Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton PC was an English peer and Jacobite politician who was one of the few people in the history of England, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to
The Duke of Wharton.
Tomb of the Duke of Wharton in Poblet, Spain
Hellfire Club
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Hellfire Club was a term used to describe several exclusive clubs for high-society rakes established in Great Britain and Ireland in the 18th century. The name most commonly refers to Francis Dashwood
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
…kinds". He was a "boon companion" with the notorious Francis Charteris, dubbed the "Rape-Master General". Wharton is credited with founding the original Hellfire Club, made up of high-society rakes celebrating debauchery, and primarily performed parodies of religious rites, "which damned him in the eyes of all…
c. 1735 painting of the Dublin Hellfire Club's members
Portrait of Sir Francis Dashwood by William Hogarth