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Stakis PLC

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Stakis PLC

Hotel group founded in the 1960s by Reo Stakis. They bought Caxton Hall in 1986, intending to develop it as offices and flats, but by the time they were given approval, the property market had crashed. The chain was taken over by the Hilton group.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Winston Churchill - Caxton Hall

Sir Winston Churchill, spoke here at the former Caxton Hall, 1937 - 1942, Sta...

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Frederick George Lucas

Frederick George Lucas

Chairman and managing director of the Brilliant Sign Company. He purchased the company in 1902 and served as chairman for more than fifty years.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lord Weatherill

Lord Weatherill

Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, KStJ, PC, DL, was born on 25 November 1920, the son of Bernard Bruce Weatherill (1883-1962) and Annie Gertrude Weat...

Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
The Ivy restaurant

The Ivy restaurant

The Ivy, opened by Abele Giandolini, as an unlicensed Italian cafe in 1917 in a building on the same site. Famous as a theatrical-celebrities haunt, possibly due to its late closing time of near-mi...

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
First Waitrose

First Waitrose

See Waitrose for some information.

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1 memorial
May Fair Hotel

May Fair Hotel

A luxury hotel, built on the site of the grounds of Devonshire House. opened in 1927 with King George V and Queen Mary in attendance.

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1 memorial