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  2. Hellfire Club - Wikipedia

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    The first official Hellfire Club was founded in London in 1718, by Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton and a handful of other high-society friends. The most notorious club associated with the name was established in England by Francis Dashwood, [ 5 ] and met irregularly from around 1749 to around 1760, and possibly up until 1766.

  3. Category:Hellfire Club - Wikipedia

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    Articles related to the various incarnations of the Hellfire Club and their members. They were exclusive clubs for high-society rakes established in Britain and Ireland in the 18th century. Pages in category "Hellfire Club"

  4. Hellfire Club (comics) - Wikipedia

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    The seventh incarnation of the Hellfire Club have since founded the Hellfire Academy, a rival to the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. It is located on an unnamed island. [ 18 ] According to Kade Kilgore, the purpose of recruiting newly empowered mutants is to train them to be supervillains so he can then profit from the fear generated by ...

  5. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Jefferson: 1st United States Postmaster ... One early proponent that Franklin was a member of the Hellfire Club and a double agent is the historian Donald ...

  6. Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse - Wikipedia

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    After his first wife's death on 15 August 1718, he married Frances Claxton. Among her siblings were sisters Lucy, the wife of James Johnston Secretary of State, Scotland, and Mary, wife of Thomas Carter. Lord Rosse died on 21 June 1741 at his home in Molesworth Street Dublin in the parish of St Anne. On his deathbed he received a letter from ...

  7. Hellfire Club (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Hellfire Club was a name for several exclusive clubs for high-society rakes established in Britain and Ireland in the 18th century. Hellfire Club may also refer to:

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    “I understand they are talking about harm reduction,” Thomas said. “Those things don’t work in the criminal justice system.” In a subsequent interview, the judge added, “It sounds terrible, but I don’t give them a choice. This is the structure that I’m comfortable with.” Thomas is simply following state court policy.

  9. Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.