Place    From 24/5/1906 

Ritz Hotel

Categories: Commerce

Opened by Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz. The first hotel in the country where every room had an ensuite bathroom.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ritz Hotel

Commemorated ati

Ritz Hotel

See The Ritz for pictures of the building being erected.

Read More

Other Subjects

Westminster Bank

Westminster Bank

Founded as the London and Westminster Bank, it was the first firm founded under the Bank Charter Act of 1833. It wasn't until 1923 that it became known solely as the Westminster Bank. Its merger wi...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Thomas Coutts

Thomas Coutts

Banker. Born Edinburgh. With his brother, James, came to London and worked in a bank founded in 1692 by John Campbell. James married Campbell's grand-daughter and through her inherited the bank. Th...

Person, Commerce, Scotland

2 memorials
George Odger

George Odger

Shoemaker and trade unionist. Born in Roborough, South Devon. His year of birth on the plaque (1820) contradicts most other sources. He was an itinerant shoemaker for several years before moving to...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lloyd's of London 1958 building

Lloyd's of London 1958 building

Occupied the Lime Street, Billiter Street and Fenchurch Avenue block. The second building purpose-built for Lloyds. Designed by Terence E. Heysham in a mannered post-war Classicism style. Attempts ...

Building, Commerce, Property

1 memorial