Anglo-Netherlands Society
An Anglo-Dutch Club, an association of Britons (‘English’, ‘Scots’ and ‘Welsh’) and Nederlanders together, in London, the Home Counties, and elsewhere in the UK.
Aims to promote the Social, Artistic, Literary, Educational, Scientific and other interests that the Dutch and the British have in common.

Website - at least in part - updated on 20 April 2012

Welcome

Looking for an Anglo-Dutch Club? For an association of Britons and Nederlanders together, in London, the Home Counties, in fact anywhere in the UK? Seek no further! 

For more than 90 years the Anglo-Netherlands Society has worked to develop goodwill and understanding between the peoples of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The Society has as its purpose the promotion of the social, artistic, literary, educational, scientific and other interests that the Dutch and the British have in common. It is a non-party-political, non-profit making organisation with a national remit, based in London, and run by voluntary effort. The Society's events are conducted in English.

The Anglo-Netherlands Society reaches its members by publishing a quarterly Newsletter, by organising social functions and by arranging visits to exhibitions, concerts, country houses and other places of interest in Britain. It arranges occasional visits to or from the Netherlands, often in co-operation with its Dutch counterpart, the Genootschap Nederland-Engeland.

A number of major companies with business interests in the UK and the Netherlands, among them ABN-Amro Bank, Rabobank, Royal Dutch Shell and in particular the Royal Netherlands Embassy, ING Bank and Unilever, have over many years given generous support.

The Society was founded in June 1920 as the Anglo-Batavian Society and adopted its present name in 1944. It is often referred to as the Anglo-Dutch Club, and sometimes the Anglo-Dutch Society, although its correct name is Anglo-Netherlands Society. Throughout its history it has enjoyed the support of the Royal Families of both the United Kingdom and the Netherlands and has benefited greatly from the interest and hospitality of successive Netherlands Ambassadors in London. HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands was Patron of the Society from 1941 until his death in December 2004.

JOIN THE ANGLO-NETHERLANDS SOCIETY

Any person or organisation desirous of promoting the objects of the Society is eligible to apply for membership, subject to acceptance by the Society’s Council.

The annual subscription is surprisingly good value, with a generous rebate for members who live away from London; there is no entrance fee. Please refer to the Join us page for further details.

President

Sir Michael Perry GBE

Vice-Presidents

HE The Netherlands Ambassador

The Hon Sir Clive Bossom Bt

       The Anglo-Netherlands Society is a Company Limited by Guarantee, number 4322131.         Registered office: P.O. Box 68, Unilever, London, EC4P 4BQ.

Thank you for viewing our site, and we look forward to meeting you as a member soon.

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Summary in Dutch

Méér dan een Nederlandse Vereniging of club in Londen, zijn wij een levendige vereniging welke leden van zowel Engelse als van Nederlandse afkomst samen brengt.

De Anglo-Netherlands Society, opgericht in 1920, heeft als doel bevordering van de sociale, artistieke, literaire, educatieve en wetenschappelijke interesse in elkanders land.

Daartoe organiseren wij regelmatig lezingen en bezoeken, waarbij naast het leren over ons gastland ook sociaal contact een grote rol speelt.

De voertaal van onze vereniging is Engels, maar veel leden spreken uiteraard ook Nederlands.

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