The Pilgrims Society, founded in 1902, is a British-American society established, in the words of American diplomat Joseph Choate, 'to promote good-will, good-fellowship, and everlasting peace between the United States and Great Britain'. Over the years it has boasted an elite membership of politicians, diplomats, businessmen, and writers have included Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

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, Casper Weinberger, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Henry Luce

Henry Luce

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, Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig

Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...

, Paul Volcker

Paul Volcker

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, Tom Kean and Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

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 to mention a very few. It is notable for holding dinners to welcome into office each successive U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. The patron of the society is Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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Office holders, as of 2011, are:

• President - Admiral Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL
• Chairman - Ronald M Freeman
• Honorary Secretary - Sir Michael Craig-Cooper CBE TD DL
• Honorary Treasurer -Ian E Barlow DL FCA