Cliveden set

The "Cliveden set" refers to a group of influential British figures who gathered at Cliveden, the country home of Waldorf Astor and his wife, Nancy Astor. This group, active in the late 1930s, included prominent politicians and intellectuals. Notably, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his supporters of the appeasement policy toward Adolf Hitler met at Cliveden. Nancy Astor was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, and Waldorf Astor was a Member of Parliament and proprietor of The Observer newspaper. The gatherings at Cliveden were significant for their influence on foreign affairs during a critical period leading up to World War II.123