2023

The future of the Arts – Sir Nicholas Coleridge CBE, Chairman V&A Museum

Insurance post Brexit and Ukraine – Mr. Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Chairman Lloyds of London

2022

The increasing need for penal reform – Mrs. Andrea Coomber KC (Hons), Director The Howard League

Diplomacy and war correspondence from Ukraine – Mr. Simon Brocklebank-Fowler, Journalist and Former Diplomat

China Today – Sir Sebastian Wood, Former Ambassador to China

Climate Change – Richard Benyon, Baron Benyon PC, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

How Britain should make its way in the world after Covid and Brexit. Reflections on Parliament, trade, the environment, and the consequences of Brexit – Mr. Abimbola Afolami MP

2021

Britain After Covid  – Sir Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament from 1983 to 2019

Sir Edwin Lutyens Legacy – Mr Martyn Lutyens, Chairman of the Lutyens Trust

2020

Towards a Global United Kingdom – Dr Alan Mendoza, Founder and Executive Director of the Henry Jackson Society

The Supreme Court – Lady Arden of Heswell, Supreme Court Judge

From Thatcher to Johnson – Mr. Charles Moore, Journalist and Biographer

2019

Religion in Public Life – The Rev. Lucy Winkett, Vicar St James’s Piccadilly

The United Kingdom’s Defence Policy Post Brexit – General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of the Defence Staff

Life with Five Prime Ministers – Lord Butler of Brockwell, Former Secretary of the Cabinet and Fead of the Home Civil Service

The Special Relationship – Sir David Manning, Former Ambassador to the United States

2018

The Future of the Countryside – Mr. Tim Breitmeyer, President of the Country Landowners Association

Brexit and the City – Sir Alan Yarrow, Chairman of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments, Former Lord Mayor of the City of London

Prison Reform – Mrs. Claudia Sturt, Director of Security, Order and Counter Terrorism at Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service

UK Immigration Control – Admiral Sir Charles Montgomery, Former Second Sea Lord and Head of the Border Force

Artists as a Catyalst – Mrs. Eileen Cooper, Artist and former Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools

How World War One Changed Europe – Sir Hew Strachan, Historian

2017

The Security Challenges facing the West in the Trump Era – Mrs.Sarah Macintosh CMG, Ambassador to NATO

The Future of Private Education  – Mr. Anthony Wallersteiner,  Headmaster of Stowe School

The Supreme Court – Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG PC, Former President of the Supreme Court

How Social Mobility Can Help Britain Close the Productivity Gap – The Rt. Hon. Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for International Development

The Cabinet Office – Sir Anthony Seldon FRSA. FRHistS. FKC., Historian, Biographer and Former Headmaster Wellington College

Bordeaux wine dinner – Mr. Derek Smedley MV

2016

Climate Change – Professor Chris Rapley CBE, Professor of Climate Science in the Department of Earth Sciences, University College London

Britain and the European Union – The Rt. Hon. Owen Paterson MP, former Minister for the Environment and Rural Affairs

From War to God- Reflections From the Last 25 Years – Mrs.Caroline Wyatt, BBC Religious Affairs Correspondent and previously BBC Defence Correspondent

Pinkoes and Traitors – Professor Jean Seaton, Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster and the Official Historian of the BBC

In Praise of Openness: Building International Links in an Uncertain Age – Sir Ciaran Devane, Chief Executive of the British Council 

2015

Waterloo – The Battle Which Defined a Century – General Sir Richard Shirreff, Former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe

City Livery Companies – Mr. Adam Lee, Past Prime Warden of The Dyers Company to mark his retirement as Chairman of the Chatham Dining Club

The Condition of British Politics – Professor Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield FBA,  Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary University of London

2014

When is Military Support in Other Countries Justified? – Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, KGMG, QC, Chairman of the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee and former Foreign Secretary

The Good News About Free Schools – The Hon. Toby Young FRSA, Author, Journalist and Co-founder of the West London Free School

The Challenges Facing the Countryside – Sir Barney White-Spunner KCB CBE, Executive Chairman, The Countryside Alliance

2013

Stumbling Giant: The Threats to China’s Future – Mr. Timothy Beardson, Investment Banker and Author

100 Glorious Years: How Britain Saved its Heritage – Dr. Simon Thurley, Chief Executive, English Heritage

Choosing the Pope: Heads of the Modern Catholic Church and the Leadership of Pope Francis – Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster

The Arab Spring in the Gulf – Mr. Jamie Bowden, CMG, OBE, HM Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman

In The Footsteps of Polar Giants – Lieutenant Colonel Henry Worsley, Army Officer and Polar Explorer

The Future of the Army – General Sir Nicholas Parker KCB CBE ADC Gen, Former Commander in Chief, Land Forces

Whipping in a Coalition – The Rt. Hon. Sir George Young, Bt., CH MP, Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons

2012

Current Government Finance in the United Kingdom – Lord Sassoon Kt, FCA, Commercial Secretary to H.M. Treasury

Working with Cameras – A Sky Commentator’s View on Shaping National Events, Helping Soldiers Succeed and Making Downton Abbey – Colonel Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, OBE, Royal, Constitutional and Religious Commentator for Sky News

Safer Surgery: Your Life in their Hands – Mrs. Clare Marx, CBE, FRCS, DL, President of the British Orthopaedic Association 2008/9

2011

The Politics of Cutting Spending – The Rt. Hon. The Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, PC, Former Government Minister

Diplomacy Past and Present – From the Congress of Vienna to Wikileaks – Sir Ivor Roberts, KCMG, MA Oxford, FCIL, Former HM Ambassador to Belgrade, Dublin and Rome

China’s International Role in the next Decade – His Excellency Mr. Liu Xiaoming, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China

Stirring Dull Roots with Spring Rain – Tahrir Square and Beyond – The Hon. Dominic Asquith, CMG, HM Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt

Carnarvon and Carter – The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon

The Evolving Role of the Country House – Lady Victoria Leatham

2010

Occidentalism: How Muslims see the West – Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, KCMG, LVO, Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Afghanistan & Pakistan

100TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER – Mr. Adam Lee, Chairman, Club Committee, Mr. James Cripps, Club Committee, son of former Chairman

Organised Chaos – Major Sir Michael Parker, KCVO, CBE, Military & Civilian Event Organiser

2009

Taxing UK PLC – The UK Government’s Finances and Taxation – Dr. Vince Cable, MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor

From Neighbourhood to International – Policing in 2009 – Mr. John Giffard, CBE, QPM, DL, Former Chief Constable of Staffordshire

The New Order Global Financial System – Mrs. Nicola Horlick, Chief Executive Officer of Bramdean Asset Management

2008

The Ups and Downs of Life in Prison and Politics – Mr. Jonathan Aitken, Former Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister and ex-prisoner

General Reflections – General Sir Mike Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL, Former Chief of the General Staff

The Centre for Social Justice – The Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan-Smith, MP, Former leader of the Conservative Party, 2001-03

Reflections on Helmand – Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, Former Commander British Forces and Helmand Task Force

2007

Practicalities and Problems in UK Transport Policy – Mr. Hugh Norie, former Director, Mott MacDonald

Truth and Fiction in Public Life and the Black Art of Spindoctoring – Dr. Michael Shea, former Press Secretary, HM The Queen

Interest Rates – How and Why? – Sir Andrew Large, former Deputy Governor, Bank of England

Are the baby boomers betraying our children? –The Hon. David Willetts, MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Country House Opera – Ms. Wasfi Kani, OBE, Chief Executive of Grange Park Opera and Pimlico Opera

2006

France: The Social Chapter and the World – Rt. Hon. John Selwyn Gummer, former Chairman, Conservative Party

When the World Goes Mad – Mr. Simon Winchester, Author, journalist, broadcaster

Speaking for Marriage – The Rt. Rev. Michael Scott-Joynt, Bishop of Winchester

2005

The Role of the TA in Iraq Now and in The Future – Major General. The Duke of Westminster, Senior Officer, Territorial Army

The Future of NATO – Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, former Secretary General, NATO

The NHS – Where are We? – Sir Barry Jackson, former President, The Royal College of Surgeons

60 Years of Anglo-German Relations – His Excellency Mr. Thomas Matussek, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

2004

The Role of the Press in Politics – Mr. Simon Jenkins, former Editor, The Times

Is there a Future for British Agriculture? – The Earl of Selborne, former Chairman, House of Lords sub-committee on EU agricultural and environmental regulations

Just Law: The Changing Face of Justice – Baroness Kennedy, QC

Intelligence and its Uses in the War on Terror – Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, Diplomat and former Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee

Israel and Palestine from an Israeli Standpoint – Peter Afia, Past Bailiff, Weavers’ Company

2003

Accounting for Corporate Greed: Can it be Curbed? – Dr. Peter Knutson, Associate Professor Emeritus, Wharton School of Pennsylvania

The Struggle against Terrorism – General The Lord Guthrie, former Chief of the Defence Staff

Inside the BBC – Mr. Will Wyatt, former Deputy to the Director General, BBC

2002

The National Health Service: The Future – The Earl Howe, Shadow Minister of Health, House of Lords

New News – Miss. Kate Adie, Journalist

Palestine: Why Oslo Went Wrong – Dr. Karma Nabulsi, Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford and former Advisor to Yasser Arafat

Funding the Arts: Can the Government see it? – Mr. John Tusa, Managing Director, Barbican Centre

Democracy, Deflation and Duisenberg – Mr. George Magnus, Chief Economist, S. G. Warburg

What is Education for? – Dr. Nick Tate, Headmaster, Winchester College

1999

Self-Regulation: A Responsible Press in a Free Society – Rt. Hon. Lord Wakeham, Press Complaints Commission

Higher Education and its Prospects for the Millennium – Mr. A. Millns, Assistant Chief Executive, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

How Near are We to Permanent Peace? – Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Needham, former Northern Ireland Minister

1998

Are We Using Our Prisons Properly? – General Sir David Ramsbotham, Chief Inspector of Prisons

Farming: The Way Things Are – The Hon. Oliver Walston, Farmer and Broadcaster

1997

The Threat of Serious Crime – Mr. D. C. Veness, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police

From the Gulf War to the Middle East Today – General Sir Peter de la Billière

1996

Lloyds: Reconstruction and Renewal – Mr. David Rowland, Chairman, Lloyds of London

The Northern Ireland Situation – Mr. David Trimble, MP, Leader, Ulster Unionist Party

Cabinet and Civil Service – Sir Robin Butler, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service

UK and US: Opportunities for Growth after the Election: A View from the American Midwest – Dr. Jeremy Cripps, Professor of Business Administration, Accounting and Economics, Heidelberg College, Ohio

1995

The Way Ahead for Transport – Mr. Steven Norris, MP, Under-Secretary of State for Transport

Peacekeeping in the Former Yugoslavia – Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Rose, Commander, UN Forces Bosnia-Herzagovina Command

China after Deng Xiaoping – Sir. Richard Evans, former Ambassador to China

Fighting for the Nation – Mr. Jocelyn Stevens, Chairman, English Heritage

The Security Service in the 1990s – Mrs. Stella Rimington

1994

Racing to the Millenium – Mr. Tristram Ricketts, Chief Executive, British Horseracing Board

Defence Cuts: Options for What – General Sir David Ramsbotham, former Adjutant-General

The BBC: Change for Good – Mr. Marmaduke Hussey, Chairman, Board of Governors, BBC

Britain’s Economic Prospects: Has Anything Changed? – Professor Patrick Minford, Professor of Economics & Accounting, Liverpool University

Britain at the Heart of Europe – Rt. Hon. Tristan Garel-Jones, former Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office

1993

United Nations Peacekeeping: A Role for the United Kingdom – Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald

“And what remains when disbelief has gone?” – Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop of Peterborough

Reform of the House of Lords – Rt. Hon. Lord Wakeham, Lord Privy Seal & Leader of the House of Lords

1992

Muddling through to the Millennium – Sir Jeremy Morse, Chairman, Lloyds Bank

Commercial and Industrial Policy in the 1990s – Rt. Hon. Dr. Lewis Moonie, MP, Shadow Technology Spokesman, Department of Trade & Industry

Journalism with Limits – Miss. Eve Pollard, Editor, Sunday Express

The NHS: Funding for Life – Rt. Hon. William Waldegrave, MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Lloyds: The Next Decade – Mr. David Coleridge, Chairman, Lloyds of London

The Maastricht Treaty – Lord O’Hagan, MEP

Developments in the Administration of Justice during the Next Decade – Rt. Hon. Lord Taylor of Gosforth, Lord Chief Justice of England

1991

Israel: Meat in the Middle East Sandwich – His Excellency Mr. Yoav Biran, Israeli Ambassador

WCC: How We Work – Lady Porter, Chairman, Westminster City Council

British Industry – Sir Robert Scholey, Chairman, British Steel

The Train Industry in Motion – Sir Bob Reid, Chairman, British Rail

A Battalion Commander’s View of the Gulf War – Lt. Col. Iain Johnstone, Commanding Officer, 1st Bn. Royal Scots

1990

Hong Kong: Quo Vadis? – Mr. John Yaxley, Hong Kong Commissioner

An Independent View of Housing – Mrs. John Sutton, former Chairman, North Norfolk District Council Housing Committee

Between Now and 1992 – Rt. Hon. Sir Geoffrey Howe, MP, Deputy Prime Minister

The Gulf Crisis: A Strategic Overview – Col. M. K. O’M Dewar, Deputy Director, Institute of Strategic Studies

Will the Japanese Miracle Continue? – Sir Michael Wilford, former Ambassador to Japan

The Role of the Speaker – Rt. Hon. Bernard Weatherill, MP, Speaker, House of Commons

1989

British Agriculture Today and Tomorrow – The Hon. Sir Richard Butler, former President, National Farmers’ Union

The Search for a Winning Strategy against the IRA – Professor Paul Wilkinson, Department of Politics, University of Aberdeen

Educating Tomorrow’s Children – Mr. J. P. Sabben-Clare, Headmaster, Winchester College

South Africa – H.E. Mr. P. R. Killen, South African High Commissioner

1988

The City: Fifteen Months after the Big Bang – Mr. Charles McVeigh, Chairman, Solomon Brothers International Ltd., Lord Harris of High Cross, Chairman, The Institute of Economic Affairs

Globalising of Television and its News – Mr. David Nicholas, Chief Executive, Independent Television

International Relations and their Effect on the US Presidential Campaign – Professor Robert McGeehan, St. Anthony’s College, Oxford

1987

The Alliance in a Balanced Parliament – Mr. Charles Welchman, Liberal Parliamentary Candidate

NATO: The Challenge for the Future – General Bernard Rogers, United States Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

The Value to Industry and Commerce of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme – HRH The Prince Edward, Chairman, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme

1986

The Work fo the Save the Children Fund Worldwide – HRH The Princess Anne, President, Save the Children Fund

Higher Education: What has Gone Wrong? – Rt. Hon. Lord Beloff, Fellow, St. Anthony’s College, Oxford

The Legitimisation of Structures in South Africa: Political and Climactical – Mr. Christopher Bell, Managing Director, Barclays National

Mergers, Take-Overs and the “Big Bang” in the City – Sir Gordon Borrie, Director General, Office of Fair Trading

Industry and Employment – Sir John Harvey-Jones, Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries

Ad Hoc Speech – Mr. Ken Livingstone, former Chairman, Greater London Council

British Defence Policy in Cyprus – Major Gen. Sir Desmond Langley, former Commander British Forces, Cyprus

1985

The Current Industrial Relations Scene – Mr. J. P. Lowry, Chairman, Advisory, Couciliation & Arbitration Service

Addiction Problems – Dr. Michael Dixon, Cranston Project for Addiction Curing

75TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER – Rt. Hon. Julian Amery, MP, son of the Club’s first speaker in 1910, Sir Gilbert Longden, former Chairman, Club Committee, Mr. Anthony Cripps, Chairman, Club Committee

Why Britain needs a Designers’ Corner at Westminster Abbey – Lord Vinson, Chairman, The Development Commission

God is in the Heavens but Where is the Church? – The Rev. Roger Royle, Broadcaster and Journalist

1984

The Nuclear Debate – Field Marshal Lord Carver, former Chief of the General Staff

Trade Unions in the 1980s – Rt. Hon. Lionel Murray, General Secretary, Trade Union Congress

The Reform of Lloyds – Mr. Ian Hay Davison, Chief Executive, Lloyds of London

Financial Markets in a Changing World – Mr. Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Governor, Bank of England

Maritime Britain – Admiral Sir Anthony Griffin, Chairman, British Maritime League

Britain’s Heritage under Threat – Rt. Hon. Lord Charteris of Amisfield, Chairman, National Heritage Fund

A Defence Perspective – Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin, former Chief of the Defence Staff

Defence: Current Issues – Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine, MP, Minister of Defence

1983

Unilateral Menace and the Merits of Trident – Marshal of the RAF Lord Cameron, former Chief of the Defence Staff

The Paths of Progress in Surgery – Mr. H. H. G. Eastcott, Vice-President, Royal College of Surgeons

Latin America: Problems and Opportunities – Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

The Falklands: A Battalion Commander’s View – Lt. Col. M. I. E. Scott, Commanding Officer, 1st Bn. Scots Guards

Prison Problems for the 1980s – Mr. W. A. Brister, Deputy Director General, The Prison Service

1982

Exploration and Youth – Lieut. Col. J. M. Blashford-Snell

The Future of the British Motor Industry – Mr. Sam Toy, Managing Director, Ford Motor Company (UK)

Northern Ireland – Lieut. Gen. Sir Richard Lawson, Commander-in-Chief, Northern Ireland

The Stock Exchange and British Business – Sir Nicholas Goodison, Chairman, The Stock Exchange

Educational Sense and Nonsense – Mr. W. E. K. Anderson, Headmaster, Eton College

1981

Policing in the 1980s – Sir Kenneth Newman, Commandant, Police Staff College

The Middle East – Sir John Graham, Deputy Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office

The House of Lords – Lord Blake, Provost, Queen’s College, Oxford

Food and Agricultural Development in Europe – Sir Henry Plumb, MEP, former President, National Farmers’ Union

The Irish Question Today – H.E. Dr. Eamon Kennedy, Irish Ambassador

1980

Power in International Politics – Rt. Hon. Lord Home of the Hirsel, former Prime Minister

Prisons: Their Purpose and Effect – Sir John May, Chairman, UK Prison Service Enquiry

Education and Society – Dr. John Rae, Headmaster, Westminster School

The Use of the Armed Forces in the 1980s – General Sir Edwin Bramall, Chief of the General Staff

Institutions or People: Which are the Key to Fruitful Change? – Lord Cockfield, Minister of State, HM Treasury

1979

The Trouble at The Times – Mr. William Rees-Mogg, Editor, The Times

1978

Governing London – Mr. Horace Cutler, Chairman, Greater London Council

1977

Cabinet Government – Rt. Hon. Lord Trend, former Secretary to the Cabinet

The Future of Nationalised Industries – Sir Derek Ezra, Chairman, National Coal Board

The Bullock Proposals for Industrial Democracy – Mr. Clive Jenkins, General Secretary, Association of Scientific Technical & Managerial Staffs

The Future of the Official Secrets Act – Mr. Jonathan Aitken, MP

The House of Lords – Baroness Young

1976

Industrial Relations – Mr. Frank Chapple, General Secretary, Electrical, Electronic, Tele-Communications & Plumbing Union

East-West Relations – Rt. Hon. Lord Chalfont, former Defence Correspondent, The Times

The Mixed Economy: Can it Work? – Sir Kenneth Keith, Minister of State, The Foreign Office

1975

The New Towns – Sir Henry Chisholm, Chairman, Corby Development Commission

Conservative Policy – Rt. Hon. Sir Keith Joseph, MP

The Problems of State Patronage of the Arts Today – Lord Gibson, Chairman, The Arts Council

The Turf – Rt. Hon. Lord Oaksey, Racing Journalist

European Architectural Heritage Year: 1975 – Countess of Dartmouth, British Chairman, European Heritage Year

1974

Race Relations in Britain Today – The Hon. Mark Bonham-Carter, Chairman, Community Relations Commission

Britain and the Middle East – Sir Richard Beaumont, former Ambassador to Egypt

The Theatre – The Hon. William Douglas-Home, Playwright

The Universities – General Sir John Hackett, Principal, King’s College, London

1973

Is the Public really interested by History and Tradition? – Dr. Roy Strong, Director, Victoria & Albert Museum

British Farming in the 1970s – Sir Richard Trehane, Chairman, Milk Marketing Board

The Relations between Government, Parliament and Industry – Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton, Leader of the Opposition, House of Lords

Recollections of a Central Banker – Rt. Hon. Lord O’Brien, Governor, Bank of England

China – Sir John Keswick, Jardine Matheson & Co.

Public Confidence in the Police – Sir Robert Mark, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police

1972

What ought we to do with our criminals? – Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Lawton, Lord Justice of Appeal

The Threat of International Subversion – Mr. Brian Crozier, Director, Institute for Study of Conflict

Japan – Sir John Pilcher, former Ambassador to Japan

Defence – Rt. Hon. Lord Carrington, Secretary of State for Defence

1971

The Government – Rt. Hon. Reginald Maudling, MP, Secretary of State for Home Affairs

Developments in Government Organisation – Sir William Armstrong, Head of the Civil Service

The Third Party – Rt. Hon. Jeremy Thorpe, MP, Leader, Liberal Party

1970

Defence Problems in the 1970s – General Sir Michael Carver, Chief of the General Staff

Some Aspects of Monetary Policy – Rt. Hon. Harold Lever, MP, Paymaster General

The Power of the Press – Mr. Hugh Cudlipp, Chairman, International Publishing Corporation

 

1969

The Future of Great Britain – Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell, MP, former Minister of Health

Anglo-Brazilian Affairs – Sir John Russell, former Ambassador to Brazil

Whither Transplantation Surgery? – Mr. John Watson, Plastic Surgeon

1968

The Law Commission – Sir Leslie Scarman, Chairman, The Law Commission

Russia Today – H.E. Dr. Smirnovsky, Russian Ambassador

Indo-British Relations – Rt. Hon. John Freeman, former High Commissioner, India

A Rationale of Separate Development – H.E. Dr. Luttig, German Ambasasdor

1967

Financial Journalism Today – Sir Gordon Newton, Editor, The Financial Times

Britain and the Common Market Five Years On – Rt. Hon. Sir Derek Walker Smith, MP

The War in Vietnam – Sir Robert Thompson, formerly with the British Advisory Mission, Vietnam

International Affairs – Rt. Hon. Duncan Sandys, MP, former Secretary of State for the Colonies

Towards International Understanding – Mr. F. J. Elphick

1966

The Future of Overseas Investment – Mr. Val Duncan, Chairman, Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation

British Techniques in Diplomacy – Sir Paul Gore-Booth, former Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office

Politicians must be Maligned – Mr. Peter Walker, MP

1965

The Functions of the Bank of England – The Earl of Cromer, Governor, Bank of England

The Voluntary Services Overseas Movement – Rt. Hon. Viscount Amory, Chairman, VSO

Guided Missiles and Micro-Technology – Mr. Sebastian de Ferranti

The General Election, 1966 – Mr. David Butler

1964

Crime and Punishment – Lord Parker of Waddington

Eton Today – Mr. Anthony Chenevix-Trench, Headmaster, Eton College

1963

The Future of Education in Britain – Lord James of Rusholme, former High Master, Manchester Grammar School

National Economic Development Council – Sir Robert Shone, Director General, NEDC

How Awful is the Press? – Mr. Gordon Brook Shepherd

1962

Britain and the Common Market – Rt. Hon. Edward Heath, MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

The Future of British Railways – Dr. Richard Beeching, Chairman, British Rail

The Future of Trade Unionism – Mr. George Woodcock, General Secretary, Trade Union Council

1961

Defenceless Britain – Mr. George Wigg, MP

Political Loyalty is not a Virtue – Mr. Nigel Nicolson

Conservatives in the Modern World – The Marquis of Salisbury, Former Cabinet Minister

Anglo-American Relations on Foreign Affairs – H.E. The Hon. D. K. Bruce, American Ambassador

Western Strategy – Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Former Chief of the Imperial General Staff

1960

New Look in Kenya – Mr. Michael Blundell, Leader, Multi-Racial Party, Kenya

Running a Diocese – Rt. Rev. Mervyn Stockwood, Bishop of Southwark

JUBILEE DINNER – 25TH MAY – Sir Cuthbert Headlam, former Chairman, Club Committee, Mr. R. Goold-Adams

1959

Why Liberals? – Mr. Jo Grimond, MP, Leader, Liberal Party

The Fifth Republic – Mr. Frank Giles, Times Correspondant

The Commonwealth: Platitude or Reality? – Hon. C. M. Woodhouse, Director General, Royal Institute of International Affairs

Problems Confronting Shooting and Fishing in Britain Today – Mr. Gerald Best

Why the United Nations? – Mr. Terence Lawson, Secretary, UN Council for World Citizenship

1958

The Persian Gulf – Sir Charles Belgrave, Financial Advisor to the Government of Bahrain

The Army – Fire Engine or Rocket? – Brigadier Bernard Fergusson

The Running of a Cabinet – Rt. Hon. Earl Attlee,  former Prime Minister

Strategy – Marshal of the RAF Sir John Slessor, former Commandant, Defence College

1957

Partnership on the Copperbelt – Sir Ronald Prain, Chairman, Rhoderian Selection Trust

Social Equality: How and Why – Rt. Hon. Hugh Gaitskell, MP, Leader, Labour Party

Does the Commonwealth offer more than a Platitude? – Lieut. Gen. Sir Archibald Nye, former High Commissioner to India and Canada

Private and Nationalised Industries: Some Fundamental Differences – Mr. Paul Chambers, Deputy Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries

House of Lords Reform – Members and Guests

Racing and its Problems – Lord Willoughby de Broke, Member, Jockey Club

1956

Fashions in Art Collecting – Mr. Geoffrey Agnew

Was the Sudan Prepared for Self-Government? – Mr. Paul Daniell, former Sudan Civil Servant

Our Organisation for Defence – Lieut. Gen. Sir Ian Jacob, Director General, BBC

Why Write At All? – Mr. Alan Pryce-Jones

The Problems of a Divided Germany? – Herr Muddelmann

Trade Unions and Automation – Mr. Sam Watson, Labour Party Executive

The Unpopular Press – Mr. Donald Tyerman, Editor, The Economist

1955

Pakistan – Sir Gilbert Laithwaite, High Commissioner, Pakistan

Income Tax – Lord Radcliffe, Chairman, Royal Commission for Taxation

The National Trust – Mr. Christopher Hussey, former Editor, Country Life

Popular Press – Mr. Cecil Harmsworth King, Chairman, Daily Mirror

Some Aspects of the Juvenile Court – Sir Basil Henriques, Stipendiary Magistrate, London

1954

Influence of the Examination System in Education – Mr. Robert Birley, Headmaster, Eton College

Trieste – Sir Victor Mallet,  former Ambassador to Rome

Television – Viscount Duncannon, Director, High Definition Films

Problems Confronting the Army Today – Field Marshal Sir John Harding, Chief of the Imperial General Staff

The Problem of the African – Lord Brand

The Worst and Best of Cricket – Mr. Denzil Batchelor, Sports Journalist

1953

Asia – Mr. Ritchie Calder

China – Sir Frederick Whyte

Modern Japan – Mr. K. Asakan

Russia’s Frontiers in Asia – Mr. Peter Fleming

Dealers and Collectors – Sir Kenneth Clark, Historian

Germany – Mr. Denis Healey, MP

Some Aspects of Colonial Policy – Rt. Hon. O. L. Lyttleton, MP

The Organisation of our Democratic Institution – Sir Hartley Shawcross

Anglo-American Relations – Colonel Barton S. Pulling

1952

The Prospect of Successful Self-Government, with special reference to Nigeria – Mr. L. E. H. Fellows

The Future of Trade Unionism – Mr. Arthur Deakin

The Suez Canal – Lord Hankey

The Purpose in Art – Mr. J. Christie

The Criminal Side of Police Work – Mr. R. M. Howe

Divorce: Remedy or Problem? – Mrs. Helena Normanton

Agriculture – Mr. H. D. Walston

1951

Productivity – Sir Henry Tizard

The Prospects of Unity in Western Europe – Sir George Rendel

The Economic Aspects of Town and Country Planning Legislation – Professor Sir Arnold Plant

Recovery in Norway since 1946 – Sir Laurence Collier

FORTIETH BIRTHDAY DINNER AT THE MANSION HOUSE by invitation of Sir Denys Lowson, Lord Mayor

Europe from the German Point of View – Mr. Wolfgang van Dower

Constitutional Development of Central Africa – Sir Dougal Malcolm

The Actual Transfer of Power in India – Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Last Viceroy of India

1950

Britain’s Needs and Prospects in the Dollar Markets – Sir Graham Cunningham

Getting the Most out of the Land – Dr. J. W. Scharff

Hopes and Fears in Pakistan – Sir Frederick Bourne

Germany – Mr. Duncan Wilson

Some Aspects of South Africa’s Racial Problem – H.E. Dr. A. L. Geyer, South African High Comissioner

The Modern Coroner and his Place in the Prevention of Crime – Mr. Bentley Purchase, Coroner of the Queen’s Household

1949

The Financial Outlook and the Position of Sterling – Mr. Paul Bareau

The Defence of the West – Mr. Douglas Jerrold

Cyprus and some Aspects of Colonial Administration – Lord Winster

The Council of Europe – Mr. David Eccles, MP

Soviet Foreign Policy – Major Gen. E. S. Lindsay

1948

Spain – Mr. W. Horsfall Carter

The Diplomatic Service – Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen

The Place of the Middle East in the World Today – Sir Ronald Storrs

Memories and Prospects in India – Lord Clydesmuir

Uses of Atomic Energy, Peaceful and Otherwise – Sir George Thomson

Cold War: East and West – Mr. Donald McLachlan

Catholicism in the Modern World – Mr. Douglas Woodruff

Modern Trade Unionism – Mr. Victor Feather

1947

Russia – Mr. John Lawrence

France – The Hon. Harold Nicolson, Diplomat and Author

Emigration, with Special Refernce to Australia – Mr. Norman Mighell, Australian High Comissioner

The Economic Outlook – Mr. Geoffrey Crowther

Palestine – Major The Hon. Martin Charteris

Incentives in Industry – Mr. Nigel Balchin

Anglo-American Relations – Mr. R. H. S. Crossman, MP

Japan – Mr. W. Teeling, MP

1946

The Future of the Club – Major Gen. G. P. Dawnay, Chatham Dining Club Co-Founder

The Prevention of War – Admiral Hon. Sir Reginald Plunkett Ernle-Erle-Drax

International Law – Mr. Willy Freund

1939

British Policy in the Mediterranean – Mr. Compton Mackenzie, Author

The Ukraine – Mr. Vladimir de Korostoretz

The Nervousness Prevalent in the Balkan States – Vice-Admiral C. V. Osborne

The Recovery of a Friendly Spain – Mr. Arnold Lunn

Can Public Schools Maintain their Position in Modern Conditions? – Dr. Cyril Allington

1938

Dictatorship, with Special Reference to Portugal – Sir Francis Lindley

Ireland – Hon. Francis Pakenham

What is Likely to be the Financial Outcome of the Armaments Race? – Professor Lionel Robbins

Palestine – Sir Ronald Storrs

Dictatorship – Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen

Population – Sir Arnold Wilson

The Crisis during September and its Effects – Members only

1937

The Restoration of Property and the Ending of the Proletariat – Mr. Hilaire Belloc

Empire Migration – Mr. Malcolm Macdonald

The Character and Customs of the Club – Members only

Monetary Reform – Mr. Patrick Barrington

Italy – Mr. C. J. S. Sprigge

Our Stake at Shanghai – Sir Sidney Barton

Canada – Mr. Vincent Massey

The Influence of America – Mr. Robert Boothby, MP

1936

The Labour Party and Sanctions – Mr. W. A. Ewer

The Future of the League of Nations – Sir Walter Layton

Industrial Mobilization – Mr. G. C. Whitham

Far Eastern Affairs and their Implications – General Sir Kenneth Wigram

The Present Position of Central Europe as it is seen by Czechoslovakia – Mr. Jan Masaryk

The Position of the Youth Movement in Germany – Mr. T. P. Conwell Evans

The Spanish Tragedy – The Marquess Del Moral

1935

Monetary Reform – Dr. T. E. Gregory

India – Sir Malcolm Hailey

Germany – Count Montgelas

Where the Capitalistic System Fails – Mr. James Maxton, MP

Territorial Army – Lt. Col. A. K. Dunlop

Broadcast Programme Policy – Colonel A. C. Dawnay

Problems and Progress in the USA – Dr. Moritz Bonn and Sir Harold Hartley

1934

Some Problems of Merchant Shipping – Mr. Philip Runciman

The Police and Responsibility to the Public – Sir John Moylan

Unemployment Problems in Europe – Mr. W. Teeling

Youth in the New Germany – Prince Biron von Courland

Reconstruction: The Next Step – Mr. Harold Macmillan, MP, Prime Minister 1957-1953

Are We Fair to Hitler? – Mr. Ernest Tennant

The Balkan Problem in the Light of Recent Events – Dr. Seton Watson

The Derelict Areas – Captain Euan Wallace, MP

1933

British Government Shareholdings in Foreign Soil – Sir Arnold Wilson

The Polish Corridor – Mr. V. Poliakoff

The Great Illusion, 1933 – Sir Norman Angell

America’s Part in the Crisis – Mr. O. R. Hobson

The Army and Imperial Defence – Lieut. Gen. Sir Ronald Charles

The Navy and Imperial Defence – Captain V. H. Danckwerts

The Air Force and Imperial Defence – Group Captain R. H. Peck

1932

Road Transport – Colonel P. D. Ionides

Kenya – Sir Edward Grigg

Co-Partnership and Profit Sharing in Industry – Sir Alexander Walker

The Crisis in the Far East – Sir Frederick Whyte

Germany’s Foreign Policy – Count Bernsdorf and Count Montgelas

The Problem of Manchukuo – Mr. Y. Tsurumi

The Progress of Industrialisation in Russia – Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland

Air Communications – The Master of Sempill

1931

Air Survey Possibilities – Colonel Crosthwaite

Economy – Sir Ernest Benn

Iraq and Middle East Policy – Sir Arnold Wilson

Technical Education in Russia – Professor Mouat Hones

TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY DINNER – The Future of the Club – Major Gen. G. P. Dawnay

Political Capitalism and Political Labour – Mr. Austin Hopkinson, MP

Empire Poetry – Mr. J. C. Squire

1930

Institute of Pacific Relations – Hon. H. A. Wyndham

Women in Modern Industry and Politics – Rt. Hon. Margaret Bondfield, MP

British Policy in the East – Lord Lloyd

Present Position of the West Indies – Sir Edward Dawson

Economics of the Turf – Sir Clement Hindley

Public Schools and Business Careers – Sir Francis Goodenough

The Power of the Press – Mr. R. D. Blumenfeld

1929

Amateurism in Sport – Mr. F. H. Mugliston

The Situation in India – Sir Leslie Wilson

The Dangers of Too Much Air Propaganda – Rear Admiral J. E. T. Harper

The Economic Mission to Australia – Mr. D. O. Malcolm

Banking and Industry – Mr. H. D. Henderson

The Zionist Movement and Palestine – Mr. Chaim Weizmann, First Prime Minister of Israel

1928

India and the Reform Act – Lord Lytton

Fascism – Professor G. Salvemini

America’s Attitude to Europe – Mr. J. D. Whepley

The Co-operative Movement – Mr. A. V. Alexander, MP

1927

Public School Problems of Today – Dr. Cyril Norwood

Present Day Problems of Japan – Mr. W. E. Laxon Sweet

Social Problems and Empire Policy – Dr. L. Haden Guest

The Air Defence of London – Marshal of the RAF Sir John Salmond

The British Film Industry – Mr. Charles Tennyson

Business and Politics – Sir Ernest Benn

The Relation of Science and Scientific Research to Everyday Life – Mr. H. T. Tizard

Industrial Problems – Sir Alfred Mond

Geneva Naval Conference – Capt. W. A. Egerton

1926

The League of Nations and Disarmament – Mr. H. Wilson Harris

Some Lessons of Present Industrial Prosperity in the USA – Mr. W. F. Lloyd and Mr. B. Austin

The Question of the Second Chamber – The Earl of Selborne

The Political Position in China – Dr. Hu Shih

1925

The Control of Alien Immigration – Mr. W. Haldane Porter

The Problem of Crime – Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise, Prison Administrator and Reformer

The Legal Position of Trade Unions – Lord Summer

The Trend of Events in Germany – Mr. L. J. Maxse

The Future of the Coal Mining Industry – Sir Richard Redmayne

Communism and the Trade Unions – Mr. H. Wickham Steed

The Dynamics of Locarno – Dr. A. Shadwell

1924

Fleet Street and Downing Street – Sir Philip Gibbs

The Position of British Services – Sir George Lloyd

The Financial Policy of the Labour Party and Capital Levy – Mr. F. W. Pethick Lawrence, MP and Mr. H. P. Lees-Smith, MP

Singapore – Major Gen. Sir Neill Malcolm

Fascism – Mr. I. G. Manzi Fe

The Positions of the Dominions in Foreign Affairs – Sir James Allen

Dangers of Geneva and Protocol in its Present Form – Mr. H. C. Hyde

1923

Problem of Migration within the Empire – Mr. T. Macnaghten

The Future of National Physique – Brig. Gen. R. J. Kentish

The Future of Agriculture – Mr. C. S. Orwin

Some Problems of Aviation and Defence – Major Gen. Sir Frederick Sykes

Asiatic Problems in South and East Africa – Major Gen. Sir Humphrey Leggett

Some Apsects of the Unemployment Problem – Sir Lynden Macassey

The Economic Relation of Russia to Other European Countries in India – Mr. E. F. Wise

1922

The Future of Palestine – Mr. Shibley Jamal

The Future of the Universities – Mr. Ernest Baker

The German Mind Today – The Very Rev. Albert Victor Baillie KCVO, DD, Dean of Windsor

Reparations – Hon. R. H. Brand

Europe and America – Col. McMullen and Mr. Knight

1921

Some Criticisms of the House of Lords – Mr. W. A. Appleton

Thrift: Individual and National – Mr. Alfred Hoare

The Task before Lord Reading in India – Lord Meston

Germany Today – Major Gen. Neill Malcolm

The Future – Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

Some Problems of National Finance – Mr. L. E. Jones

Japan and the Washington Conference – Lieut. Col. R. J. Drake

Our Present Position and Policy in Turkey – The Hon. Aubrey Herbert, MP

1920

British Responsibilities in the Middle East – Mr. D. G. Hogarth and Professor Arnold Toynbee

Agriculture and the State – Major Gen. G. P. Dawnay

The Decay of Parliament – Mr. Hilaire Belloc, Poet and Author

Rise of National Democratic and Labour Party – Capt. E. E. Loseby, MP and Mr. R. Macleod

The Imperial General Staff – Maj. Gen. Sir John Davidson, MP

Industrial Reconstruction – Rt. Hon. J. R. Clynes, MP, Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, MP and Mr. J. Sexton, MP

The Foreign Office and Balkan Policy – Mr. J. C. Lawson

1919

The Industrial Situation – Sir Basil Thomson

Life and Liberty – Rev. Canon William Temple

Dominion Solution of Irish Home Rule – Sir Horace Plunkett

The United Services Fund – General Lord Byng of Vimy

1914

The Territorial Force – Major Ladislaus Pope-Hennessy

The Present Situation in Ireland – Rt. Hon. W. Long, MP

A Commonsense Military Policy – Mr. A. Schvan

Are Political Parties Going to Develop on Socialistic Lines? – Mr. Philip Snowden, MP

Australia – Lord Chelmsford

1913

His Majesty’s Navy – The Earl of Selborne

A Labour View of Empire – Mr. Joseph Poynter, MP

The Best Means of Obtaining Under Present Conditions the Military Requirements of the Near Future – Earl Percy

France and British Sea Power – Mr. John St. Loe Strachey

1912

Lombard Street and War – Hon. R. H. Brand

England’s Food Supply – Mr. C. Turner

Islam and the British Empire – Rt. Hon. Syed Ameer Ali

Labour and the Empire – The Hon. J. N. Ridley

India and the British Democracy – Mr. Harold Cox

Some Balkan Problems – Mr. G. Lloyd, MP

The Possibility of an Imperial Federation – Mr. D. O. Malcolm

 1911

The Participation of the Dominions in the Conduct of Imperial Foreign Relations – Mr. S. P. Cockerell

The Declaration of London – Mr. A. H. Charteris

The Great Illusion – Mr. Norman Angell

The Relations between Navy and the State – The Hon. Reginald Plunkett

The Conditions of Representative Government – Mr. John Buchan

India as Part of the Empire of Today – Sir James Dunlop Smith

The New Patriotism – Mr. H. H. Schloesser

A Conception of Imperial Power – The Rev. Canon Jasper Maud

1910

The Idea of Imperial Unity – Mr L. S. Amery, MP

The Constitutional Conference and its Consequences – Mr F. S. Oliver

Imperial Foreign Policy and Armaments – Capt. R. Ommanney