Hong Kong Club

Opened on 26 May 1846, it is a private business and dining club in the heart of Central, Hong Kong.

[1] The club's first premises were situated on Queen's Road at the junction with D'Aguilar Street.

It was a place where the governor and senior civil servants would hold discussions with business elites.

[3] In 1877, the club witnessed an intrusion by a British soldier who was enraged by the privileges of the official and merchant classes.

The lone assailant wandered into the club brandishing a sword, swinging it at the lamps and chandeliers, and menacing members saying "You're one of them".

[4] In May 1981, a group of members fighting to preserve the Victorian clubhouse built in 1897 called an emergency general meeting with a motion to wind up the club and distribute its assets.

The foundation is separately managed from the club and John Budge has served as its chairman since its establishment.

[2] On 16 February 1895, the club was granted a 999-year lease on the current site, and a new clubhouse was completed there in 1897.

Hong Kong Club c. 1873 at the corner of Wyndham Street and Queen's Road .
Hong Kong Club in 1890 at the corner of D'Aguilar Street and Queen's Road, opposite the Supreme Court (It is the building on the left, not the one in the centre).
Second generation Hong Kong Club Building in 1928.