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The City of London Tavern or London Tavern was a notable meeting place in London during the 18th and 19th centuries. A place of business where people gathered to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, the tavern was situated in Bishopsgate in the City of London (the site today of Nos 1-3 Bishopsgate). The original tavern was destroyed in a fire on 7 November 1765 and the new building was designed by William Jupp the elder (with support from William Newton, 1765–1768) and opened in September 1768. In 1828, the proprietor was Charles Bleaden. The building was demolished in 1876. The tavern boasted a large and well-decorated dining room with Corinthian columns. It hosted numerous public and private meetings held to rally support to various political, charitable and other causes.〔 In 1841, Charles Dickens presided at a meeting for the benefit of the Sanatorium for Sick Authors and Artists, and in 1851 at the annual dinner for the General Theatrical Fund.〔 While he was attending a dinner at the London Tavern on 14 April 1851, Dickens learned of the death of his daughter Dora Annie Dickens. ==Notable meetings== * 1769 - The Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights was founded at the London Tavern on 20 February to support John Wilkes after he was expelled from the House of Commons.〔Cash, Arthur H. (2006) ''John Wilkes. The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty'' (New Haven: Yale University Press), p. 249.〕 * 1788 - The London Tavern hosted a meeting of the Revolution Society discussing the French Revolution.〔''An abstract of the history and proceedings of the Revolution Society'' London, England 1789 "At a Meeting of the Committee of the Revolution Society, Friday 19th Dec 1788, at the London Tavern. ... who shall be desirous of being admitted a Member of this Society, shall be sent to the Secretary, signed by two Members."〕 * 1789 - In 1789, pro-slavery campaigner George Hibbert spoke at a meeting of Merchants at the London Tavern, seeking to demolish William Wilberforce’s speech on abolition of slavery in a 40-minute address entitled 'The Slave Trade Indispensable…'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.georgehibbert.com/george.html )〕 * 1791 - On 4 November a Revolution Dinner was held at the London Tavern, with Thomas Walker, Joseph Priestley, Tom Paine, and Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve. * 1805 - On 23 May the London Tavern hosted a meeting chaired by Sir Francis Baring that led to the formation of the London Institution. * 1822 - Supporters of Francisco Antonio Zea and South American independence movements held a dinner on 10 July at the London Tavern to show support and raise money for Colombia. * 1824 - The National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (today the Royal National Lifeboat Institution) was founded on 4 March 1824 at a meeting in the London Tavern. * 1851 - A March meeting of coffee merchants condemned the high price and the adulteration of coffee sold to "the lower class of consumer".〔"The adulteration of coffee", ''The Times'', Tuesday, 11 March 1851〕 * 1852 - The first general meeting of The Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society was held at the London Tavern. * 1859 - The British acclimatisation society was founded following a meeting held on 21 January at the London Tavern attended by Richard Owen and others. * 1863 - A 15 December meeting at the London Tavern agreed the formation of Middlesex County Cricket Club. * 1865 - The London Tavern is depicted in a painting ''An Infant Orphan Election at the London Tavern, "Polling"'' by George Elgar Hicks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/art-weve-helped-buy/artwork/5574/an-infant-orphan-election-at-the-london-tavern-polling )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Tavern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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