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Conservative Club

At first, the club met in the Lansdowne Hotel in Dover Street, before taking up rooms in the Royal Hotel at 88 St. James's Street, until the clubhouse's 1845 completion.

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From 1845 until 1959, the club occupied a building at 74 St James's Street.

Don Butcher

Butcher was a professional squash player based at the Conservative Club in London when he played in the first British Open final in December 1930.

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In 1932, Butcher successfully defended his title against Charles Arnold, winning the first match at the Conservative Club 9-0, 9-0, 9-0, and the second match at the Bath Club 9-3, 9-0, 9-5.

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He then won the second match at the Conservative Club 9-3, 9-5, 9-3 to claim the title and make the third match unnecessary.

Judges' Lodgings, Monmouth

At one time it was a Conservative Club, before being converted back to private houses, with smaller mews houses behind, in the 1970s.

Bath Club

After the bombing, it was housed by the struggling Conservative Club at 74 St James's Street, which eventually agreed to a full merger in 1950 under the name of the Bath Club, retaining the Conservative Club's St James's Street club house until 1959.

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Howard Radford

Later on he worked as a steward in Chudleigh Conservative Club and as a security guard with British Aerospace.