Portland Club (London)

The Portland Club is a London card-playing game club and the recognised early authority on the games of whist and bridge. It is reputedly the oldest card club in the world. Founded some time before 1815 as the Stratford Club, it was given its present name in 1825.[1]

This article is about the authority on whist and bridge. For the building in Portland, Maine, see Portland Club (Portland, Maine).

Having lost its own premises, the Club now meets in those of the Army and Navy Club at 36-39 Pall Mall, London SW1.

See also
  • List of London's gentlemen's clubs

References
  1. Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.

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