Cliveden Set

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Group.png Cliveden Set  
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Membership• Nancy Astor.jpg Nancy Astor
•  Geoffrey Dawson
• Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian.png Philip Kerr
• Edward Frederick Lindley Wood.jpg Edward Wood
•  William Montagu
• Robert Henry Brand.png Robert Brand
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A 1930s incarnation of the UK deep state.

The Cliveden Set were a important faction of the UK Deep state.

Origins

The Cliveden Set were a 1930s, upper class group of prominent individuals politically influential in pre-World War II Britain, who were in the circle of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. The name comes from Cliveden, the stately home in Buckinghamshire, her country residence.

Exposure

The term Cliveden Set was first used by the Reynolds News on 28th November, 1937, in an article that argued that the group were highly sympathetic to fascism.[1]


 

Known members

5 of the 8 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Nancy AstorThe first woman to take her seat in Parliament, a key member of the Cliveden Set
Waldorf AstorMulti-millionaire UK deep politician, Chair of Chatham House ...
Robert BrandLeader of the Milner Group from 1940
Philip Henry KerrUK deep state actor who worked under Alfred Milner and Lionel George Curtis
Edward WoodSenior conservative politician and President of the Pilgrims Society
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