Milner Group

The Milner Group was the name given by historian Carroll Quigley to a secret society whose existence her inferred in his book, The Anglo-American Establishment. According to Quigley, the "Rhodes secret society", a group of imperial federalists founded by Cecil Rhodes, developed into the Milner Group after 1901.Carroll Quigley, The Anglo-American Establishment, Books in focus, 1981, pp.4-6.
==A Tentative Roster of the Milner Group==
The following list of people were inferred by Quigley to be members of the Milner Group. Where Quigley acknowledged that there was no convincing evidence to back up his suspicions that a person was a member the name has been placed in italics.
===A. The Society of the Elect===
*Cecil John Rhodes
*Nathan Rothschild, Baron Rothschild
*Sir Harry Johnston
*William T. Stead
*Reginald Brett, Viscount Esher
*Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner
*B.F Hawksley
*Thomas Brassey, Lord Brassey
*Edmund Garrett
*Sir Edward Cook
*Alfred Beit
*Sir Abe Bailey
*Albert Grey, Earl Grey
*Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery.
*Arthur James Balfour
*Sir George R. Parkin
*Phillip Lyttleton Gell
*Sir Henry Birchenough
*Sir Reginald Sothern Holland 
*Arthur Lionel Smith
*Herbert A. L. Fisher
*William Waldegrave Palmer, Earl of Selborne
*Sir Alfred Lyttleton
*Sir Patrick Duncan
*Robert Henry Brand, Baron Brand
*Philip Kerr, Marquis of Lothian
*Lionel Curtis
*Geoffrey Dawson
*Edward Grigg, Baron Altricham
*Jan C. Smuts
*Leopold Amery
*Waldorf Astor, Viscount Astor
*Nancy Astor, Lady AstorCarroll Quigley, The Anglo-American Establishment, Books in focus, 1981, pp.311-312.
===B. The Association of Helpers 1. The Inner Circle===
*Sir Patrick Duncan
*Robert Henry Brand, Baron Brand
*Philip Kerr, Marquis of Lothian
*Lionel Curtis
*William L. Hichens
*Geoffrey Dawson
*Edward Grigg, Baron Altricham
*Herbert A. L. Fisher
*Leopold Amery
*Richard Feetham
*Hugh A. Wyndham
*Sir Douglas Malcolm
*Sir Basil Williams
*Basil Kellett Long
*Sir Abe Bailey
*Jan C. Smuts
*Sir William Marris
*James S. Meston, Baron Meston
*Malcolm Hailey, Baron Hailey
*Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard
*Sir Reginald Coupland
*Waldorf Astor, Viscount Astor
*Nancy Astor, Lady Astor
*Maurice Hankey, Baron Hankey
*Arnold J. Toynbee
*Laurence F. Rushbrook Williams
*Henry Vincent Hodson
*Vincent Todd HarlowCarroll Quigley, The Anglo-American Establishment, Books in focus, 1981, pp.312-313.
===B. The Association of Helpers 2. The Outer Circle===
*John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir
*Sir Fabian Ware
*Sir Alfred Zimmern
*Gilbert Murray
*Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
*Sir James W. Headlam Morley
*Frederick J.N. Thesiger, Viscount Chelmsford
*Sir Valentine Chirol
*Edward F.L. Wood, Earl of Halifax
*Sir James Arthur Salter
*Sir Arthur H.D.R. Steel-Maitland
*William G.A. Ormsby-Gore, Baron Harlech
*Dame Edith Lyttleton, Mrs Alfred Lyttleton
*Frederick Lugard, Baron Lugard
*Sir Leander Starr Jameson
*Henry W.C. Davis
*John A. Simon, Viscount Simon
*Samuel J.G. Hoare, Viscount Templewood
*Maurice P.A. Hankey, Baron Hankey
*Wilson Harris
*Francis Clark
*William G.S. Adams
*William K. Hancock
*Ernest L. Woodward
*Sir Harold Butler
*Kenneth N. Bell
*Sir Donald B. Somervell
*Sir Maurice L. Gwyer
*Charles R.S. Harris
*Sir Edward R. Peacock
*Sir Cyril J. Radcliffe
*John W. Wheeler-Bennett
*Robert J. Stopford
*Robert M. Barrington-Ward
*Kenneth C. Wheare
*Edward H. Carr
*Malcolm MacDonald
*Godfrey Elton, Baron Elton
*Sir Neil Malcolm
*Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Viscount Willingdon
*Isaiah Berlin
*Roger M. Makins
*Sir Arthur Willert
*Ivison S. MacadamCarroll Quigley, The Anglo-American Establishment, Books in focus, 1981, pp.313-314.
===3. Members in other countries===
a. Canada
*Arthur J. Glazebrook
*Sir George Parkin
*Vincent Massey
*George P. de T. Glazebrook
*Percy Corbett
*Sir Joseph Flavelle
b. United States
*George Louis Beer
*Frank Aydelotte
*Jerome Green
*Clarence Streit
c. South Africa
*Jan C. Smuts
*Sir Patrick Duncan
*Sir Abe Bailey
*Basil K. Long
*Richard Feetham
*Sir James Rose-Innes
d. Australia
*Sir Thomas Bavin
*Sir Frederic Eggleston
*Dudley D. Braham
e. New Zealand
*Sir James Allen
*William Downie Stewart
*Arthur R. Atkinson
f. Germany
*Helmuth James von Moltke
*Adam von Trott zu SolzCarroll Quigley, The Anglo-American Establishment, Books in focus, 1981, pp.314-315.
==External Resources==
*Ari Cushner, Fighting Fire with Propaganda: Claud Cockburn’s The Week and the Anti-Nazi Intrigue that Produced the ‘Cliveden Set,’ 1932-1939, Ex Post Facto, Volume XVI, 2006-2007.
==Notes==