jimbow8 Wrote:He was also quite the lady's man (womanizer, depending on your perspective, I guess), wasn't he?

Yes, he was.

"The Hellfire Club was the popular name for what is supposed to have been an exclusive English club established by Sir Francis Dashwood which met irregularly from 1746 to around 1760 as an extension to his Society of Dilettanti."

"Female "guests" (a euphemism for prostitutes) were referred to as "Nuns". Unlike the more determined Satanists of the 1720s, the club motto was Fait ce que vouldras (Do what thou wilt)"

"Benjamin Franklin is said to have occasionally attended the club's meetings as a non-member."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Club

Ken V.