The Bullingdon Club is a private all-male dining club for Oxford University students. It is known for its wealthy members, grand banquets, and bad behaviour, including vandalism of restaurants and students' rooms. The club is known to select its members not only on the grounds of wealth and willingness to participate but also by means of education. Former pupils of public schools such as Eton, Harrow, St. Paul's, Stowe, Radley, Oundle, Shrewsbury, Rugby and Winchester form the bulk of its membership.
The Bullingdon was originally a sporting club, dedicated to cricket and horse-racing, although work meetings gradually became its principal activity. Membership is expensive, with tailor-made uniforms, regular gourmet hospitality, and a tradition of on-the-spot payment for damage. The club has attracted controversy, as some members have gone on to become leading figures within Britain's political establishment. These include former Prime Minister David Cameron, former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The Bullingdon is regularly featured in fiction and drama.
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Royalty
- Frederick VII of Denmark (1808–1863)
- Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1841–1910)
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853–1884)
- Rama VI, King of Siam (1881–1925)
- Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893–1976)
- Edward VIII of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1894–1972)
- Frederick IX of Denmark (1899–1972)
Nobility
- Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home (1834–1918), Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire (1890–1915) and Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (1879–1880)
- Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (1840–1923)
- Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929)
- Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long (1854–1924)
- William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough (1855–1945)
- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925)
- George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall (1873–1931)
- Prince Felix Yussupov (1887–1967)
- Prince Serge Obolensky (1890–1978)
- Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch (1894–1973)
- Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001)
- Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (1915–2014)
- John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch (1923–2007)
- Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (1926-2015)
- Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne (1926–2019)
- David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie (1926–)
- Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (1928–2008)
- Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (1932–2020)
- Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo (1935–)
- Michael Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian (1945–), Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party (2001–2005) and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1998–2001)
- Maharaja Gaj Singh Ji of Jodhpur (1948–)
- Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch (1954–)
- Count Gottfried von Bismarck (1962–2007)
- Shivraj Singh of Jodhpur (1975–)
- Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (1978–)
- Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (1988–)
Politicians
- Thomas Assheton Smith the Younger (1776–1858), High Sheriff of Wiltshire (1838) and MP (1821–1831, 1832–1837)
- Sir Frederick Johnstone, 8th Baronet (1841–1913), MP (1874–1885)
- Randolph Churchill (1849–1895), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1886), father of Sir Winston Churchill
- Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (1890–1896), endower of the Rhodes Scholarship
- Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933), Foreign Secretary (1905–1916)
- Thomas Agar-Robartes (1880–1915), MP (1906, 1908–1915)
- Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1933–1959), Ambassador to the United States (1940–1946) Foreign Secretary (1938–1940), Leader of the House of Lords (1935–1938, 1940), Secretary of State for War (1935) and 20th Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1926–1931)
- Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet (1888–1939), MP (1912–1939)
- Sir Hugh Munro-Lucas-Tooth, 1st Baronet (1903–1985), MP (1924–1929, 1945–1970)
- John Profumo, CBE (1915–2006), Secretary of State for War (1960–1963)
- Alan Clark (1928–1999), Minister for Defence Procurement (1989–1992)
- Ewen Alexander Nicholas Fergusson (1962–), Member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
- Tim Rathbone (1933–2002), MP (1974–1997)
- David Faber (1961–), Head master of Summer Fields School (2009–) and MP (1992–2001)
- Nick Hurd (1962–), Government Minister (2010–2019)
- Radosław Sikorski (1963–), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (2007–2014)
- Boris Johnson (1964–), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022), Foreign Secretary (2016–2018) and Mayor of London (2008–2016)
- David Cameron (1966–), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010–2016)
- Jo Johnson (1971–), Government Minister (2015–2019) and Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit (2013–2015)
- George Osborne (1971–), First Secretary of State (2015–2016) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (2010–2016)
Business
- Rupert Soames (1959–), CEO of Serco
- Darius Guppy (1964–), Businessman
- Sebastian James (1966–), Former CEO of Dixons Carphone, current CEO of Boots UK
- Peter Holmes à Court (1968–), Businessman
- Jason Gissing (1970–), Co-founder of Ocado
- Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (1971–), Chairman of JNR Limited
Other
- Antony Acland (1930-2021), former British diplomat and Provost of Eton College
- David Bowes-Lyon (1902–1961), president of the Royal Horticultural Society, uncle of Elizabeth II
- Peter Fleming (1907–1971), writer and brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond.
- Sir Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009), journalist
- David Dimbleby (1938–), journalist
- Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett (1954–), barrister
- Sebastian Roberts (1954–), Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies.
- Harry Mount (1971–), Daily Mail journalist