Est. 1857 by British Secretary of State & Italian statesman

St. James's Club has a long and distinguished history. It was in 1857 that English aristocrat Earl Granville (British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) and Marchese d'Azeglio, a Sardinian Minister, novelist and painter, opened the Club for travelling diplomats in St. James's Street. It quickly attracted an international clientele including Lord Randolph Churchill and Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild.

As the Club grew it moved into different premises until it finally found its home just off St James's Street in the beautiful Victorian building that is 7/8 Park Place which itself was built in 1892 as a gentlemen's chambers.

A club of Hollywood icons and musical legends!

The St James's Club in Park Place quickly became popular as a place for good food, good wine and great parties usually hosted by someone from the film world. With the Club committee chaired by Sir John Mills and members that included Liza Minelli, Dudley Moore, Peter Townshend, Sir Michael Caine, Sir Sean Connery, Tim Rice, Michael Parkinson and Lord Attenborough, and visits by Sir Elton John and Christopher Reeve, it is not surprising that it became known as one of London's most celebrated Clubs.

Today's St. James's continues this ‘thesp' tradition and still attracts the day's leading stars of screen and stage with the likes of Samuel L. Jackson and Damien Lewis having visited the Hotel & Club recently.