List of Cosmopolitan Clubs explained

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 StatesIn 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;

Notes and References

1. http://www.contactmb.org/record/VMB3532 Cosmopolitan Club (Winnipeg), information page
2. Web site: Christopher A. . Kent . Cosmopolitan Club (act. 1852–1902) . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . 2011-03-18. Available online to subscribers and also in print