Opened 1851 Management Flemings Mayfair Hotel Number of rooms 129 | Owner Gulhati Family Floor count 4 | |
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Location 7-12 Half Moon Street, Mayfair, London | ||
Flemings Mayfair is a boutique hotel located in Mayfair, London. Converted from Georgian townhouses dating back to 1731, it opened in 1851, making it one of London's oldest established hotels.
History
Flemings Mayfair London was founded by Robert Fleming in 1851. A stained glass window in 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 1851 Robert Fleming owned and ran a lodging house at number 10 Half Moon Street. (believed to have originated in 1730). 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. 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