London Club
Birchenough was a member of the Reform Club, Brooks's, the Ranelagh, and the City of London Club and served as Upper Bailiff for the Worshipful Company of Weavers from 1934-1935. He was also a member of council for the Royal Statistical Society, and a councillor for the Royal Colonial Institute. Birchenough was also a Fellow of both the Royal Empire Society and the Royal Geographical Society.