Historical Highlights

❖ George Bryan Brummell, the beloved patron of the Beau Brummell Club, was born on June 7, 1778 in London.

 

❖ George Bryan Brummell, a man of exquisite taste, impeccable style, and perfection, and was unquestionably the crown prince of London Society.

 

❖ Twenty men of similar taste, class, and distinction came together on May 7, 1940, in the home of the last Beau Charles P. Aguillard and formed the Beau Brummell Club.

 

❖ The Club was officially chartered in the State of Louisiana in 1948 as the Beau Brummell Club, Inc.

 

❖ Club’s first order of business was instituting white tie and tails, formally referred to as the Costume de Rigueur, as the attire for its members at formal gatherings.

 

❖ The Club became the first and only organization to require Costume de Rigueur, as the formal attire of its guests.

 

❖ Club’s first Carnival Ball was held on January 18, 1941, at Xavier University’s gymnasium.

 

❖ The Queen of the First Beau Brummell Club’s Carnival Ball was the late Mrs. Geraldine Jeffrion Know, who reigned as “Cinderella”.

 

❖ The Club broke local traditions by becoming the FIRST club to select its queen from among the guest attending the ball.

 

❖ The Club later became the only carnival organization that utilizes a public, random selection process for determining who will reign as Queen of its Carnival Ball.

 

❖ Over the Club’s eighty-two-year history, more than 70 ladies have graced the throne as Queen.

 

❖ Over the Club’s eighty-two-year history, only 100 men have had the pleasure of wearing the title “Beau”