As handwriting is often unclear, all name transcriptions below are indicative only.
When accuracy is important, the original documents should be consulted.
PRO (Public Record Office) documents are at The National Archives, Kew.

---

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.

---

TNA: PRO: BT31 36887/115439 All unfootnoted information is taken from this file.

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 04 November 2018