Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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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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