The Reform Club: a Pall Mall institution that admitted women on equal terms in 1981

Founded in 1836 by Whig MP Edward Ellice, the Reform Club on Pall Mall grew out of the reforming politics of the era. Its palatial clubhouse was designed by Sir Charles Barry, based on the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. It was one of the first of London's original gentlemen's clubs to change its rules to admit women on equal terms, doing so in 1981.