1832

The Wellington Club was founded in 1814. The Wellington Rooms, designed by Edmund Aiken were erected by subscription and opened in Mount Pleasant, in 1816. Here, a fixed number of balls was held each season. The "proprietors" of the Club held single or double shares and the Club was the centre of social life in Liverpool during the nineteenth century.

The Club's activities ceased during World War I and, despite attempts to revive it after 1920 it became defunct in 1922 and the premises were thereafter known as the Embassy Rooms.  Dances were held there but the premises were put up for sale in 1930 and later became the Rodney Youth Centre after this the building was used as the Liverpool Irish Centre. The premises are currently closed and up for sale (December 2006).

LRO holds records Records of the Wellington Club ( 367 WTN) from 1840-1933 comprising Minute books, registers of proprietors, cash books, miscellaneous records.

Records and History courtesy of Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Libraries. Visit Liverpool Libraries online catalogues at http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk

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