Cliveden Set
Deep state faction
| Cliveden Set link () Spartacus | |
|---|---|
| File:Cliveden House.jpg Cliveden House | |
| Formation | 1930 |
| Extinction | 1 September 1939 |
| Headquarters | Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire, UK |
| Membership | Nancy Astor, Waldorf Astor, Geoffrey Dawson, Philip Kerr, Edward Wood, William Montagu, Robert Brand, ... |
| A pro-appeasement 1930s UK deep state faction | |
The Cliveden Set were a important faction of the UK Deep state in the 1930s. Their support for the policy of "appeasing" Adolf Hitler meant that the group's influence was brought to an abrupt end in 1939 after Germany invaded Czechoslovakia and WW2 began.
Origins
The Cliveden Set were a 1930s upper class group of prominent individuals who were politically influential in pre-World War II Britain. The name comes from Cliveden, the stately home in Buckinghamshire, the country residence of Nancy Astor, who held a central position in the group.
Policies
The group had fascist leanings and publicly sought to avoid war with Adolf Hitler.[1] Named "appeasement" this policy position was to prove disastrous for the group once WW2 had started.
Exposure
The term "Cliveden Set" was first used by the Reynolds News in an article of 28th November 1937 that highlighted the group's sympathy with fascism.[2]
Fall
WW2 brought a swift end to the group's influence. Philip Henry Kerr, the UK Ambassador to the US died in Office in December 1940. William Montagu died in 1947.