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| − | The '''Clermont Club''' was a group which met at the Clermont Club (founded in | + | The '''Clermont Club''' was a group which met at the Clermont Club (founded in 1960 by [[John Aspinall]]). [[Gambling]] and womanising was a common pastime. "If the original Clermont set were defined by one quality, it was a reckless taste for taking risks."<ref name=tg>https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/jul/16/features11.g21</ref> |
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| + | ==Exposure== | ||
| + | [[Adam Curtis]] mentioned the group in his film ''[[The Mayfair Set]]''. | ||
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Revision as of 18:39, 3 December 2019
 Clermont Set    | |
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| Formation | 1962 |
| Founder |  John Aspinall |
| Membership | •  Gianni Agnelli•  Richard John Bingham•  Bob Boothby•  Andrew Cavendish•  Ian Fleming• Lucian Freud •  James Goldsmith• Dai Llewellyn •  Victor Lownes•  Kerry Packer•  Tiny Rowland• Edward John Stanley •  David Stirling• Peter Sellers •  Jim Slater• David Sterling |
| "If the original Clermont set were defined by one quality, it was a reckless taste for taking risks." | |
The Clermont Club was a group which met at the Clermont Club (founded in 1960 by John Aspinall). Gambling and womanising was a common pastime. "If the original Clermont set were defined by one quality, it was a reckless taste for taking risks."[1]
Contents
Exposure
Adam Curtis mentioned the group in his film The Mayfair Set.
Group
| Group | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clermont Set | 1962 | "If the original Clermont set were defined by one quality, it was a reckless taste for taking risks." Many members had many connections to other deep state milieux including Le Cercle and The Bilderberg. |
Known members
8 of the 15 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Gianni Agnelli | Italian industrialist, 37 Bilderbergs |
| Robert Boothby | British politician and UK deep state operative, Clermont Set, Bilderberg |
| Ian Fleming | "A womaniser of outrageous proportions", spook and author who created the James Bond character |
| James Goldsmith | an Anglo-French billionaire financier and businessman, possible deep state operative. |
| Kerry Packer | Australian Clermont Set media magnate |
| Tiny Rowland | "The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism" (PM Edward Heath in 1973) |
| Peter Sellers | |
| David Stirling | Founded the SAS. "If there hadn’t been a global war for survival taking place, Major David Stirling is the type of British Officer who would have been thrown out of the army, if not court-martialed." |
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