[The New Tory Club, Oxford.] Three printed items: list of officers and members on poster; seating plan for dinner of 'The United Club and the New Tory Club', and menu. With TLS from John Boraston of Liberal Unionist Council to E. W. Benison.

Author: 
Sidney Herbert, Balliol College, President, The New Tory Club, Oxford [Captain Sir Sidney Herbert (1890-1939), Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1923-24 and 1924-27]
Publication details: 
The list of officers and members, Hilary Term, 1911. The seating plan, 10 May 1912. The menu, 24 November 1911. Boraston's letter on letterhead of Liberal Unionist Council, London. 10 May 1910.
£220.00
SKU: 14631

The list of officers and members is printed on one side of a piece of 49 x 31 cm paper. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper, with slight damage caused by removal from an album. The Club's President is named as Herbert, the Treasurer as Viscount Wolmer MP of University College, and the Secretary as E. W. Benison of Magdalen. Five committee members are named, followed by the members in alphabetical order in two columns, from 'Amery, L. S., All Souls College' to 'Yerburgh, R. D. T., University College'. The seating plan for the dinner of the United Club and the New Tory Club is on one side of a piece of 20.5 x 26 cm paper. Aged and worn, with short closed tear along one fold line. The dinner is a grand affair, with several Members of Parliament and representatives of the Central News, Daily Telegraph, Morning Post, Press Exchange, Exchange Telegraph Co., and Oxford Times. The menu is a tasteful affair, 2pp., 12mo., attached to card wraps printed in blue with red, white and blue ribbon. In good condition, lightly-aged. Boraston's letter is 1p., 4to. It is on aged paper, and has some loss to one corner caused by over-hasty removal from an album. It reads: 'I congratulate you heartily upon your success in forming the Unionist Club at Oxford about which you spoke to me when you called with Mr Sidney Herbert. I shall watch the career of the Club with interest and shall be glad to give it any assistance in my power.' Nothing relating to The New Tory Club listed on COPAC/WorldCat.