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of London
The hotel was opened by Swiss hotelier César Ritz in 1906, eight years after he established the Hotel Ritz Paris. It was built on the site which had been the Old White Horse Cellar, which by 1805 was one of the best known coaching inns in England.
Owned by the Bracewell Smith family until 1976
1995 David and Frederick Barclay purchased the hotel for £80 million
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