Hotelier.
Born Switzerland, son of a peasant farmer. Started work as a waiter and worked his way up, in Paris, Vienna, Lucerne, etc. Came to London in 1889 as the manager of Richard D'Oyly Carte's Savoy Hotel from which he was sacked in a financial scandal which was hushed up. He left to set up his own chain of hotels, starting in Paris. Called "hotelier to Kings and King of hoteliers" by Edward VII, a regular customer.
In 1902, having planned elaborate festivities to coincide with the coronation of Edward VII, he suffered a serious breakdown when this event was indefinitely postponed due to the King's ill-health. Died in hospital in Switzerland.
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César Ritz
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Baring Bros & Co Ltd
Bank. Founded as the John and Francis Baring Company. Despite surviving the Great Depression and two world wars, it was brought down due to unauthorized trading by its head derivatives trader Nick ...
1 memorial
Devil Tavern
2, Fleet Street. Demolished 1787. Full title was the Devil and St Dunstan, the sign being the Devil's nose being tweaked by pincers wielded by the saint. It appears in a Hogarth illustration. T...
1 memorial
United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Institution
A life insurance company. From FriendsLife: "The UK Total Abstinence Life was formed in London in 1840 and, as the name suggests, its products were aimed initially at teetotallers. The group grew ...
1 memorial
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Private Henry John Beasley
Henry John Beasley was born on 24 October 1898 the elder of the two children of John Henry Beasley (1875-1933) and Harriet Beasley née Killick (1877-1965). His birth was registered in the 4th quart...
War dead, WW1
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Essex Hall foundation stone
WC2, Essex Street, Essex Hall
More information about the creation of the building at The Story of Essex Hall. The foundation stone is below the Essex Street & Ess...
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John Scurr
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Labour MP for Mile End 1923-31. Born in Australia as John Rennie but was adopted by his uncle, Captain John Scurr, and brought to London...
2 memorials
Nell Gwynne
Eleanor Gwyn, Gwynn, Gwynne, whatever. Born Hereford. Rumoured to have lived at Lauderdale House as the mistress of Charles II, where she dangled her first-born from a window to scare the King int...
4 memorials
1 Poultry - Mappin & Webb clock
EC2, Poultry, 1
This clock is in the public atrium to the new building and is the nearest we get to a memorial for the Mappin and Webb building, on its o...
1 subject commemorated
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