Henry White person
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Henry White member_of
Knickerbocker Club documented
“Exactly. A favorite thing of these guys. Uh-huh. That's why they're in charge of all the cultural institutions. Right. Otherwise, people would learn the history like we know it and realize these guys were jackasses. And, of course, he's a l…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 52:56
Henry White married
Margaret Daisy Stuyvesant Rutherford documented
“a Margaret Daisy Stuyvesant Rutherford in 1879. And she was very ambitious and encouraged Henry to pursue a career in diplomacy. He's basically spent 14 years in Europe, so he's kind of interested in international affairs. So he moves back …”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 42:38
Alfonso Taft appointed
Henry White documented
“a Margaret Daisy Stuyvesant Rutherford in 1879. And she was very ambitious and encouraged Henry to pursue a career in diplomacy. He's basically spent 14 years in Europe, so he's kind of interested in international affairs. So he moves back …”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 42:38
Henry White member_of
The Souls documented
“And they were charter members of a group called the Souls. The Souls lasted about 15 years, 1885 to 1900. This was like a social group, kind of like a secret society, but not secret at all. Dinner club, everything like that. But there was t…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 44:45
Henry White negotiated
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty documented
“to the united states to become get promoted to be the u.s secretary of state and white was hoping for that job but instead it went to joseph choate one of the founders of the pilgrim society yep while they're waiting for choate's arrival as…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 46:58
Henry White mediated
Algeciras Conference documented
“running intelligence before we had Intel. And here's Henry White. Fun guy, huh? Yeah. 1905. Go ahead. Go ahead. 1905, Teddy Roosevelt appoints him to be the ambassador to Italy. His wife, Margaret, had fallen ill, so his daughter was doing …”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 48:27
Henry White appointed
Woodrow Wilson documented
“So Henry and his wife get sequestered in Berlin for two weeks, sent to Netherlands, and they make their way back to America with a couple of their grandchildren in tow. His daughter obviously stayed with her German aristocratic husband. 191…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 50:09
Henry White signed
Versailles Treaty documented
“So he's one of the signers of the Treaty of Versailles. And we're going to talk a lot more about Treaty of Versailles because a lot of these pilgrims were part of that, right? Yes. But 30,000 foot view, the Treaty of Versailles was very pun…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 51:17
Henry White member_of
Pilgrims Society host_asserted
“Renee, if you find out that he was a Marshall Scholar, send me the list. You know where to reach me. That's all I've got for today, Colonel, because that's a lot. That's a lot. Well done. We've got Astors. We've got Marshalls. We've got Lor…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 1:23:01
Edward M. House praised
Henry White host_asserted
“He is the most useful man in the entire diplomatic service during my presidency and for many years before. Colonel William House, basically the guy who led Woodrow Wilson around the White House by his nose. He was his handler. Without a dou…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 53:30
Henry White met
Franklin Pierce host_asserted
“It's a fascinating guy. Born in 1850, lived in 1927. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland to a wealthy and socially connected family. We're getting a lot of Baltimore today, aren't we? Yes. As a boy, I'll tell you how well connected his famil…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 41:25
Mentions (24)
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because they were definitely gatekeepers to the high society, as you've outlined today. Yeah. Interesting guy, the Astor family. They're still with us today. Not as prominent. Want to do another Pilgrim? Yes. Have you heard of Henry White p…
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It's a fascinating guy. Born in 1850, lived in 1927. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland to a wealthy and socially connected family. We're getting a lot of Baltimore today, aren't we? Yes. As a boy, I'll tell you how well connected his famil…
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where White would finish his education. The family then had to flee to England during the Franco-Prussian War, and White started showing signs of ill health, so the doctor orders him to maintain a vigorous outdoor athletic regimen. So Henry…
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a Margaret Daisy Stuyvesant Rutherford in 1879. And she was very ambitious and encouraged Henry to pursue a career in diplomacy. He's basically spent 14 years in Europe, so he's kind of interested in international affairs. So he moves back …
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Of our embassy there. None other than Alfonso Taft. Why is the colonel laughing? Because Alfonso Taft is the co-founder of Skull and Bones. He was also the U.S. Attorney General in 1876 and the Secretary of War under Ulysses Grant. Become t…
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of skull and bones alumni future president of the united states and supreme court justice william howard taft well connected yeah so henry white's making these connections so 1884 gets promoted to be the second secretary in london under the…
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for that minister and this is just 18 years before that became a formality right 1884 democrats win the election in america but he keeps his post somehow because everyone likes him and he gets promoted to become the first secretary not the …
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But we know how that politics and the social circles really interact. I mean, they're close. They are adjacent. So he comes back to the United States. Now, he's lived in the United States in only three of the last 27 years, but he's an Amer…
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Teddy Roosevelt, John Hay, Chauncey DePue, Henry Cabot Lodge, former vice president of the United States, Levy Morton, who was a vice president in 89 under Harrison. That's who he's rubbing elbows with. 1896, McKinley becomes president and …
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to be the minister to Spain and takes his old job as the number two guy at the court of St. James in England. The ambassador at the time was none other than John Hay. John Hay, of course, was as a descendant named John Hay Whitney, who we t…
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to the united states to become get promoted to be the u.s secretary of state and white was hoping for that job but instead it went to joseph choate one of the founders of the pilgrim society yep while they're waiting for choate's arrival as…
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That's important because this is the treaty in 1901 that led to the building of the Panama Canal under the United States supervision only. And that nullified the older Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850, which renounced canal building under cont…
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running intelligence before we had Intel. And here's Henry White. Fun guy, huh? Yeah. 1905. Go ahead. Go ahead. 1905, Teddy Roosevelt appoints him to be the ambassador to Italy. His wife, Margaret, had fallen ill, so his daughter was doing …
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which is about France and Germany over the economic rights in Morocco. This is leading the foundations to World War I. Yep. Leaves Paris. Former President Teddy Roosevelt and him take a tour in 1910 of Europe, where they would meet with eve…
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1910, Henry White leads the U.S. delegation to the Pan-American Conference, where White comes back and recommends to Secretary of State Philander Knox that we need to treat these South Americans and Central Americans with more respect. His …
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So Henry and his wife get sequestered in Berlin for two weeks, sent to Netherlands, and they make their way back to America with a couple of their grandchildren in tow. His daughter obviously stayed with her German aristocratic husband. 191…
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Woodrow Wilson is obviously a Democrat. But Wilson really admired his diplomatic experience. So the peace treaty with Germany was signed. Interestingly, the U.S. Senate never ratified that peace treaty. Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State…
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So he's one of the signers of the Treaty of Versailles. And we're going to talk a lot more about Treaty of Versailles because a lot of these pilgrims were part of that, right? Yes. But 30,000 foot view, the Treaty of Versailles was very pun…
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which, of course, leads to hyperinflation in 1922, leads to the Weimar Republic and the conditions to make it right for a strong man like Hitler to rise in the 1930s because of this wonderful treaty that Henry White was a part of. White ret…
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Exactly. A favorite thing of these guys. Uh-huh. That's why they're in charge of all the cultural institutions. Right. Otherwise, people would learn the history like we know it and realize these guys were jackasses. And, of course, he's a l…
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He is the most useful man in the entire diplomatic service during my presidency and for many years before. Colonel William House, basically the guy who led Woodrow Wilson around the White House by his nose. He was his handler. Without a dou…
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say that, just in overview of what you just articulated, that it's obvious his role was to thwart any nationalist tendencies in the United States and bring the United States into the limelight of the, you know, globalization, if you will.…
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because the little bit of research that I did into him, he obviously was instrumental in the conversations of the League of Nations. And one of the things, one of the authors said that his view of national sovereignty was an obstacle to the…
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Renee, if you find out that he was a Marshall Scholar, send me the list. You know where to reach me. That's all I've got for today, Colonel, because that's a lot. That's a lot. Well done. We've got Astors. We've got Marshalls. We've got Lor…