Pitt Clubs were private members clubs formed in Great Britain in the 18th and 19th century to memorialise William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806). Although the London Pitt Club was formed in 1793, it was only after the death of Pitt that more "country" Pitt clubs were established outside London. Only the Cheshire, Cambridge, and London Pitt Clubs still operate.
London Pitt Club The London Pitt Club was formed in 1793 by Nathaniel Atcheson with a view to counteract the radical ideas of the French Revolution. Originally the club met on the birthdays of George III and his Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Following Pitt's resignation in 1801 they also celebrated Pitt's birthday on 28 May. Following his death, the London club was relaunched in 1808.
Other Pitt Clubs Other Pitt Clubs were formed in at least 45 towns. Altrincham Birmingham Blackburn Blackburn Hundred. Bolton. Bristol. Carlisle Colchester Derby Devon and Exeter Doncaster Dudley (1813) Dundee Glasgow Halifax Hampshire Hereford Hull Lancaster Leeds Leicester Liverpool Manchester Menai Northumberland and Newcastleupon-Tyne Northwich 1814 (re-founded in 1932 as the Mid-Cheshire Pitt Club, re-named Cheshire Pitt Club in 1998). Norwich Nottingham Plymouth Reading and Berkshire Rochdale Saddleworth Scarborough Scotland Sheffield (1810) North and South Shields Staffordshire and Newcastleunder-Lyme Stirling Suffolk (1821) Sunderland Taunton and Somersetshire Wales Warrington Wolverhampton York
University Pitt Club, Cambridge The University Pitt Club, founded in Cambridge in 1835 soon became a purely social club.
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