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Flemings Mayfair is a family owned, boutique 4-star hotel in Central London, United Kingdom. Converted from 12 Georgian townhouses the hotel was established in 1851, making it one of London's most established hotels.〔"The Handbook">(The Handbook )〕 ==History== Flemings Mayfair London was founded by Robert Fleming in 1851. A stained glass window at the hotel celebrates this date, portraying the Great Exhibition of 1851 at Crystal Palace. Robert Fleming was born in 1820. His father, William Fleming, was a victualler. Robert worked for the Marquis & Marchioness of Angelsey, serving them at their house at 1 Old Burlington Street in Mayfair. In 1852 Robert Fleming owned and ran a lodging house at number 10 Half Moon Street.〔Post Office London Directory (Small Edition), 1852〕 (believed to have originated in 1730). Half Moon Street is known for being the location where James Boswell wrote a biography of Samuel Johnson.〔 Robert Fleming started running what he called a 'private hotel' in 1855, at 9 & 10 Half Moon Street 〔 From 1855 to 1857, George Hudson, MP for Sunderland, owned apartments in the hotel.〔The Railway King: A Biography of George Hudson by Robert Beaumont, 2002, Headline Review〕 Hudson, famed as the 'Railway King', was a fraudster who had his downfall when he was discovered to have falsified railway company share prices.〔 He stayed at Flemings when it was not possible for him to be arrested due to his appointment as MP 〔 Flemings used to connect in the back to another hotel, with an entrance on Clarges Street. It was possible to walk right through one hotel and come out in the other's street. Maxwell Knight ordered the Clarges Street hotel watched in the 1930's, as it was a known meeting place for people who were believed to be in sympathy with the Nazi Party in Germany. 〔 The Man Who Was M, by Anthony Masters pg. 67 〕 There was no known connection to Flemings. The property was later purchased by Flemings and converted to all rooms, with a discreet door out to Clarges Street, made to look like a townhouse entrance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flemings Mayfair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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