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Vincent's Club

December 12, 2023

Vincent's Club, popularly known as Vinnie's, is a private members' club in Oxford. The club's membership consists predominantly, but not exclusively, of sporting blues of the University of Oxford.[1]

Vincent's Club
The front door of Vincent's Club
Formation1863 (1863)
Location
  • 1A King Edward Street
Coordinates51°45′08″N 1°15′18″W / 51.7522°N 1.2549°W / 51.7522; -1.2549
Membership
Oxford Blues (predominantly)
President
Matthew Williams
Websitewww.vincents.org

History edit

Vincent's Club was founded in 1863 by oarsman Walter Bradford Woodgate[2] of Brasenose College, Oxford, who became the first president of the club.[3] Dissatisfied with the permissive admission policies and lack of refreshments at the Oxford Union,[4] Woodgate established his own club and stated that it "should consist of the picked hundred of the University, selected for all-round qualities; social, physical and intellectual qualities being duly considered."[5]

Vincent's Club quickly gained considerable prestige, which it enjoys to this day. J.S.G. Pemberton regarded it as "the premier Social Club of the University",[6] while in 1894 The Isis could describe Vincent's as "a sacred Temple ... to those whom, by virtue of themselves, their athletic powers, and their social and general good-fellowship, a grateful University delighteth to honour", with membership considered to be "the diploma which the University of Undergraduates grants in due season to her most successful and deserving sons".[7]

Roger Bannister, president of the club in 1950, celebrated at Vincent's after running the world's first sub-four-minute mile at the Iffley Road track in 1954.[8] The Beatles visited the club in 1964.[9]

Membership edit

From the club's foundation, influenced by Woodgate's own sporting interests, the membership has been dominated by sportspeople. However, there has never been a sporting qualification for membership and membership does not accompany a Blue.[10] The club was originally limited to only 100 resident members, but as the university has expanded, so too has the club.[11]

Members must be enrolled at the University of Oxford at the time of their election, but remain members for life.[11] The club's constitution was amended to enable the admission of women as members on 9 March 2016.[12]

Clubhouse edit

The club was originally located in the old reading rooms which J. H. Vincent, a printer, had previously kept at 90 High Street.[13] Between 1894 and 1931, the club occupied premises at 6-7 High Street.[14]

Since 1931, the club has been located at 1A King Edward Street, in upstairs premises above Shepherd & Woodward on the High Street in central Oxford. Completely refurbished in 2014,[15] the club's facilities include a bar, lounge area, dining room, conference room, kitchen and administrative offices.[16]

Club regalia edit

Vincent’s members are entitled to wear the club tie, which is dark blue with silver crowns, or a silver crown lapel pin.  The club tie, adopted in 1926,[4] is particularly renowned and was regarded by J.C. Masterman as "a sort of passport all over the English-speaking world".[11]

Notable members[17] edit

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Lack, Alastair. "'Once a member, always a member'". Oxford Mail, 11th December 2009
  2. ^ Michael G. Brock and M. C. Curthoys, The History of the University of Oxford, Volume 7, Part 2. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-951017-7. Page 536.
  3. ^ W. B. Woodgate, Reminiscences of an old sportsman, Vincent's Club, Oxford, UK.
  4. ^ a b , Oxford Mail
  5. ^ Hibbert, Christopher (1988). "Vincent's Club". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. London: Macmillan. pp. 483−484. ISBN 978-0-333-39917-0.
  6. ^ J. S. G. Pemberton, 'The social life', in J. Wells (ed.), Oxford and Oxford Life (1892), 91
  7. ^ M. C. Curthoys, M. G. Brock (eds.). The History of the University of Oxford: Volume VII: Nineteenth-Century Oxford, Part 2. (2000). United Kingdom: Clarendon Press. 536.
  8. ^ Bannister, Roger (2015). Twin Tracks: The Autobiography. The Robson Press. ISBN 9781849548366.
  9. ^ Razzall, Tim (2014). Chance Encounters: Tales from a Varied Life. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 9781849548205.
  10. ^ E. W. Swanton, , Vincent's Club, Oxford, UK.
  11. ^ a b c J. C. Masterman, , Vincent's Club, Oxford, UK.
  12. ^ Kodsi, Daniel (18 March 2016). "Vincent's Club ends gender exclusivity". Cherwell. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  13. ^ "The High, Oxford: No 90". www.oxfordhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  14. ^ "The High, Oxford: 6-7". www.oxfordhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Club Refurbishments". Vincent's Club. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Vincent's Club | Conference Oxford". conference-oxford.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  17. ^ Lee, Simon (2014). Vincent's 1863-2013. London: Third Millennium Information. ISBN 978 1 908990 33 4.

External links edit

  • Vincent's Club website

December 12, 2023
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Vincent s Club popularly known as Vinnie s is a private members club in Oxford The club s membership consists predominantly but not exclusively of sporting blues of the University of Oxford 1 Vincent s ClubThe front door of Vincent s ClubFormation1863 1863 Location1A King Edward StreetCoordinates51 45 08 N 1 15 18 W 51 7522 N 1 2549 W 51 7522 1 2549MembershipOxford Blues predominantly PresidentMatthew WilliamsWebsitewww wbr vincents wbr org Contents 1 History 2 Membership 3 Clubhouse 4 Club regalia 5 Notable members 17 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory editVincent s Club was founded in 1863 by oarsman Walter Bradford Woodgate 2 of Brasenose College Oxford who became the first president of the club 3 Dissatisfied with the permissive admission policies and lack of refreshments at the Oxford Union 4 Woodgate established his own club and stated that it should consist of the picked hundred of the University selected for all round qualities social physical and intellectual qualities being duly considered 5 Vincent s Club quickly gained considerable prestige which it enjoys to this day J S G Pemberton regarded it as the premier Social Club of the University 6 while in 1894 The Isis could describe Vincent s as a sacred Temple to those whom by virtue of themselves their athletic powers and their social and general good fellowship a grateful University delighteth to honour with membership considered to be the diploma which the University of Undergraduates grants in due season to her most successful and deserving sons 7 Roger Bannister president of the club in 1950 celebrated at Vincent s after running the world s first sub four minute mile at the Iffley Road track in 1954 8 The Beatles visited the club in 1964 9 Membership editFrom the club s foundation influenced by Woodgate s own sporting interests the membership has been dominated by sportspeople However there has never been a sporting qualification for membership and membership does not accompany a Blue 10 The club was originally limited to only 100 resident members but as the university has expanded so too has the club 11 Members must be enrolled at the University of Oxford at the time of their election but remain members for life 11 The club s constitution was amended to enable the admission of women as members on 9 March 2016 12 Clubhouse editThe club was originally located in the old reading rooms which J H Vincent a printer had previously kept at 90 High Street 13 Between 1894 and 1931 the club occupied premises at 6 7 High Street 14 Since 1931 the club has been located at 1A King Edward Street in upstairs premises above Shepherd amp Woodward on the High Street in central Oxford Completely refurbished in 2014 15 the club s facilities include a bar lounge area dining room conference room kitchen and administrative offices 16 Club regalia editVincent s members are entitled to wear the club tie which is dark blue with silver crowns or a silver crown lapel pin The club tie adopted in 1926 4 is particularly renowned and was regarded by J C Masterman as a sort of passport all over the English speaking world 11 Notable members 17 editRoyalty King Edward VII of the United Kingdom King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom King Harald V of Norway world champion sailor King Olav V of Norway Olympic Gold 1928 Nawab of Pataudi India cricket captain and England cricket internationalPolitics amp Law Tony Abbott Prime Minister of Australia Sir George Abell civil servant Sir Anthony Acland British diplomat and Provost of Eton College Michael Beloff KC barrister and President of Trinity College Oxford Bill Bradley NBA player and US Senator Robin Butler Cabinet Secretary and Master of University College Oxford Bill Cash MP Randolph Churchill MP and son of Winston Churchill Lord Desborough MP President of the Amateur Fencing Association President of Marylebone Cricket Club and President of the Lawn Tennis Association Lord Curzon Viceroy of India Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of Oxford University Alec Douglas Home Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia John Gorton Prime Minister of Australia Roger Gifford Lord Mayor of London Sir Jeremy Greenstock diplomat Sir Edward Grey UK Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of Oxford University Melville Guest diplomat Sir John Masterman spymaster Provost of Worcester College Oxford and Vice Chancellor of Oxford University Lord Milligan Scottish judge and politician Colin Moynihan Olympic Silver 1980 MP and Olympic administrator Viscount Monckton lawyer and Defence Secretary Philip Moore civil servant and England rugby international Airey Neave MP and soldier Ossie Newton Thompson member of the South African parliament England rugby international and winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross Lord Oaksey main British judge at the Nuremberg trials Katsuhiko Oku diplomat Lord Porritt Olympic Bronze 1924 military surgeon and Governor General of New Zealand Cecil Rhodes Prime Minister of the Cape Colony and mining magnate Sir Ivor Roberts UK Ambassador to Yugoslavia Ireland and Italy and President of Trinity College Oxford Earl of Roseberry Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Edwyn Scudamore Stanhope peer and courtier Montague Shearman judge and co founder of the Amateur Athletics Association Whitney Shepardson head of the Secret Intelligence Branch of the Office of Strategic Services William Stevenson Olympic Gold 1924 founding partner of Debevoise amp Plimpton LLP president of Oberlin College and US ambassador to the Phillippines Frederic Thesiger Governor of Queensland Governor of New South Wales and Viceroy of India Sir John Weston diplomatMilitary Sir Brian Burnett Royal Air Force air chief marshal and Chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club Robin Bourne Taylor British rower Life Guards officer and winner of the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross Noel Chavasse VC Olympic athlete and twice winner of the Victoria Cross David Craig Marshal of the Royal Air Force Pete Dawkins Rhodes Scholar Heisman Trophy winner US Army brigadier general and business executive Sir Edmund Herring senior Australian Army officer Lieutenant Governor of Victoria and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Roger Kimpton winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross Jock Lewes co founder of the Special Air Service SAS Sir Tommy Macpherson winner of three Military Crosses Robert Nairac Grenadier Guards and military intelligence officer Arnold Strode Jackson Olympic Gold 1912 and British Army general officer Wilfred Thesiger military officer explorer and writer Richard Wakeford VC winner of the Victoria Cross Geoffrey Woolley VC infantry officer military chaplain and winner of the Victoria CrossAcademic Sir John Bell Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford Sir Keith Feiling Chichele Professor of Modern History at All Souls College Oxford Robin Fletcher Olympic Bronze 1952 Fellow of Trinity College Oxford and Warden of Rhodes House Oxford Gathorne Robert Girdlestone pioneering orthopaedic surgeon Sir John Hood businessman and Vice Chancellor of Oxford University Frederick L Hovde president of Purdue University Arthur Johnson Fellow of All Souls College Oxford and FA Cup winner Sir Colin Lucas Vice Chancellor of Oxford University and Chair of the Board of the British Library Francis Pember Warden of All Souls College and Vice Chancellor of Oxford University Professor Graham Richards head of the department of chemistry at Oxford University Felix Stephens Benedictine monk and Master of St Benet s Hall Oxford Sir Harold Thompson Fellow of St John s College Oxford and chairman of The FA Alan Valentine Olympic Gold 1924 academic president of the University of Rochester and Marshall Plan official Hugh Ward bacteriologist and winner of the Military Cross Sir Francis Wylie the first Warden of Rhodes House OxfordReligion Walter Carey international rugby player and Bishop of Bloemfontein Edward Carr Glyn Bishop of Peterborough Hartwell de la Garde Grissell papal chamberlain and founder of the Oxford University Newman Society William Heard cardinal Cosmo Lang Archbishop of Canterbury Nicholas Stacey priest and social activist Andrew Wingfield Digby sports chaplainBusiness Etienne de Villiers investor and business executive Sir Rod Eddington business executive Ivan Gazidis former CEO of Arsenal F C and AC Milan Sir Christopher Hogg business executive Raj Kumar Pitamber director of Mahindra amp Mahindra Jim Rogers investor and financial commentator Julian Ogilvie Thompson chairman of De Beers and Anglo American Lord Charles Williams business executive and life peerArts Lord Jeffrey Archer novelist and politician Sir Christopher Bland businessman and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC John Buchan author and Governor General of Canada John Galsworthy winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Marmaduke Hussey Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC Lord Palumbo chairman of the Arts Council of Great BritainSportspeople A G G Asher Scottish rugby and cricket international Jimmy Allan Scottish cricket international David McLaren Bain Scotland rugby captain Sir Roger Bannister first to run the sub 4 minute mile and neurologist Stuart Barnes England rugby international and commentator Tommy Bedford South Africa rugby captain Robin Benson FA Cup winner merchant banker and art collector Bernard Bosanquet international cricketer and inventor of the googly Marshall Brooks England rugby international and world record holder for the high jump Charles Burnell Olympic Gold 1908 Richard Burnell Olympic Gold 1948 Donald Carr England cricket international and cricket administrator Herbert Hayton Castens captained South Africa at both rugby and cricket Christopher Chataway athlete and politician Troy Coker Australian rugby international and winner of the 1991 Rugby World Cup Oliver Cook world champion rower Jerry Cornes Olympic Silver 1932 Colin Cowdrey England cricket international Phillip Crowe Australian rugby international Phil de Glanville England rugby captain Peter Dixon England rugby international Sandy Duncan Olympic administrator Hugh Jumbo Edwards two Olympic Golds 1932 and Royal Air Force group captain Mark Evans Olympic Gold 1984 Mike Evans Olympic Gold 1984 Jonathan Fellows Smith South African cricket international R E Foster England cricket and football captain C B Fry England cricket and football international world record holder for the long jump Simon Halliday England rugby international David Hemery Olympic Gold 1968 Bob Hiller England rugby international Ewart Horsfall Olympic Gold 1912 winner of the Military Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross Malcolm Howard Olympic Gold 2008 Douglas Jardine England cricket captain Manon Johnes Wales women s rugby international Derek Johnson Olympic Silver 1956 Abdul Kardar first Pakistan cricket captain F S Kelly Olympic Gold 1908 musician and composer Alister Kirby Olympic Gold 1912 David Kirk All Blacks captain and winner of the 1987 Rugby World Cup Ronald Lagden England rugby international Chris Laidlaw All Blacks international and politician H D G Leveson Gower England cricket captain Constantine Louloudis Olympic Gold 2016 Jack Lovelock Olympic Gold 1936 Donald MacDonald Scottish rugby international Dugald MacDonald Springboks rugby international Hugo MacNeill Irish rugby international Phil Macpherson Scottish rugby international Selwyn Maister Olympic Gold 1976 Nick Mallett South African rugby international and coach Craig Masback American middle distance runner commentator and business executive Alan Melville South African cricket international Adrian Metcalfe Olympic Silver 1964 and commentator Brendan Mullin Irish rugby international Patrick Munro Scottish rugby international and politician Thomas Nelson Scottish rugby international Charles Nepean FA Cup winner Guy Nickalls Olympic Gold 1908 Prince Alexander Obolensky England rugby international Anton Oliver All Blacks international Tiger Pataudi India cricket captain Tony Pawson cricketer football and leading fly fisherman Malcolm Phillips England rugby international and President of the Rugby Football Union Sir Matthew Pinsent Olympic Golds 1992 1996 2000 2004 William Rawson England football international and FA Cup winner Pete Reed Olympic Golds 2008 2012 2016 and Royal Navy officer Joe Roff Australian rugby international and 1991 Rugby World Cup winner Alan Rotherham England rugby captain and member of the IRB Hall of Fame Bevil Rudd Olympic Gold 1920 and winner of the Military Cross Richard Sharp England rugby captain G O Smith England football captain Brian Smith Australia and Ireland rugby international M J K Smith England cricket captain and rugby international Peter Stagg Scotland and Zambia rugby international Nigel Starmer Smith England rugby international Davis Tarwater Olympic Gold 2012 Cyril Tolley British amateur golf champion Daniel Topolski rowing world champion coach and commentator Victor Ubogu England rugby international Pieter van der Bijl South African cricket international Clive van Ryneveld South Africa cricket and England rugby international Harry Vassall England rugby international Walpole Vidal England football international played in the first ever international football match and FA Cup winner Michael Walford Olympic Silver 1948 Frank Willan rower and co founder of the Royal Yachting Association John Young England rugby internationalOther James Allen Formula 1 journalist Tim Hetherington photojournalist Andrew Sandy Irvine mountaineer Norris McWhirter co founder of Guiness World Records and The Freedom Association Ross McWhirter co founder of Guiness World Records Dan Snow historian and broadcaster John Woodcock cricket writerSee also editHawks Club the closest equivalent members club for sportsmen at the University of Cambridge The Gridiron Club private members club open to students at the University of Oxford University Pitt Club private members club open to students at the University of CambridgeReferences edit Lack Alastair Once a member always a member Oxford Mail 11th December 2009 Michael G Brock and M C Curthoys The History of the University of Oxford Volume 7 Part 2 Oxford University Press 2000 ISBN 978 0 19 951017 7 Page 536 W B Woodgate Reminiscences of an old sportsman Vincent s Club Oxford UK a b A Happy Breed of Men Oxford Mail Hibbert Christopher 1988 Vincent s Club The Encyclopaedia of Oxford London Macmillan pp 483 484 ISBN 978 0 333 39917 0 J S G Pemberton The social life in J Wells ed Oxford and Oxford Life 1892 91 M C Curthoys M G Brock eds The History of the University of Oxford Volume VII Nineteenth Century Oxford Part 2 2000 United Kingdom Clarendon Press 536 Bannister Roger 2015 Twin Tracks The Autobiography The Robson Press ISBN 9781849548366 Razzall Tim 2014 Chance Encounters Tales from a Varied Life Biteback Publishing ISBN 9781849548205 E W Swanton An Oxford Institution Vincent s Club Oxford UK a b c J C Masterman Vincent s Club Vincent s Club Oxford UK Kodsi Daniel 18 March 2016 Vincent s Club ends gender exclusivity Cherwell Retrieved 12 April 2020 The High Oxford No 90 www oxfordhistory org uk Retrieved 8 September 2023 The High Oxford 6 7 www oxfordhistory org uk Retrieved 8 September 2023 Club Refurbishments Vincent s Club 30 September 2021 Retrieved 7 September 2023 Vincent s Club Conference Oxford conference oxford com Retrieved 7 September 2023 Lee Simon 2014 Vincent s 1863 2013 London Third Millennium Information ISBN 978 1 908990 33 4 External links editVincent s Club website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vincent 27s Club amp oldid 1186039209, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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