Washington County News | 1916-09-28 | Page 2 | Old Dining Club

old dining club the oldest dining club in england older even than the club Is tho the dilettanti club founded in 1734 by sir francis dashwood dash wood prominent among the original members was lord sand whose name Is crystallized in halt half a dozen languages through hia his ordering a waiter to place some meat between two slices of bread and bring it to him as he sat at tho thi gaming table since 1784 the dilettanti have dined together on the first sunday ot each month from february to july inclusive their present meeting place being the gratton grafton galleries where their magnificent collection of pic turea tures Is housed london chronicle