Notorious Hellfire Club, founded by Sir Francis Dashwood, hosted outlandish activities for London's elite and commoners in mid-18th century. Members included John Wilkes, Benjamin Franklin, Sir Joseph Banks, and Lord Sandwich.

London's notorious Hellfire Club, largely known for its outlandish activities of London's high and low societies during the mid-eighteenth century that included John Wilkes, Benjamin Franklin, Sir Joseph Banks, Lord Sandwich, Sir Francis Dashwood (the club's founder).—Tracy Martin