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Wharncliffe Sailing Club, Gravesend, London.
Established 1839. Commodore
was J.A.Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe.
9 June 1840.
“Ensign. – Plain white with an union in the corner. Burgee. – Plain white.”
22 July 1842. “Permitted to wear the blue ensign of Her Majesty’s fleet ...,
with the distinctive marks of the club (?), as hitherto worn on the white
ensign,” [Both descriptions from warrants]
1850. Last reference to the club.
Lord Wharncliffe died 1845.
David Prothero, 23 December 2014