List of Cosmopolitan Clubs

The following is a list of Cosmopolitan Clubs grouped by continent and geographic region. The Cosmopolitan Club is a private social club with groups located in approximately every corner of the world.

North America

Canada
  • Cosmopolitan Club (Winnipeg), service club with special emphasis on supporting efforts to prevent and find a cure for diabetes[1]
United States

In the United States the Cosmopolitan Club movement began in the University of Wisconsin in 1903.

  • Bath Cosmopolitan Club (Maine): Established 1913;
  • Illinois Cosmopolitan Club: Established 1907;
  • Cosmopolitan Club (New York): The New York women's private club. Established 1909;
  • Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia: Established 1928;

Asia

China

  • Shanghai Cosmopolitan Club;

India

  • Bombay Cosmopolitan Club: Established 1891;
  • The Cosmopolitan Club (Chennai): is one of the three 18-hole golf courses in Chennai, India. Established: 1873;
  • The Cosmopolitan Club (Coimbatore), founded 1891;
  • The Cocanada Cosmopolitan Club (Kakinada), founded 1918

Europe

United Kingdom

  • Dosthill Cosmopolitan Club (Staffordshire);
  • London, Cosmopolitan Club (London), active 1852-1902, members included M. E. Grant Duff[2]

Oceania

Australia

  • Innisfail Cosmopolitan Club: Destroyed by a bomb Saturday 28 May 1932 (c.f. The Canberra Times);

New Zealand

  • Hamilton Cosmopolitan Club: Established 1964
  • Levin Cosmopolitan Club: Establishes when some local gentleman were not permitted to play darts at a local hotel, Established: 1901
  • Masterton Cosmopolitan Club: Established 1973;
  • Napier Cosmopolitan Club: Established 1877, Chartered 1881;
  • Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Club: Established 1961;
  • Wanganui Cosmopolitan Club: Established 1901;

Also: Taumarunui, Taupō and Tokoroa;

References

  1. ^ Cosmopolitan Club (Winnipeg), information page
  2. ^ Kent, Christopher A. "Cosmopolitan Club (act. 1852–1902)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-03-18. Available online to subscribers and also in print