The Peel Club
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
Originally founded in 1836, The Peel Club was established by University of Glasgow students as a platform for Conservatism, where members could meet to discuss public policy, debate issues, organise events, and drive election campaigns.
Now departed from its former university association that ended in 1852, the club has been re-established as a private members' group in London for gentlemen with an active interest in philosophy, politics, economics, and national security.
"We are a fellowship comprised of many different minds united by one goal; to promote a functional society and governable nation."
The President, April 2024
Vice-President:
Dr David Starkey CBE
About the Club
The Club was named after its Patron, Sir Robert Peel, the British statesman and former Prime Minster, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, founder of the Metropolitan Police Service, and progenitor of the Conservative Party in 1834.
Our club serves as a bastion for learned men who seek to align with other experts in their respective fields and are mutually driven by a higher calling to uphold national interests and maintain sovereign statehood. Our membership base encompasses a very broad range of men aged 18 to 80, from a variety of professional backgrounds including: engineers, landowners, lawyers, bankers, economists, clergymen, professors, scientists, architects, politicians, diplomats, security specialists and the military.
With modern-day issues sharply rising, conservative gentlemen possessing traditional values seek to surround themselves with like-minded allies in a convivial setting of classical conventions. The Peel Club, now reborn after 170 years, provides that space as a forum to discuss, debate, and dine together at grand banquets in the original club's format.
Membership is usually by invitation and remains limited to a small size, but we do welcome new expertise and operate a waitlist for prospective members.