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"The Free & Easy Society Under the Rose ", Sir Gregory Page, 2nd bt 1689–1775 Members Club

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"The Free & Easy Society Under the Rose ",  Sir Gregory Page, 2nd bt 1689–1775 Members Club           A Chinese Imari Punch Bowl,   Kangxi,  circa 1718 with the arms of  Sir Gregory Page & the "Free and  Easy Society under the Rose," interior detail of the rose in the center of the Punch Bowl. One of Sir Gregory's diversions away from the acquisition of more land and art collecting for  Wricklemarsh, was the founding of the "Free and Easy Society", a dining club. Which is a reminder of the extent to which private societies flourished throughout the eighteenth-century England. other societies of this period being the Order of Bucks and the Hellfire Club, founded by Sir Francis Dashwood 1st. Bart. of West Wycombe. It is not known how many members there were, its form of origin, or the exact date of the founding of the club; but the following interesting advertisement appeared in the Whitehall Evening Post, from the 2...