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Join us and members of Liverpool Society of Chartered Accountants at the President’s Summer Social Networking Lunch at the ‘hidden gem’ of the Wirral, the Royal Mersey Yacht Club.
The lunch is open to legal and business professionals.
- Ticket price includes a welcome drink on arrival and buffet lunch
- Cash bar available
- Informal tours available
Kindly sponsored by Metro Bank. We look forward to seeing you there!
If you have any dietary or access requirements, please let us know on the booking page.
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Some interesting facts about the RMYC:
The Mersey Yacht Club was formed on the 26th July 1844 at a meeting held in the Mersey Hotel, Old Church Yard, Liverpool. It was given its Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in September 1844, making it one of the longest established Yacht Clubs in the UK.
Founding members: Sir Robert Peel, the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord Egerton, The Earl of Wilton, Sir Richard Bulkeley, Lord Sandon, and John Laird, the owner of what is now Cammell Lairds Shipbuilders.
Noticeable members: King of Norway, and linked to the legal profession Rex Cafferata, former President of Liverpool Law Society (1960-61) and solicitor at Weightmans was a Commodore of the Club.
Noticeable boats: Lord Derby’s boat from 1935 ‘Number One’ is moored there and is sailed by club members today.
The Club used to be based in Liverpool, but as early as 1846 summer meetings were held in Birkenhead and by 1877 all meetings were held on the Wirral.
When the Club moved its meetings to Birkenhead in 1877 the hoisting of signals was taken over by the nearby Parish Church of St Nicholas.
In the later half of the 1870s there was another development; the appearance of lady Full Members. Miss E.A.Fazakerley of Denbigh Castle was elected in May 1877; and Miss Duarte, owner of the yacht Grace of Hoylake and a Miss Carpenter of Denbigh joined during the next two years. In this way, the Royal Mersey was years ahead of many other organisations.
Find out more on the RMYC website here.
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