page_title: Savage Club
section_title: The Savage Club Masonic Lodge
hierarchical_section_title: Savage Club / The Savage Club Masonic Lodge
caption_attribution_description: English: Artwork (menu for 1898 dinner in honour of Lord Kitchener at the Savage Club in London) credited in the caption to William Henry Pike (1846-1908). The artwork appears facing page 176 in 'The Savage Club&#160;: a medley of history, anecdote, and reminiscence' by Aaron Watson (1850-1909), published in 1907, in the UK by T. Fisher Unwin. The book is at the Internet Archive - https://archive.org/stream/savageclubmedley00watsuoft#page/176/mode/2up
context_page_description: The Savage Club, founded in 1857, is a gentlemen's club in London, named after the poet, Richard Savage.
context_section_description: On 11 February 1882, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), attended a dinner in his honour at the Savage Club, before becoming a member. The Prince suggested a Masonic lodge, associated with the club, should be formed.
  The Savage Club Lodge received its Warrant of Constitution on 18 December 1886, and was consecrated on 18 January 1887, with war correspondent Sir John Richard Sommers Vine as the first Master. The first treasurer was the actor Sir Henry Irving, followed by the actor Edward O'Connor Terry in 1888. This tendency towards the arts continued to be reflected in the Lodge's membership for many years.
  The club and lodge are no longer joined but members of each share regular dinners and social functions. Lodge membership is not restricted to Savage Club members, however most who join still have a professional life in literature, art, drama, music, science or law.
caption: Menu card for a dinner in honour of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum in 1898
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