Clermont Set
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 Clermont Set  (Deep state milieu?)   | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1962 |
| Founder | John Aspinall |
| Interests | gambling |
| 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 |
| "If the original Clermont set were defined by one quality, it was a reckless taste for taking risks." | |
The Clermont Set was a group which met at the Clermont Club (founded in 1960 by John Aspinall). Gambling and womanising were common pastimes of its members. "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
6 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 | |
| James Goldsmith | an Anglo-French billionaire financier and businessman, possible deep state operative. |
| Tiny Rowland | "The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism" (PM Edward Heath in 1973) |
| 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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