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Hellfire Club was a term used to describe several exclusive clubs for high-society rakes established in Britain and Ireland in the 18th Century. The name most commonly refers to Francis Dashwood's Order of the Friars of St. Francis of Wycombe.
Sep 27, 2022 · The Hellfire Club, a secret society of England's blue-blooded upper class, was created by Francis Dashwood in Buckinghamshire in the 18th century. Its membership consisted of Benjamin Franklin...
Jun 4, 2022 · Devil worship, black masses, unholy baboons, and Benjamin Franklin. What went on during those meetings of the Hellfire Club deep in the caves of West Wycombe?
Aug 23, 2020 · It has also been claimed that Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and a close friend of Dashwood visited the caves on more than one occasion.
May 10, 2018 · Members included the notorious John Wilkes, whose political spat with fellow monk, and founding member, the Earl of Sandwich (yes, that was a real guy), would expose the activities of the club to censure and cement its notoriety in the public imagination, Benjamin Franklin, founding father of the USA and fan of the madness inducing glass ...
The club quickly expanded, eventually counting amongst its members Frederick, Prince of Wales, the famously enormous George Bubb Dodington, the satirist and artist William Hogarth and even the American revolutionary and scientist, Benjamin Franklin.
Feb 27, 1972 · Now completely restored and open to the public, the house looks just as It did when Benjamin Franklin stayed in it prior to the American Revolution.
