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List of Bilderberg attendees is a list of prominent persons who have attended one or more conferences organized by the Bilderberg Group. The list is currently organized by category. It is not a complete list and it includes both living and deceased people. Where known, the year(s) they attended are denoted in brackets.

The Bilderberg Group or Bilderberg conference is an unofficial annual invitation-only conference of around 130 guests, most of whom are persons of influence in the fields of business, media, and politics.

The elite group meets annually at luxury hotels or resorts throughout the world, normally in Europe, once every four years in the United States or Canada. It has an office in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands. They met at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey for the June 2007 meeting. The 56th Bilderberg meeting took place June 6-8, 2008 at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia.

United Kingdom

• Antony Acland (1988), former British Ambassador to the United States

• Paddy Ashdown (1989), former leader of the UK Liberal Democrats

• Ed Balls (2001-2003), Economic Secretary to the Treasury 2006 - 2007

• John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton (1980, 1984, 1986), former Chairman of British Petroleum

• Frederic Bennett (1963, 1964, 1966-1968, 1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1980, 1984)

• Tony Blair (1993), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• Rodric Braithwaite (1993)

• George Brown, Baron George-Brown (1966, 1978)

• Gordon Brown (1991), current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• James Callaghan (1963, 1966), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• Peter Carrington, 6th Baron Carrington (1978, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989-1998), former Secretary-General of NATO

• Kenneth Clarke (1993, 1998, 2006 & 2007), former Chancellor of the Exchequer

• Clement Davies (1954, 1955, 1957), former leader of the Liberal Party (UK)

• Richard Dearlove (2007), former head of MI6

• Edmund Dell (1978)

• Alec Douglas-Home (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton (1977)

• Charles Forte, Baron Forte (1977)

• Lawrence Freedman (1991), Professor, Oxford University

• Hugh Gaitskell (1954, 1955, 1958), former leader of the Labour Party (UK)

• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (1997)

• Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood (2003)

• Jo Grimond (1958, 1966), former leader of the Liberal Party (UK)

• William Hague (1998), former leader of the Conservative Party (UK), current Shadow Foreign Secretary

• David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (1995, 1998)

• Roy Hattersley (1985)

• Denis Healey, former Secretary of State for Defence 1963-1970, former Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979 (founding member of Bilderberg)

• Edward Heath (1963, 1966, 1967), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• Michael Heseltine (1984), former Secretary of State for Defence

• Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1967)

• John Horam (1975)

• Douglas Hurd (1980, 1981), former British Foreign Secretary

• Roy Jenkins, former President of the European Commission

• Keith Joseph (1977)

• John Keegan (1988), British military historian

• John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard (2004, 2008), member of the House of Lords, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell

• Norman Lamont (1995), former Chancellor of the Exchequer

• Nigel Lawson (1982, 1990), former Chancellor of the Exchequer

• Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester (1977, 1985), former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

• John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• Reginald Maudling (1955, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1978), former Chancellor of the Exchequer

• John Monks (1996) , former General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress

• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1965, 1966)

• Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones (2004)

• John Nott (1977), former Secretary of State for Defence

• David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (1958, 1966), former British Ambassador to the United States

• George Osborne (2006) (2008) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 2004-Present; member of the opposition 2001-Present

• David Owen (1973, 1982, 1993), former British Foreign Secretary

• Cecil Parkinson (1989), former Shadow chancellor of the Exchequer

• Enoch Powell (1968)

• Christopher Price (UK politician), former Labour Party (UK) Member of Parliament, former member of the European Parliament

• Giles Radice, Baron Radice (1995)

• William Rees-Mogg (1993)

• Sir Malcolm Rifkind (1986, 1996), former British Foreign Secretary

• Geoffrey Rippon (1974)

• William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank (1974)

• Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973-1975, 1977-1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee), Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman

• John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986)

• Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations (1985, 1986, 1993)

• John Smith (UK politician) (1986, 1989, 1991), former leader of the British Labour Party

• David Steel (1986), former leader of the Liberal Party (UK)

• Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham (1964, 1966)

• Norman Tebbit (1985)

• Margaret Thatcher (1975), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1971)

• Jeremy Thorpe, former leader of the Liberal Party (UK)

• William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (1987, 1988, 1990, 1995)

• George Weidenfeld (1992)

• Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn (2002, 2003)

• Harold Wilson (1966), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• David Young, Baron Young of Graffham (1985, 1986)

• Kenneth Younger (1966)

We’ll start with Ireland tomorrow…