Public Schools Club

The Public Schools Club was founded in October 1863 at 17 St James's Place, London.

[2] By 1885, a "Public Schools Club" was advertising for "suitable premises" in London in which to re-establish their establishment.

The Public Schools Club disbanded during World War I as a result of the heavy casualties sustained among its membership.

A 1937 road-widening scheme (linked to the 1935 road alterations which necessitated demolishing half of Lansdowne House and creating the Lansdowne Club) forced the club out of its premises, and it moved to 100 Piccadilly, where it remained for the rest of its existence.

However, the merger has proved to be something of a takeover, as the East India naturally had no remaining members from the long-defunct East India Company, and the Public Schools Club has imported a steady stream of members.