# List of University of Oxford dining clubs

This is a list of current University of Oxford dining clubs. All are social in nature and recruit members by private invitation for a programme of drinking and dining. Members are drawn exclusively from the student body of the University of Oxford. Most have individual costumes and traditions and maintain a high degree of secrecy concerning their membership and activities.

## University wide

* The Assassins (known for their debauchery in the 1980s; not to be confused with the unrelated student society, Oxford Guild of Assassins)
* The Bullingdon Club (founded 1780; dress in navy blue tailcoats, with navy velvet collar, ivory silk lapels, brass buttons, mustard waistcoat, and a sky blue bow tie; club tie is sky blue striped with ivory; sometimes called The Buller; male society)
* The Delilahs (female society)
* The Gridiron Club (founded 1884; commonly called The Grid; club tie is dark blue with white gridirons; mixed gender society)
* The Piers Gaveston Society (founded 1977; limited to 12 members; mixed gender society)
* The Stoics (dress in black tailcoats, with bi-coloured socks, braces, and bow ties of blue and yellow; male society)
* The Viceroys (dress in black tailcoats, with bow ties of purple with yellow and blue stripes; male society)
* The 9th Prime Club (postgraduates only; mixed gender society)

## College based

* The Abbotts, Corpus Christi (male society)
* The Ace of Spades, St Edmund Hall (male society)
* The Alices, Christ Church (female society)
* L’Ancien Régime, Merton (mixed gender society)
* The Black Cygnets, St Hugh's (male society - members wear white bow-ties with cygnet motif; organise 'fox hunt')
* Bugger Ruggers, St Edmund Hall (female society)
* The Cardinals, Christ Church (male society)
* The Carolines, New College (female society)
* The Claret Club, Trinity (male society)
* The D'Avenant Society, Lincoln(mixed gender society)
* The Dolphins, Jesus (female society)
* The Eaglets, The Queen's (male society)
* The Elizabethan Society, Jesus (male society)
* The Faeries, Lincoln (female society)
* Flowers and Fairies, Christ Church (male society)
* The George
* The Goblin Club, Lincoln (founded 1902; limited to between 12 and 15 members; extensive silverware collection; club tie in colours of port, champagne, and claret; male society)
* The Halcyon Club, The Queen's (mixed gender society)
* The King Charles Club, St John's (claims to be the oldest University dining club; club tie is black, with stripes of pacific blue edged with gold; male society)
* The Loder, Christ Church (members drink only from 18th-century silver goblets; male society)
* The Missionaries, Magdalen (male society)
* The Mantis, Magdalen (female society)
* The Mercurials, Christ Church (male society)
* The Millers, Oriel (male and female society)
* The Myrmidon Club, Merton (founded 1865; mixed gender society)
* The Myrmaids, Merton (female society)
* The Musketeers, Oriel (male society)
* The Nicholites, Wadham College
* The Nondescripts Club, Christ Church (male society)
* The Penguin Club, Hertford (possibly defunct; male society)
* The Phoenix Club, Brasenose (claims to be the oldest University dining club; dress in brown tailcoats, and dine with a silver phoenix at the table; limited to 12 members; male society)
* The Preprandials Society, New College (mixed gender society)
* The Pythic Club, Christ Church (founded by 1845)
* The Regent's Rabbits, Regent's Park College (female society)
* The Reginae Society, The Queen's (female society)
* The Sir Henry Pelham Gentleman's Sporting Society, Hertford (commonly known as Pelhams; male society)
* Somerville Ladies Ultimate Tequila Society, Somerville (female society)
* The Steamers, Keble (male society)
* The Syndicate, St Edmund Hall (male society)
* The Wardens, Merton (mixed gender society)