Cocoa Tree Club

Cocoa Tree Club
The Harley Board
FounderEdward Harley
Founded1727
Dissolved1770s (as a political organisation)
1931 (as a private members' club)
IdeologyToryism
Party affiliationTories

The Cocoa Tree Club, also known initially as the Harley Board, was a Tory political and social club founded by Edward Harley in 1727. Alongside the High Tory Loyal Brotherhood, the Cocoa Tree Club became an important feature of the Tory party's informal organisation during the mid-18th century, with the club's premises at the Cocoa Tree chocolate house becoming the unofficial headquarters of the party in London. It ceased to fulfill a political function in the 1770s, but remained a private members' club until its closure in 1931.

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