List of University of Oxford dining clubs

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This is a list of current University of Oxford dining clubs. All are social in nature, and recruit members by private invitation, for a programme of drinking and dining. Members are drawn exclusively from the student body of the University of Oxford. Most have individual costumes and traditions, and maintain a high degree of secrecy concerning their membership and activities.

University wide[]

  • The Assassins[1][2][3] (male society)
  • The Bullingdon Club[1][2][3] (founded 1780; dress in navy blue tailcoats, with navy velvet collar, ivory silk lapels, brass buttons, mustard waistcoat, and a sky blue bow tie; club tie is sky blue striped with ivory; sometimes called The Buller; male society)
  • The Delilahs[3] (female society)
  • The Gridiron Club[1][3] (founded 1884; commonly called The Grid; club tie is dark blue with white gridirons; mixed gender society)
  • The Piers Gaveston Society[1][2][3] (founded 1977; limited to 12 members; mixed gender society)
  • The Stoics[2][3][4] (dress in black tailcoats, with bi-coloured socks, braces, and bow ties of pale blue and yellow; male society)
  • The Viceroys[1][3] (club officers bear titles from former British Dominions, India, Canada, Australia, Ireland; allegedly associated with Oxford University Conservative Association,[5] although this is denied by the Association; male society)

College based[]

  • The Abbotts, Corpus Christi[1] (male society)
  • The Alices, Christ Church[1] (female society)
  • L’Ancien Regime, Merton[1] (mixed gender society)
  • The Black Cygnets, St Hugh's[1][3] (male society)
  • Bugger Ruggers, St Edmund Hall[2][3] (female society)
  • The Cardinals, Christ Church[1] (male society)
  • The Claret Club, Trinity[1][3] (male society)
  • The Coven,[citation needed] Jesus (female society)
  • The Dinos,[citation needed] New College (male society)
  • The Dolphins, Jesus[3] (female society)
  • The Eaglets, The Queen's[6] (male society)
  • The Faeries, Lincoln[3] (female society)
  • Flowers and Fairies, Christ Church[1][2][3] (male society)
  • The George[3]
  • The Goblin Club, Lincoln[3][7] (founded 1902; limited to between 12 and 15 members; extensive silverware collection; club tie in colours of port, champagne, and claret; male society)
  • The Halcyon Club, The Queen's[6] (male society)
  • The King Charles Club, St John's[1][2] (claims to be the oldest University dining club; club tie is black, with stripes of pacific blue edged with gold; male society)
  • The Loder, Christ Church[1][3] (members drink only from 18th-century silver goblets; male society)
  • The Missionaries, Magdalen (male society)
  • The Mantis, Magdalen[3] (female society)
  • The Mercurials, Christ Church[1] (male society)
  • The Millers, Oriel[3] (male and female society)
  • The Myrmidon Club, Merton[3][8] (founded 1865; male society)
  • The Myrmaids, Merton[3] (female society)
  • The Musketeers, Oriel[3] (male society)
  • The Nondescripts Club, Christ Church[2] (male society)
  • The Penguin Club, Hertford[1] (possibly defunct; male society)
  • The Phoenix Club, Brasenose[2][3] (claims to be the oldest University dining club; dress in brown tailcoats, and dine with a silver phoenix at the table; limited to 12 members; male society)
  • The Pythic Club, Christ Church (founded by 1845)
  • The Reginae Club, The Queen's[6]
  • The Sir Henry Pelham Gentleman’s Sporting Society, Hertford[1] (commonly known as Pelhams; male society)
  • Somerville Ladies Ultimate Tequila Society, Somerville[3] (female society)
  • The Steamers, Keble[1] (male society)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Who's afraid of the big, bad club?". Cherwell. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Vaughan, Matt (8 October 2003). "Drinking the town dry". Cherwell. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Bell, Matthew (16 September 2014). "Inside Oxford University's secret drinking clubs". Cherwell. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ^ Wilkinson, Carl (2 October 2004). "You've got to do the rite thing". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. ^ Goulding, Tom (2013). "REVEALED: OUCA's secret dining society". The Oxford Tab. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Turner, Camilla (22 November 2017). "Oxford college bans student representatives from joining secretive dining societies as it undermines inclusivity". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. ^ Gauci, Perry (2003). "The Goblin Centenary" (PDF). Lincoln College Record 2001-2002.
  8. ^ A short account of the history of the Myrmidon Club
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