The Carlton Hotel was a luxury hotel in London that operated from 1899 to 1940. It was designed by the architect C. J. Phipps as part of a larger development that included the rebuilding of His Majest
The Carlton, 1905
C. J. Phipps's drawings for the new hotel. The adjacent His Majesty's Theatre is shown in outline on the right.
The Palm Court of the Carlton, 1899, captioned in The Illustrated London News as "A Fashionable Resort of Today"
Badge of The Carlton, 1903
César Ritz was a Swiss businessman, hotelier and pioneer of the travel industry. He most notably founded several hotels most famously the Hôtel Ritz in Paris and the Ritz and Carlton Hotels in London.
Ritz with wife Marie-Louise in 1888. They had two sons.