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The
premises of the Imperial, Bedford, and Premier Hotels were on
London's Bedford Estate, as is the new
hotel which replaced the Imperial in the late 1960s. The company's
purchase included the completion of contracts between, inter alia, the NUT (National Union of
Teachers) and Walduck, and The Foundling Hospital and Walduck.
A letter from the Home Office dated 12 April 1911
gave permission for the word 'Imperial' to be used in the company's
name, provided it was only used for this hotel.
The leasehold and freehold premises, with effects and
goodwill, were valued at the time of the purchase at £306,350.
PRO:
BT31 36887/115439
(All
information is taken from this file unless footnoted)
1911
Memorandum of Association: 25 April
Objects
include:
the purchase of the Imperial, Bedford, and Premier Hotels, and
'taking over the sites and completing the erection and equipment of
the important extension of the "Imperial Hotel", including a Turkish
Bath which it is believed will be the finest in London, now in the
course of construction.'
Directors:
Harvey, George
(Caterer) London
Hill, Walter
(Advertising contractor) Southampton Row
Scott, Walter
(Newspaper proprietor) Rochdale
Walduck, Harold (Hotel
proprietor)
Registered Office:
Imperial Hotel (28 April)
Shareholders included key members of staff, who had
shares ranging from twenty-five to five hundred.
1946
Renamed: H
Walduck Properties Limited: 1 October
1951
Voluntary liquidation:
24 August
This page last updated
11 November 2007
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