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Group.png The Pilgrims Society  
(Deep state milieuISGP WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Pilgrims of GB dinner, 9 January 1951. Flags and logo in background
Pilgrims logo.gif
Formation16 July 1902
LeaderPresident of the Pilgrims Society
Typesecret society
Interest ofJoël van der Reijden, Charles Savoie
Exposed byJoël van der Reijden
Membership• Elizabeth Regina
• HRH Prince Philip
• HRH Prince Charles
• Nelson W. Aldrich
• Winthrop W. Aldrich
• John Nicholas Brown II
• Lord Carrington
• John W. Davis
• Charles G. Dawes
• Admiral William J. Crowe
• Chauncey Depew
• Allen W. Dulles
• John Foster Dulles
• Mark Fox
• General Alexander Haig
• W. Averell Harriman
• Joseph P. Kennedy
• Henry R. Luce
• Sandra Day O'Connor
• Henry Kissinger
• Elliot Richardson
• General of the Army George C. Marshall
• Andrew W. Mellon
• John D. Rockefeller
• David Rockefeller
• Elihu Root
• Jacob Schiff
• John Hay Whitney
A very low profile group that has been in operation for over a century and has Elizabeth Regina as its patron. Members include ministers, diplomats, CEOs and others. Who knows what this "dining society" discusses over dinner?...
Pilgrims Society logo. "Hic et Ubique" - "here and everywhere"; apparently a reference to the idea that the United States and Great Britain should stand together side by side everywhere. The eagle represents the United States; the lion Great Britain

The Pilgrims Society is a British-American society established 1902. The patron of the society is Queen Elizabeth II.

In so far as the general public are aware of its existence at all, that awareness is, in all probability confined to its established custom of holding dinners to welcome into office each successive U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom and each new British Ambassador to the United States. There is a lot more however to the The Pilgrims Society than simply hosting the odd old-boys dinner party.

"The Pilgrims Society" has only a minor entry at Wikipedia - 400 words as of August 2016.[1] This may be a testament to the influence of established power centers and a certain reluctance to upsetting their wish for privacy.




Pilgrims Society USA

Full article: Pilgrims Society/USA

The first meeting of the Pilgrims of the United States was at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on 13 January 1903. The Pilgrims of Great Britain and the Pilgrims of the United States have reciprocal membership.


In 1940, John T Whiteford wrote:

"There are several curious things about these Pilgrims functions. In the first place there is present at these dinners an array of notables such as it would be difficult to bring together under one roof for any other purpose and by any other society... Among the guests were John D. Rockefeller and J. P. Morgan, Thomas W. Lamont and other members of the House of Morgan... We are entitled to know what the Pilgrim Society is, what it stands for, and who these powerful Pilgrims are that can call out the great to hear a British Ambassador expound to Americans the virtues of a united democratic front." [3]

Professor Carroll Quigley's seminal 1966 Tragedy and Hope provided a lot more context and exposed the Anglo-American Establishment to an unprecedented extent, but stopped short of naming the The Pilgrim Society. Nevertheless, the following brief passage has been cited as a good precis of The Pilgrims and their objectives:


In 1971, Gary Allen wrote in Nixon, The Man Behind The Mask that "[Elmer] Bobst is listed as a member of the highly secret Pilgrim Society, which is even closer to the inner circle of the conspiracy than the CFR."[5]

The most comprehensive study to date

Most of the internet references to The Pilgrim Society are recent (ie post 2000) and owe much to a seminal study by Joel Van der Reijden originally posted on his ISGP web site. In particular the brief Wikipedia (November 2010) article relegates The Pilgrims to the category of "Dining Clubs" and is restricted to anodyne mention of the ambassadors' dinners custom plus a similarly anodyne claim about its objectives by an American Diplomat. [6]

The ISGP study can be found in the following locations:

Both are highly recommended for anyone seeking to understand Quigley's "Anglo-American Establishment".


Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
File:Pilgrims.pdfessayDecember 2004Charles Savoie"The Pilgrims Society is a cluster of intermarried old-line rich, royals and robber barons who created the world’s financial structure."
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  1. Wikipedia entry for "The Pilgrims Society", August 2016
  2. ISBN 1-86197-290-3 'The Pilgrims of Great Britain - A Centennial History' - Anne Pimlott Baker, 2002, p. 13
  3. "Sir Uncle Sam: Knight of the British Empire". 1940 pamphlet by John T Whiteford
  4. ISBN 0-945001-10-X Tragedy and Hope, Carroll Quigley
  5. Nixon, The Man Behind The Mask, p.223
  6. The Pilgrims Society - Wikipedia page