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to design and construct a purpose-built clubhouse at a site on neighbouring St James's Street. Paid for at Brooks's own expense, the building was completed in
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the new building and the club then took on Brooks's name as its own. Brooks himself however would not live long to enjoy this success, dying in poverty in 1782.
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Private Members' Clubs
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1786:. London, England: T. Fisher Unwin.
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749:George Parkyns, 2nd Baron Rancliffe
574:George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
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1912:Sebag-Montefiore, Charles (2006).
1542:List of London's gentlemen's clubs
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1609:Lejeune, Anthony (17 June 2015).
1440:, KG, MBE, TD, PC, DL (1915β2010)
1248:John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence
1194:Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage
1170:Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
1110:Sir Robert William Duff, GCMG, PC
1056:John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan
978:Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw
852:Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
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1563:Brooks's : a social history
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1326:Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys
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1963:ThΓ©voz, Seth Alexander (2022).
1944:ThΓ©voz, Seth Alexander (2018).
1880:. New York: Praeger Publishing.
1852:The Gentlemen's Clubs of London
1830:The Gentlemen's Clubs of London
1818:London: The Biography of a City
1746:London, the Biography of a City
1646:(536): 56β77 – via JSTOR.
1611:the Gentlemen's Clubs of London
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628:John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor
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2006:. London, England: Constable.
1990:. London, England: Ballantyne.
1636:"The Betting Book at Brooks's"
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1729:Old and New London: Volume 4
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1278:Sir John Simeon, 4th Baronet
954:Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet
562:Richard 'Conversation' Sharp
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1921:Sebag-Montefiore, Charles;
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2004:Brooks's: A Social History
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1884:Milne-Smith, Amy (2011).
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1734:F. H. W. Sheppard, ed.;
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