[1] The club was founded at the Gascoigne’s Hotel, Harrogate in 1857 by a group of professional men.

[9] The Club displays a number of marble busts and paintings from the Mercer Art Gallery under a 2016 agreement with Harrogate Borough Council,[10] and other artefacts, which are shown to the public regularly as part of tours provided for Heritage Open Days.

In return for an annual fee members are entitled to a number of benefits including the ability to entertain friends and guests, attendance at a programme of social events and admission to selected reciprocal clubs.

Notable former members of The Harrogate Club include, Titus Salt, English industrialist and philanthropist; Samson Fox, Engineer, Industrialist and philanthropist; Cuthbert Broderick, British architect,[12] as well as Ferdinand de Rothschild.

[16] Notable visitors to The Club include Scottish physician and author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.