Naval and Military Club
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The Naval and Military Club, informally known as The In & Out, is a private members' club located in St James's Square, London. It was founded in 1862 for officers of the Royal Navy and British Army. It now also accepts female members. While the club continues to observe service traditions, it now accepts applications for non-military membership.
Origins
The club was founded in 1862 by six officers, chiefly from the Buffs, because the three then existing military clubs in London – the United Service, the Junior United Service, and the Army and Navy – were all full.
Premises
The Club was formerly based at Cambridge House at 94 Piccadilly, opposite Green Park. It came to be known as "The In & Out" from the prominent signs on the building's separate vehicle entrance and exit gates. This building was bombed by the Provisional IRA on 11 December 1974. A bomb was thrown into the famous long bar of the club; one steward was injured in the blast, the only casualty of the attack.
In 1996, the club purchased its current premises at 4 St James's Square, designed by Edward Shepherd in 1679 for Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent and the former London home of Waldorf and Nancy Astor from 1912 to 1942.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5844028. VIAF identifies the subject as 131886686. The Library of Congress control number is nb2017005520. Authority coordinates are 51.508, -0.135. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1862, 1974, 1996 and 1679.
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