Hellfire Club - Wikipedia
WEBHellfire Club was a term used to describe several exclusive clubs for high-society rakes established in Great Britain and Ireland in the 18th Century. The name most commonly refers to Francis Dashwood's Order of the Friars of St. Francis of Wycombe. [1]
Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer - Wikipedia
WEBFrancis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer, PC, FRS (December 1708 – 11 December 1781) was an English politician and rake, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1762–1763) and founder of the Hellfire Club.
What's the Hellfire Club? The Secret Society of British Elites Who ...
WEBSep 27, 2022 · The Hellfire Club, a secret society of England's blue-blooded upper class, was created by Francis Dashwood in Buckinghamshire in the 18th century. Its membership consisted of Benjamin...
Hellfire Club History: Beginnings of the Infamous Secret Society
WEBFeb 22, 2016 · Sir Francis Dashwood is often credited with starting the first Hellfire, although there were other similar clubs that came before it. He was born into greatness. As the only son of his namesake father, the 1st Baronet, …
THE HELLFIRE CLUB, Sir Francis Dashwood 2nd Bt. Documentary.
WEBA detailed exposition of the infamous Hell-Fire Club, it's membership, including the life and times of it's founder Sir Francis Dashwood 2nd Bt of West Wycombe, Premier Baronet of Great...
Digging up the truth about the notorious hellfire clubs
WEBOct 12, 2016 · The most notorious club was formed by Sir Francis Dashwood with the motto "Fais ce que tu voudrais" - Do as you will. Dashwood's club included some of Britain's most senior statesmen and...
The Secret Hellfire Club - HeritageDaily
WEBAug 23, 2020 · The club was reformed by Francis Dashwood, the 11th Baron le Despencer under the name of the Order of the Knights of St Francis (although the club also went under the names of the Brotherhood of St. Francis of Wy, the Order of the Friars of St Francis of Wycombe and the Order of Knights of West Wycombe) around 1746.
Francis Dashwood, Portraiture, And The Origins Of The Hellfire Club
WEBFeb 13, 2024 · The Monks of Medmenham Abbey, or the Hellfire Club, were part of numerous 18th-century groups in Britain and Ireland. They gathered at Sir Francis Dashwood’s estate during the 1750s and early 1760s. Dashwood, a wealthy baronet, earned family wealth through silk trading in the Levant.
The 'Hell Fire Club' - The Victorian Web
WEBMar 4, 2002 · Sir Francis Dashwood founded the "Order of the Knights of St. Francis of Wycombe" — better known as the Hellfire Club. Below the mausoleum is the entrance to the West Wycombe caves, carved to look like the entrance to a Gothic church.
The Hellfire Club: British high-society's most exclusive and …
WEBImage: Francis Dashwood was the founder of the second incarnation of the Hellfire Club | Public Domain. BP Perry. British History. The real Hellfire Club was a very different beast from the after-school Dungeons & Dragons club depicted in the fourth series of Stranger Things.
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