Carlton Club, the famous Conservative club (see CLUB), was so named as being near the site of Carlton House, built by Lord Carlton in 1709. Carlton House was the residence of Frederick, Prince of Wales (father of George III.), and of George IV. when Prince of Wales. It was pulled down in 1826.
Carlton Club
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 772
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