WYNDHAM CLUB, No.11, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE. The object of the club, as stated in Rule I., "is to secure a convenient and agreeable place of meeting for a society of gentlemen, all connected with each other by a common bond of literary or personal acquaintance." Entrance-money, 25 guineas, besides 1 guinea to the library fund; annual subscription, 8l. The club is limited to 600 members.

Peter Cunningham, Hand-Book of London, 1850

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Windham Club.—Has for its object to secure a convenient and agreeable place of meeting for a society of gentlemen, all connected with each other by a common bond of literary or personal acquaintance. The election of members is by ballot. No ballot is valid unless twenty members actually vote; and one black ball in ten excludes. The entrance fee is £26 5s., and £1 1s. to the library fund; subscription, £10.

Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879