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The Royal Horseguards Hotel : ウィキペディア英語版 | Royal Horseguards Hotel
The Royal Horseguards Hotel is a 5-star〔"The Royal Horseguards achieves official five-star status following re-launch" Press Release Date: 27 Apr, 2009 ()〕 London hotel situated in the area of Whitehall. It is operated by Guoman Hotels, a subsidiary of Thistle Hotels. ==Building== Whitehall Court was constructed as a block of luxury residential apartments in 1884 by the Liberal MP and property developer Jabez Balfour. The building's construction was the centrepiece of an elaborate pyramid scheme for fraud by Balfour, through the Liberator Building Society which he controlled. In 1892 the Society collapsed, leaving thousands of investors penniless. Instead of advancing money to home buyers, the Society had advanced money to property companies to buy properties owned by Balfour, at a high price.〔Youssef Cassis, ''City Bankers, 1890-1914'', Cambridge University Press (1994), page 164.〕〔John Briggs, Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History, Routledge (1996), page 227.〕 It achieved its Grade I listed building status due to its architecture, which is modelled on a French chateau. It shares the building with One Whitehall Place, which the hotel operates as its conference and events centre, as well as the National Liberal Club, with the remainder of Whitehall Court being inhabited by private residents. The building was taken over by the Ministry of Defence during both world wars and was used by MI5 and MI6.
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