Ostensibly a dinner club, the Pilgrims Society consists of two chapters. The London chapter of the Pilgrims Society was established on July 11, 1902, followed by the New York chapter on January 13, 1903. Its purpose is to foster better Anglo-American relationships through cooperation of top banking and manufacturing institutions.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dean Acheson |
Government |
11-Apr-1893 |
12-Oct-1971 |
US Secretary of State, 1949-53 |
| Lord Acton |
Historian |
10-Jan-1834 |
19-Jun-1902 |
British historian |
| Charles Francis Adams IV |
Business |
2-May-1910 |
5-Jan-1999 |
Former president of Raytheon |
| Nelson W. Aldrich |
Politician |
6-Nov-1841 |
16-Apr-1915 |
US Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911 |
| Winthrop W. Aldrich |
Business |
2-Nov-1885 |
25-Feb-1974 |
Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1934-53 |
| Prince Andrew |
Royalty |
19-Feb-1960 |
|
The Duke of York |
| Princess Anne |
Royalty |
15-Aug-1950 |
|
The Horsey Princess Royal |
| Walter Annenberg |
Business |
13-Mar-1908 |
1-Oct-2002 |
Media mogul, created TV Guide |
| Anne L. Armstrong |
Government |
27-Dec-1927 |
30-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77 |
| William Waldorf Astor |
Publisher |
31-Mar-1848 |
18-Oct-1919 |
The Observer |
| Clement Attlee |
Head of State |
3-Jan-1883 |
8-Oct-1967 |
UK Prime Minister, 1945-51 |
| George F. Baker |
Business |
27-Mar-1840 |
2-May-1931 |
"None of the public's business" |
| James Baker |
Government |
28-Apr-1930 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1989-92 |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Dec-1897 |
13-Nov-1961 |
Ambassador to governments in exile |
| Francis Biddle |
Government |
9-May-1886 |
4-Oct-1968 |
US Attorney General, 1941-45 |
| Robert Worth Bingham |
Business |
8-Nov-1871 |
18-Dec-1937 |
Publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal |
| Richard A. Boucher |
Diplomat |
c. 1951 |
|
Asst. Secretary of State for South Asia |
| Harry Brittain |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1873 |
9-Jul-1974 |
Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society |
| David K. E. Bruce |
Diplomat |
12-Feb-1898 |
5-Dec-1977 |
US Ambassador to England, France, Germany |
| Warren Burger |
Judge |
17-Sep-1907 |
25-Jun-1995 |
US Chief Justice, 1969-86 |
| Nicholas Murray Butler |
Educator |
2-Apr-1862 |
7-Dec-1947 |
President of Columbia University, 1901-45 |
| Peter Carington |
Government |
6-Jun-1919 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1979-82 |
| Andrew Carnegie |
Business |
25-Nov-1835 |
11-Aug-1919 |
Robber baron turned philanthropist |
| Henry Catto |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1930 |
18-Dec-2011 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1989-91 |
| Robert Cecil |
Politician |
14-Sep-1864 |
24-Nov-1958 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Neville Chamberlain |
Head of State |
18-Mar-1869 |
9-Nov-1940 |
Architect of appeasement |
| Prince Charles |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1948 |
|
Heir to the throne of Britain |
| Joseph Choate |
Attorney |
24-Jan-1832 |
14-May-1917 |
Attorney, ambassador |
| Warren Christopher |
Government |
27-Oct-1925 |
18-Mar-2011 |
US Secretary of State, 1993-97 |
| Walter P. Chrysler |
Business |
2-Apr-1875 |
18-Aug-1940 |
Founder of Chrysler Corporation |
| Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
| William J. Crowe, Jr. |
Government |
2-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2007 |
US Navy Admiral |
| George Nathaniel Curzon |
Government |
11-Jan-1859 |
20-Mar-1925 |
Created the Kingdom of Jordan |
| John W. Davis |
Attorney |
13-Apr-1873 |
24-Mar-1955 |
US Solicitor General, 1913-18 |
| Charles G. Dawes |
Politician |
27-Aug-1865 |
23-Apr-1951 |
US Vice President, 1925-29 |
| Chauncey Depew |
Politician |
23-Apr-1834 |
5-Apr-1928 |
Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society |
| C. Douglas Dillon |
Government |
21-Aug-1909 |
10-Jan-2003 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1961-65 |
| Lewis W. Douglas |
Politician |
2-Jul-1894 |
7-Mar-1974 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50 |
| Orvil Dryfoos |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1912 |
26-May-1963 |
New York Times Publisher, 1961-63 |
| James Buchanan Duke |
Business |
23-Dec-1856 |
10-Oct-1925 |
American Tobacco Company |
| Allen W. Dulles |
Spy |
7-Apr-1893 |
29-Jan-1969 |
CIA Director, 1953-61 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Government |
25-Feb-1888 |
24-May-1959 |
Eisenhower's Secretary of State |
| Prince Edward |
Royalty |
10-Mar-1964 |
|
The Earl of Wessex |
| Queen Elizabeth II |
Royalty |
21-Apr-1926 |
|
Queen of England |
| William S. Farish |
Business |
17-Mar-1939 |
|
W.S. Farish & Co. |
| Marshall Field |
Business |
18-Aug-1834 |
16-Jan-1906 |
Founder of Marshall Field's |
| Malcolm Forbes |
Business |
19-Aug-1919 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Forbes publisher, Faberge collector |
| Steve Forbes |
Business |
18-Jul-1947 |
|
Owner and publisher of Forbes magazine |
| W. Averell Harriman |
Diplomat |
15-Nov-1891 |
26-Jul-1986 |
Ambassador to USSR, Governor of NY |
| Richard C. Holbrooke |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1941 |
13-Dec-2010 |
US Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan |
| Lord Inge |
Military |
5-Aug-1935 |
|
British Field Marshal |
| Otto Kahn |
Business |
21-Feb-1867 |
29-Mar-1934 |
Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. |
| Frank B. Kellogg |
Government |
22-Dec-1856 |
21-Dec-1937 |
US Secretary of State, 1925-29 |
| Joseph P. Kennedy |
Business |
6-Sep-1888 |
18-Nov-1969 |
Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan |
| Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
| Horatio Herbert Kitchener |
Military |
24-Jun-1850 |
5-Jun-1916 |
Field Marshal, Secretary of State for War |
| Philip Lader |
Government |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001 |
| Thomas W. Lamont |
Business |
30-Sep-1870 |
2-Feb-1948 |
Banker and diplomat |
| Henry Luce III |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1925 |
7-Sep-2005 |
Former Time magazine publisher |
| Henry R. Luce |
Business |
3-Apr-1898 |
28-Feb-1967 |
Founded Time Magazine |
| John Macomber |
Business |
13-Jan-1928 |
|
JDM Investment Group |
| George C. Marshall |
Military |
31-Dec-1880 |
16-Oct-1959 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45 |
| Andrew W. Mellon |
Business |
24-Mar-1855 |
27-Aug-1937 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32 |
| Paul Mellon |
Philanthropist |
11-Jun-1907 |
1-Feb-1999 |
Yale Center for British Art benefactor |
| Henry S. Morgan |
Business |
24-Oct-1900 |
8-Feb-1982 |
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley |
| J. Pierpont Morgan |
Business |
17-Apr-1837 |
31-Mar-1913 |
Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co. |
| Henry Morgenthau, Jr. |
Government |
11-May-1891 |
6-Feb-1967 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45 |
| Levi P. Morton |
Politician |
16-May-1824 |
16-May-1920 |
Vice President under Benjamin Harrison |
| Lord Mountbatten |
Military |
25-Jun-1900 |
27-Aug-1979 |
Last Viceroy of India |
| Sandra Day O'Connor |
Judge |
26-Mar-1930 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006 |
| Peter G. Peterson |
Business |
5-Jun-1926 |
|
Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Prince Philip |
Royalty |
10-Jun-1921 |
|
Duke of Edinburgh |
| William Rehnquist |
Judge |
1-Oct-1924 |
3-Sep-2005 |
US Chief Justice, 1986-2005 |
| Lord Robertson |
Politician |
12-Apr-1946 |
|
NATO Secretary General, 1999-2003 |
| David Rockefeller |
Business |
12-Jun-1915 |
|
Founder of the Trilateral Commission |
| John D. Rockefeller |
Business |
8-Jul-1839 |
23-May-1937 |
Founder of Standard Oil |
| John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
Business |
29-Jan-1874 |
11-May-1960 |
Built Rockefeller Center |
| Nelson Rockefeller |
Politician |
8-Jul-1908 |
26-Jan-1979 |
Ford's Vice President |
| Elihu Root |
Government |
15-Feb-1845 |
7-Feb-1937 |
Senator, Secretary of War, State |
| Edmund de Rothschild |
Business |
2-Jan-1916 |
17-Jan-2009 |
British banker |
| Dean Rusk |
Government |
9-Feb-1909 |
21-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of State, 1961-69 |
| David Sarnoff |
Business |
27-Feb-1891 |
12-Dec-1971 |
CEO of RCA, founder of NBC |
| Jacob Schiff |
Business |
10-Jan-1847 |
25-Sep-1920 |
New York banker |
| Charles M. Schwab |
Business |
18-Feb-1862 |
19-Sep-1939 |
Founder of Bethlehem Steel |
| Raymond Seitz |
Diplomat |
8-Dec-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK, 1991-94 |
| George Shultz |
Government |
13-Dec-1920 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1982-89 |
| James Speyer |
Business |
22-Jul-1861 |
31-Oct-1941 |
New York Banker |
| Henry L. Stimson |
Government |
21-Sep-1867 |
20-Oct-1950 |
US Secretary of War 1911-13, 1940-45 |
| Peter Sutherland |
Government |
25-Apr-1946 |
|
First Director General of the WTO |
| Margaret Thatcher |
Head of State |
13-Oct-1925 |
8-Apr-2013 |
UK Prime Minister, 1979-90 |
| John Tower |
Politician |
25-Sep-1925 |
5-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Texas, 1961-85 |
| Robert H. Tuttle |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK, 2005-09 |
| Cyrus Vance |
Government |
27-Mar-1917 |
12-Jan-2002 |
US Secretary of State, 1977-80 |
| Paul Volcker |
Economist |
5-Sep-1927 |
|
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87 |
| Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business |
14-Jan-1914 |
31-Dec-1993 |
CEO of IBM, 1956-71 |
| John C. Whitehead |
Business |
2-Apr-1922 |
7-Feb-2015 |
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1985-89 |
| John Hay Whitney |
Business |
17-Aug-1904 |
8-Feb-1982 |
New York Herald Tribune |
