Mess Club
The Honourable Artillery Company Mess Club was founded on 1st November 1819 and is the Company's premier dining club. Membership is only open
to subscribing Regimental members of the HAC, and to the Chief Executive. Names
of candidates for membership are proposed by existing members of the Club in writing
to the Honorary Secretary, and the election of new members is decided by a majority
of the Committee. Membership of the Club consists predominantly of those Regimental
members who have done that little bit more in or for the HAC. Dinners are held
in September/October, December and February, and there is a Ladies' Dinner in May. Traditionally,
the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of the City of London are invited as guests of
the Club to the February Dinner. Members may introduce guests to the Club at the
discretion of the Committee.
The Management of the Club consists of the President, Senior Vice President,
Junior Vice President, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Assistant
Secretary and a Committee of six. The office of President is held for one dining
season. All past Presidents of the Club and the Regimental Colonel for the time
being are ex officio members of the Committee.
The next Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 10 July 2012.
Dinner dates for the 2011-12 Dining Season are Thursday 29 September 2011, Friday
2 December 2011, Friday 3 February 2012 and Friday 4 May 2012.
The Notice and Application
Form for the February dinner can be downloaded from here, in pdf format.
All members are reminded that the Annual Subscription increased from 1 September
2011. This means that all standing orders must be changed.
Unless you have already done so, please follow the instructions in the Treasurers
Letter that you received in September 2010 - and which can be downloaded from here.
All enquiries should be made to the Honorary Secretary, Alan Willis,
at alan@willis.uk.com.