members. With more than 300 members, it is currently the largest section of the club. Yachting The club's yacht squadron takes part in a variety of sailing events and has also initiated an inter-club regatta in honour of Colonel Newman VC – a day of sailing races from Seaview, Isle of Wight, in mermaid class boats. Patrons of the Club Prince Albert, Chief Patron, consort of Queen Victoria James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Patron Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, Patron General Sir Charles Napier, Patron Notable members This is an incomplete list of the notable people who have historically been affiliated with the club or its constituent clubs: Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein, First Honorary Member William Adam MP (1823–1881) Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford (1841–1922) Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942) Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet (1828–1894) Sir Robert Black (1906–1999) James Blyth, 1st Baron Blyth (1841–1925) Frederick ("Freddie") Richard Brown MBE (1910–1991) Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork (1829–1904) General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks (1896–1966) Sir Roden Cutler VC AK KCMG KCVO CBE (1916–2002) Lieutenant-Colonel Augustus Charles Newman VC, OBE, TD, DL (1904–1972) Godfrey Bloom MEP (born 1949). James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde (1844–1919) David Campbell-Bannerman MEP (born 1960). Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895) Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833–1908) Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire KG (1895–1950) Joseph Chamberlain MP (1836–1914) Sir Austen Chamberlain KG (1863–1937) Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe of Ranmore (born 1956) Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge (1932–2000) William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington (1835–1896) Nigel Farage, former Leader of UKIP and the Brexit Party (born 1964) Sir Henry Bartle Frere, 1st Baronet (1815–1884) Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904) Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose KT (1852–1925) Robert Halfon MP Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (1860–1938) Bret Harte (1836–1902) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) Sir Leonard Hutton (1916–1990) Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911) Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 2nd Baronet (1811–1877) Anthony Little (born 1954) Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale KG (1857–1944) Peter May CBE (1929–1994) Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979) Field Marshal Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810–1890) Sir Tasker Watkins VC GBE QC (1918–2007) Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912) Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts VC (1832–1914) Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill (1869–1935) Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh GCSI (1838–1893) Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of