallonerclub.org/home

The Challoner Club is a London-based private members' club for Roman Catholics. It was founded as a gentlemen's club in 1949, closed in 1997, and reopened as a social club without permanent premises in 2025.

The club takes its name from Richard Challoner (1691–1781), who served as Catholic Vicar Apostolic of the London District for much of the 18th century.

The original club was based at 59 Pont Street in Knightsbridge, and hosted the library of the Irish Genealogical Research Society.

In 2025, the club was re-established as a private members' social club, with no permanent location, by a group of Catholic laity assisted by a priest of the Archdiocese of Westminster. In February 2026, Georgina, Duchess of Norfolk joined the club as their first Patron.

References

  1. ↑ In re Challoner Club Archived 19 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine, The Times.
  2. ↑ Challoner Club has doubled membership, Catholic Herald[dead link]
  3. 1 2 "About". Challoner Club. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 Smith, Tabitha (15 July 2025). "Challoner Club is revived as social club for young Catholics". The Tablet. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "The History of Heraldry". Archived from the original on 1 November 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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