Dukes Hotel
{{Short description|Hotel in London, United Kingdom}}
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| location = 35 and 36 St James's Place, St James's, London, England
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| opening_date = 1908
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| operator = Seven Tides International
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Dukes Hotel, now known just as Dukes, is a luxury 90 room/suite hotel at 35 and 36 St James's Place, London, founded in 1908.{{cite news |title=Dukes London Mayfair, London, England |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/central/west-end/mayfair/hotels/dukes-hotel/ |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=3 October 2017 |access-date=13 October 2021}} Previous guests have included the composer Edward Elgar, the author Ian Fleming, and various members of the British royal family.
History
The close in which the hotel is situated was once known as Cleveland Court,Laxton, Paul & Joseph Wisdom. (1985) The A to Z of Regency London. London: London Topographical Society. p. 44. ISBN 0902087193 which was named after Cleveland House, the London residence of the Duchess of Cleveland, a mistress of Charles II.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZizXOCKaYYC&q=cleveland+court|title=A Handbook for London: Past and Present|last1=Cunningham|first1=Peter|year=1849}} In 1801, Henry Thomas Austen, brother of the novelist Jane Austen, had offices in Cleveland Court.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vxqRs9L9MoC&q=Cleveland+Court%2C&pg=PA6|title = The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen|isbn = 9780521498678|last1 = Jordan|first1 = John O.|last2 = Edward|first2 = Copeland|last3 = Juliet|first3 = Mcmaster|date = May 1997}}
Hotel and bar
According to The Daily Telegraph, the hotel is "reassuringly old-fashioned". Jack Brooksbank, Princess Eugenie's husband, is reported to have told Richard Eden, the Daily Mail
Guests
Past guests have included the composer Edward Elgar, who often visited,{{cite news |last1=Crossan |first1=Rob |title=Dukes London: a St James' institution |url=https://luxurylondon.co.uk/travel/london/dukes-london-hotel-st-james |access-date=13 October 2021 |work=luxurylondon |date=21 January 2020}} and the James Bond author Ian Fleming who frequented Dukes Bar where he decided that Bond's favoured drink would be a vodka martini, "shaken, not stirred". The Vesper Martini is the Dukes Bar "signature drink" and includes five shots of gin, with a two-drink limit; any attempt to purchase a third one will be declined.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother is rumoured to have been a regular, as well as Diana, Princess of Wales, who had "a small table in the drawing room permanently reserved" for afternoon tea.{{cite web |last1=Dickson-Robinson |first1=Lavinia |title=Dukes Hotel London |url=https://i-m-magazine.com/dukes-hotel-london/ |website=i-m-magazine.com |date=15 September 2020 |access-date=13 October 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://www.dukeshotel.com/}}
{{Commons category|Dukes Hotel}}
{{Hotels in London}}
Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster